Barter Tale and Community News Gather in Bennington
A village barter tale opens with Riley offering a cow for an old Bennington buggy and maple syrup counter proposals. The Oneida Market in Albany shuts, with manager unsure of future plans. Local events include the 172nd Infantry Band Assoc reunion in Turners Falls and a Bennington College library conference report by Oliver Garceau. Community notices end with a fire apparatus parade loan and the Walloomsac Inn ownership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Riley
Londonderry
Bennington
Maurice Levin
Levin
Riley
Maurice
Oneida
Main St
Albany
Carl Gustafson
Joseph Allard
William Partenope
172Nd Infantry Band Assoc
Scalper’s Lodge
Lake Pleasant
Turners Falls
Mass
Oliver Garceau
Department of Political Science
Bennington College
Public Library
University of Chicago
Garceau
American Free Public Library
Bennington International Service Seminar
George Hougham
Michael Flach
Europe
John Ma
Asia
Tira Belo-Osagie
Africa
Main Street
Vermont State Firefighters’ Association
Walter Berry
Old Bennington
Berry
Walloomsac Inn
Downfall of Nixon as American tragedy and myth
The piece weighs Nixon’s career collapse as a modern tragedy. It compares his rise and fall to classic drama, notes his relentless self-justifying rhetoric, and questions the ethos of leaders who sell the American Dream through moxie and manipulation. It cites Haldeman and the Aug. 5 tape, and ponders accountability and apology.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nixon
Thebes
Sen
John Tower
Texas
Richard Nixon
Sale
Prince
Nile
Haldeman
Aeschylus
Samarra
Vermont criminal code revision urged by attorney general
Attorney General Kimberly B Cheney urged revising Vermont's criminal code at a Ludlow Rotary Club address. She argued therapy oriented crime control is flawed, advocates voluntary treatment, broader definitions of crimes, rationalized sentencing, and a panel of judges to standardize felony punishments while preserving public safety.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ludlow
Corrections Department
The
Code Commission
Criminal Code Revision Commission
Criminal Code Commission
U.N. partition proposal for Cyprus echoes Ireland model
In a Washington chat, UPI notes Omar Sans-Serif argues partition could ease Greek Turkish friction on Cyprus by creating North Cyprus Moslem and South Cyprus Christian states. He cites Ireland, Korea, and Vietnam as examples where split governance reduced internal conflict. He notes national identity divides persist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Omar Sans-Serif
U.N
Ireland
Sans-Serif
Northern Ireland
Irish Republic
Cyprus
North
South Cyprus
The
South Korea
South Vietnam
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Fillmore Street
Sharon Moran
Rutland
Johnson
Oliphant
Brattleboro
Paul Greenberg
Springfield Union
Washington
Theodore Dreiser
Arthur Miller
Vermont
By Kimberly B. Cheney
Compassion
Welfare Department
Windham
UPI
United Nations
Gilmsy Gunztal
Pal
India Garments
Potters Yard
Mt Ra
Benn
Super Duper
Wrangler
Burt Bros
Bennington Co-Operative
Bennington, Vermont
Equal Housing Lender
Keach