Christmas in Jerusalem Vermont Portrait of a Rural Christmas
In Jerusalem Vermont Floyd Thompson tends his 35 Holsteins on Christmas Eve. He and his nephew Paul Porter begin chores before dawn, milking, feeding, and cleaning the barn as snow falls. The Christmas plan is home grown with turkey from the wife, garden squash, and rhubarb pie. Thompson notes hard times and distant changes, yet counts the simple farm life as Christmas enough.
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Jerusalem
Bethelem
Floyd Thompson
Sugarbush
Mad River
Thompson
Paul Porter
Vermont
Sadie
Offshore New England oil leases set for January sale
Interior Secretary Cecil Andrus announced a January 31 sale of 155 offshore oil and gas tracts totaling 882443 acres off New England, mainly near Nantucket. The plan includes environmental safeguards, flexible bidding, and a potential second sale in November 1980, amid ongoing debate over offshore amendments and broader leasing policy.
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Washington
UPI
Interior Department
New England
Interior
Cecil Andrus
Nantucket Island
Andrus
House Rules Committee
Senate
Department
New Jersey
Gerry Studds
D-Mass
Nantucket
New York
No White Christmas Mild Weather Through Christmas Day
The forecast calls for mild conditions through Christmas with clear to partly cloudy skies in the 40s. Christmas afternoon may reach the 50s, with overnight lows from the upper 20s to near 40.
Returning native Candace Page praises Vermont Christmas cheer
In Montpelier Candace Page writes a Christmas note from a returning native praising Vermont. She thanks road crews highway staff state government accessibility and women in power. She praises Burlington woodsmoke Vermont radio and refugees settling into upcountry life and signs off Merry Christmas Candace Page.
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Vermont
Candace Page
Proctor Page
Essex Junction
UPI
Montpelier
Planners urge North St. site for Rutland Savings
Bennington planners urge Rutland Savings Bank to choose Harry Eastman’s 130 year old North Street grist mill as its new Bennington branch. They cite preservation value downtown revitalization and central riverfront location near elderly housing as key reasons.
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North St
Rutland
Kocher Drive
Rutland Savings
Harry Eastman
Walloomsac River
Thomas Ryan
Walloomsac
See Mill
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Charles Hunt
Buskirk
N.Y
Crescent Manor
Bennington
Canada
Merry Christmas
the Bap News
Xmas Shopping
Xlan
By Candace Page
Green Mountains
George Champney
Bolton
George
P.S. George
State Highway Department
Burlington
Tim Powers
Rob Woolmington
Rutland Savings Bank
Omega
Stuart A. Hurd
Ryan
Eastman
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