Public swimming meet and local notices at Lake Paran
A YMCA and Red Cross swimming meet for all ages will be at Lake Paran at 2 p.m. on Sept. 1 with free public participation across midget to senior divisions. Also reported are tallies from the Green Mountain Girls Golf Association invitational, a junior state trooper birth at Putnam Memorial hospital, open Old Topping Tavern hours for charity, parking restrictions on South Street, a parish mass disturbance with Indians in church, Ward Lyons’s 91st birthday celebration with 17 relatives, early discussion of national health insurance reforms, and reflections on Truman’s proposal and the Mills compromise.
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Lake Paran
YMCA
Red Cross
Green Mountain Girls Golf Association
H. S. Matzinger
James Dennis
Bennington
Bartlett Arkell
Wallace White
C. G. Mueller
P. A. Clarke
J. Wilbur
Myrin
Putnam Memorial Hospital
John Pollacik
Grandview St
Topping
Arlington
Shaftsbury
Lord and Lady Gosford
Vermont Crippled Children’s Ass
Lord
Gosford
Therese Baker
South Street
Bransfield
Ward L. Lyons
County Street
Lyons
Butternut Orchard
Lois Banulis
Is a national plan the cure for health care woes
The author notes that private doctors and clinics thrive outside state programs even in wealthy and middle class groups. Experiences in Scotland England and London reveal doctor distance late house calls and perceived rushed NHS care. While a national plan might aid the poor and ease finances it may not reduce costs or dramatically improve overall health, as luck and location still matter.
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Scottish Highlands
Castlecombe
Dr. Doolittle
London
National Health Service
Britain
No Metric System Move Heads to Public Acceptance
The piece reflects on the failed nationwide push to adopt metric measurements. It humorously recounts the discomfort with switching from familiar units like eight ounces to liters and kilograms, noting cooks and cookbooks would face translators’ challenges and remaining in pounds and ounces.
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House of Representatives
Mutual Benefit Column Deals With Cooking Metric
Patricia writes from Ellsworth Maine about metric cooking and the Joy of Cooking rights selling for 1 million dollars. The piece wonders if a new metric edition could fetch 2 million and laments difficulty visualizing 500 grams of lobster. A neighbor buys a new measuring cup with clear pint markings, hoping to adapt.
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Patricia
Ellsworth
Maine
Presumption of innocence in politics and media
An exploration of who first stated the presumption of innocence and how the phrase is misused in modern discourse. The piece argues that modern claims of guilt before proof threaten justice, citing Junius, Watergate era leaks, and statements from White House officials while urging vigilance against unfounded accusations.
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Bartlett
Bergen Evans
H.L. Mencken
Burton Stevenson
Nelson Rockefeller
Rockefeller
White House
Ford
Jaworski
Philip Buchen
Maine coastal campers spend less, tourists boost economy
A Maine report on tourism shows campers spend less than summer residents but generate 460 million dollars in sales, 4 percent of wages, 14 percent of tax revenue, and 6.5 percent of employment. Coastal areas bear most activity, raising concerns about costs and future residency shifts.
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Simpson
Maine
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Arkansas
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National Health Insurance
Sen
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
America
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TURK
Lurie
Salem's Super
Hamburg
Salem, N.Y
Moses’ Farm
Moses Farm
SALEM
William Safire
N.Y
Times News Service
Junius
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Grant Ciane
Lelt
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P.V.C
Grant
Bavse
Ely
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Wall Street Journal
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the Phoenix Nest
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