Reagan Panama Canal speech stirs debate on treaty
In New York Ronald Reagan urged rejection of the Carter era canal treaty despite Joint Chiefs support. The piece questions consequences of withholding the agreement, warns of guerrilla risk, and notes Reagan’s cautious stance amid broader calls for a new world order.
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Panama Canal
New York
Senate of
United States
Carter
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Ford
Henry Kissinger
Reagan
Ellsworth Bunker
Sol Linowitz
United Nations Plaza
Panama
New Hampshire
Radioman Paul Zobie on Augusta shelled near Shanghai
Looking Back notes radioman Paul C. Zobie, son of Mr and Mrs Wesley Zobie of South Street, aboard the U S cruiser Augusta when shells hit while evacuating refugees in the Whangpoo River near Shanghai. One man killed, several injured. About $18000 of $20000 in money and jewels from a Dorset home was returned by mail. Mrs E L Grondahl, a...
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Paul C. Zobie
Wesley Zobie
South Street
U.S
Augusta
Shanghai
Whangpoo River
Dorset
E.L. Grondahl
Bennington
Albert Harwood
Gage Street
Harwood
Myths and Realities of Deafness in Vermont
A summer survey across Vermont by the Interagency Deaf Outreach Coalition studies deaf and hard of hearing residents. It gathers personal histories and service needs from individuals and human service providers to shape future support. The piece also dispenses eight common myths, clarifying that deafness does not imply retardation, unemployment, or inability to drive, and explains lip reading limits and speech development challenges.
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Vermont
Interagency Deaf Outreach Coalition
IDOC
Austine School For the Deaf
Brattleboro
Vermont Achievement Center
Rutland
Center For Communication Disorders
Burlington
Balancing the budget myth at the Carter White House
A satirical recounting portrays Bertram Lance, head of the OMB, claiming a $250 billion budget balance amid jokes about bounced checks and bank loans. It follows Carter's pledge era and Caddell's supposed faith renewal, ending with Powell paying a final $5 as bankers ignore a car rental check.
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Carter
Bertram D. Lance
OMB
Lance
Georgia
Jody Powell
Jody
Powell
LaBelle
Bert
Chase Manhattan
Pentagon
Balan
Letter Urges Israel Support and Jerusalem Reunification
A letter to The Banner urges continued funding for Israel amid its current pressures and calls for the reclamation and development of the land. The writer affirms deep attachment to Jerusalem and gratitude to the people of Israel for restoring and reuniting the holy city as a Jewish patrimony.
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Israel
Land of
Jerusalem
Funds Urgently Sought for Jewish National Fund Appeal
Community appeal asks donors to send checks to Jewish National Fund payable to JNF. Correspondence should go to Joseph Y. Shaffe, chairman, 475 Main St., Bennington, VT 05201. Letters to the editor require signature and address. keep under 200 words.
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JNF
Jewish National Fund
Joseph Y. Shaffe
Main St
Bennington
Unusual Books Highlight Gift Ideas and Quirky Reads
Susan Hoffman spotlights offbeat titles ranging from Simon’s List Book with 400 pages of lists to Bones to Biscuits detailing dog food and recipes. Includes The Nothing Book and The Nothing Album blank volumes, plus Cicely Mary Barker’s The Fairy’s Gift and The Lord of the Rushie River from England. Hoffman notes her 1972 State U NY BA in History.
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England
Cicely Mary Barker
Susan Hoffman
Bennington
State U. of New York
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