Gunsmiths Demonstrate Colonial Craft At Bennington Museum
The Bennington Museum hosted a weeklong Parmelee Gallery demonstration by colonial gunsmiths David Cook of Detroit and Donald Viens of Winchester. They showcased stock shaping in curly maple and metal work including engraving and graver use on steel and brass. The event highlighted traditional methods, octagon rifle barrels, and the superior accuracy of Pennsylvania and Kentucky rifles over muskets, with experts noting the enduring value of handcraft in an era of mass production.
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Bennington Museum
Parmelee
David Cook
Detroit
Mich
Donald Viens
Winchester
David
Pennsyvania
Don
Bennington Banner Publication Details
The Bennington Banner is published daily except Sundays and holidays by Banner Publishing Corporation at 425 Main Street, Bennington Vermont 05201.
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Banner Publishing Corporation
Main Street
Bennington
Vermont
China and Taiwan clash shadowed by private and public stands
Editorial notes Kissinger era diplomacy as a guide while Cyrus Vance faces China’s rigid demand to sever ties with Taiwan. Beijing insists Taiwan is sacred territory and rejects formal recognition without a US break with Taipei. The piece argues new administrations must pursue cautious, behind the scenes diplomacy rather than formal recognition.
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Henry Kissinger
Cyrus Vance
Moscow
Mideast
Israel
Begin
PLO
U.N. Security Council
China
Vance
United States
Shanghai
Peking
Washington
Taiwan
Carter
U.S
Chinese Communist Party
Hua-feng
Congress
Senate
Africa
Korea
North Korea
GNP myths and three tales of economic impact
An essay-like narrative riffs on gross national product and business cycles. It recounts three vignettes showing how hunger, summer jobs, and a love affair at Cleveland Graphite Bronze Co. can depress productivity and nudge GNP downward, concluding with a cheeky take on the nation’s unseen numbers and the folly of sensationalizing statistics.
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David
Irving R. Levine
Cleveland Graphite Bronze Co
Cleveland
E. 72Nd St
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Pennsylvania
Kentucky
Don Viens
Bennington Banner
Editorials
Atom Man
Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Corp
Mr. Atom Man
Reddy
Burlington Free Press
Boston Globe
Wall Street Journal
Robert D. Thum
Dorset
John Chancellor
Walter Crankcase
New York Stock Exchange
Mr. Big
GNP
Garrick Uttley
Mark Twain
the Banner
John
Kathleen Haley Frick
Saginaw, Mich
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