Scar of a generation and the Sacco Vanzetti case
George F. Will surveys the Sacco and Vanzetti case and its legacy, noting 1920s bias, the controversial trial, and ongoing debates about guilt. He contrasts historic prejudice with later disillusionment, and connects the episode to broader American tensions including reform vs. radicalism and attitudes toward mass politics.
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South Braintree
Mass
Boston Globe
Calvin Coolidge
Page Six
Nicola Sacco
Bartolomeo Vanzetti
Boston
Charlestown
Sacco
Vanzetti
Webster Thayer
Plymouth Rock
Katherine Anne Porter
Ownership of Land Inside Israel and the PLO Standoff
The essay argues that land title inside Israel defines state legitimacy with Jews holding about 93 percent of land. It asserts that Arab return would restore land to refugees, undermining Israel. It cites Begin’s view of refugees as terrorists and claims recognizing the PLO would undermine Israel’s legality.
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U.S
Cyrus Vance
Middle East
Israel
Palestine Liberation Organization
PLO
State of Israel
State of
Vance
Menahem Begin
Begin
Irgun
Geneva
Looking Back Highlights From A Mixed Community Chronicle
Names from Washington to Hoosick Falls appear including Dr Francis Tomasi cousin of Dr John Tomasi and relative of Charles Tomasi. A Texas Cowboys tent shows two performances on Major Brown lot. A 1952 event reports a miraculous recovery of 23 month old Alice Baker after four days lost in Arlington woods. The August 25 recreation dance draws 200, a 100 foot marble walk near Bennington Free Library is sold for a dollar a foot to be replaced by cement. Notes on local church delegate election, a milestone Nutmeg Rock Shop expansion, and a playful Stark Street carnival moment. Historical timelines cover New Orleans 1718, WWI 1921, Will Rogers/Wiley Post crash 1935, Paris liberation 1944, rail seizure 1950.
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Alice Lorrain Baker
Kimbell Baker
Hoosick Falls
Putnam Hospital
Arlington Woods
Letters on Route 7 improvements compare New York and Vermont
In a response to a prior Banner letter, a reader argues that non Interstate road upgrades on New York Route 7 are suitable, noting New York towns along Rt 7 have larger populations than Vermont Route 7 towns per the 1970 census.
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Banner
N.Y. 7
Vermont
Opposing view on Rt 7 traffic counts and Vermont compare
The piece compares New York Route 7 traffic in Brunswick Hoosick Pittstown Vermont towns Manchester Shaftsbury Arlington and others noting counts higher than Vermont towns and stating limited progress on scheduled improvements. It argues that over one half of the planned work remains undone.
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New York Rt. 7
Stop that Soviet static in detente debate
The Seattle Times notes Radio Free Europe chief Sig Mickelson argues detente must include information exchange between peoples, not only leadership. He criticizes Soviet jamming under the Helsinki pact and presses for clear steps toward real detente beyond lofty generalities. Vermont and Bennington route politics follow a separate roads debate.
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Sig Mickelson
Radio Free Europe
Radio Liberty
Mickelson
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