Inflation analysis warns of crisis in Western economies
The writer, an international accountant, attorney and trustee from Shaftsbury, argues inflation is the principal danger to Western prosperity. He traces postwar currency shifts from fixed rates to floating markets, highlights the Eurodollar system as a key inflation driver, and notes rising commodity prices plus weak business confidence threaten recession unless inflation is checked.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lenin
John Maynard Keynes
William Simon
Wall Street
Treasury
Simon
U.S
Wall
Fort Knox
Nixon
International Monetary Fund
Britain
Australia
Chile
Rowntree Mackintosh
Shaftsbury
Rejected Counsel in White House Debates and Debates
A column critiques the evolving role of a so called Rejected Counsel across administrations from Kennedy to Carter. It cites urging easy, popular paths, strident stance on human rights, and debates over diplomacy with the Soviet Union. The piece touches on Christopher Nimetz, Sakharov, and archival Army surveillance records, plus media revisionism and presidential inaugural critiques.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
White House
Oval Office
Nixon White House
Carter White House
Andrei Sakharov
Soviet Union
Carter
Vance
State Department
Sakharov
Moscow
Tass
Carter State Department
Warren Christopher
Matthew Nimetz
U.S. Army
Christopher
February 4 1937 items include a maple bedroom set sale
In Looking Back from February 4 1937 Erwin W Dunham advertises a February special maple bedroom outfit priced at 69 dollars. The Green Mountain Hustler girls meet at Mabel Harringtons East Shaftsbury home for stitching lessons. Red Cross secretary Maud Galusha reports Midwest flood relief donations reach 4850 dollars. A Shaftsbury Eagle Square crossing crash kills Arnold Harrington and family members. Welfare stops aid for expensive appliances. Ray Philpott leads March of Dimes at Raleigh Restaurant with piano donation. Town selectmen seek a 2000 dollar appropriation for Bennington firemen for Battle Day festivities. Vermont state song Maple Sugar Time in Old Vermont cited. Dennis G Amadon named to dean’s list at Christian Brothers College Memphis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Erwin W. Dunham
Elm Street
Green Mountain
Mabel Harrington
East Shaftsbury
Fred Brush
Bennington
Arlington
Maud Galusha
American
Arnold L. Harrington
Carolyn
Joseph Gary Brown
White Creek Road
North Bennington
Eagle Square Crossing
Shaftsbury
Helen Ferguson
Williamstown
Ray Philpott
Raleigh
Ernie Murray
The lure of Pandora free offers and our endless hope
In a nostalgic column, the writer reviews The Catalog of Free Things and similar promotions, noting how amid inflation the idea of something for nothing persists. From free literature to sample detergents, the piece reflects on generosity, consumerism, and the pull of freebies in modern life. It cites ads and pamphlets, including a Ford Foundation guide and a coupon in The Resident, as examples of ubiquitous free offerings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jeffrey Feinman
Mark Weiss
William Morrow
Ford Foundation
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Chewn Jotikasthira
MR. E. Howart
Hunt
Washington
Roots and
Snoops
Gulag
Interdivision
LBJ Justice Department
New York Times
Richard Halloran
Washington Post
Nicholas von Hoffman
Fillmore
Millard Fillmore
Calvin Coolidge
Zachary Taylor
Coolidge
Vermont
Dennis G. Amadon
Gerald Amadon
Silver Street
Christian Brothers College
Memphis
Tenn
Boston
Postman
Santa Claus
Pakistan
Christian Science Publishing Society
MARS
Bennington Art Supplies
Main St
First Vermont Bank
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