The Miller Formula And Other Nonsense In Marlboro Vermont
A satirical rundown of local terms and figures from Vermont newspapers. It lampoons the bottle bill Molly Stark lake Champlain mud suit pent roads Vermont Yankee power and Grand List while spoofing town planning and the Miller formula as overblown concepts in Marlboro Vermont.
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Vermont
Molly Stark
Molly Pitcher
New Jersey
Brattleboro
Bennington
Barbara Fritchee
Frederick
General Stark
Lake Champlain
Thomas P. Salmon
Deerfield Valley
Searsburg
Letter to The Banner on revenue sharing guidelines
A reader questions how Treasury revenue sharing guidelines for services for the aged and poor coordinate with the program’s aim to ease the citizen tax burden. The letter prompts consideration of how fund allocations could be aligned.
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Department of the Treasury
Christian call to support March ballot human services
Patricia J. Kellogg urges the North Bennington Christian community to fund local programs aiding the disabled, drug research, rehabilitation, welfare, and care facilities. She argues long-term social gains justify tax spending, contrasting visible short-term tax relief with unseen needs of the working poor and calling for decisive action on election day.
Nixon Flexibility Underpins Long Tenure Amid Budget Shifts
The piece argues Nixon survives by bending without breaking, shifting from austerity to flexibility in a $304.4 billion budget. It contrasts 1964 Johnson and 1974 Nixon budgets, notes political aims over economics, and cites energy, inflation, and legal peril influencing cooperation with Congress. Nixon’s strategy of compromise, reassurance to Congress, and self-preservation are highlighted as his enduring strength.
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Richard Nixon
Congress
Kennedy
Lyndon Johnson
Johnson
John Connally
Austin
Connally
Nixon
House of Representatives
Senate
Republic
Unists
Moscow
Peking
Fire destroys Joseph Parent home in Heartwellville
Early today a blaze of unknown origin gutted the kitchen and much of the Joseph Parent residence in Heartwellville. The family escaped with only a few personal belongings as flames swept through the house, with losses pegged in the thousands and no insurance carried by Mr. Parent.
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Joseph Parent
Heartwellville
Parent
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Miller
By Gretchen Becker
Marlboro
Town Planning Board
Christianity and Human Services
Patricia J. Kellogg
North Bennington
Peter Reed
Donavan
Putnam Square Branch
Catamount National Bank
Putnam Square
FDIC
CanDiBlity
Washington
Ben Wks
Heritage House
Northside Drive
Lee Ca
Ezekiel Cross Sr
Shaftsbury
Harwood Hill
Walter Bronson
South Shaftsbury
Milon J. Herrick
Springfield
Cross
Bronson
Montpelier
Teen Town Council
Teen Town
Cupid Cafe
Back Room
Selectmen
United States
Battenkill Handle Co
West Arlington
Autherine Lucy
University of Alabama
Montgomery
Ala
U.S. Senate
Cable
Better TV Inc
I Ana
Peete
Hes
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