Death of a Season a comic travel of Winter
An offbeat tale follows Winter on his annual southward tour from the Arctic through Canada and the United States. He rebels against Mother Nature and a cycle of travel, craving a dramatic New York run while dodging polar mores and sleet filled detours.
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Canada
North Dakota
Minneapolis
Chicago
Lake Erie
Albany
Boston
Hubert Humphrey
Willy Loman
Willy
Winter
New York
Logan Airport
Mother Nature
Winnipeg
Summer
Canada-Dakota- Minneapolis
Cincinnati
Gulf of Mexico
Buffalo
New Orleans
Vermont helmet law repeal debate cited by Letter to editor
The Banner letters note strong opposition to Vermont's mandatory helmet law and report a joint Senate House public hearing where none of the speakers favored the law. The writer recalls an editorial from Feb 8, 1977 quoting cyclists who would likely wear helmets anyway but resist mandates.
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Vermont
Senate House
Arguments Against Helmet Laws Spark Vermont Debate
A letter argues against mandatory motorcycle helmets citing personal freedom and safety concerns. The author contends helmets hinder hearing and vision, risks neck injury, and questions measures that save skulls but not lives. Vermont rights groups push repeal, while blood donor efforts face Red Cross limits. contact details and locality Shaftsbury, Vermont are provided.
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New Hampshire Motorcyclists Rights Organization
Red Cross
Tail Gunner Joe retold in a 1977 critique letter
Kenneth H Avery of North Adams Massachusetts argues that American leaders from Wilson to Nixon enabled communism through policy choices and foreign aid. He claims trust in Sen Joseph McCarthy waned, while he asserts communism persists in both major parties and criticizes detente and U.S. actions from World War II onward.
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Joe
NBC
Leon Trotsky
New York
Nova Scotia
Wilson
Russia
Joe McCarthy
Korea
McArthur
Mark Clark
Sen. McCarthy
US S
Vietnam
Nixon
China
Kissinger
Local notes from Cushing Academy play to fire at Shaftsbury
J Bernard Harte, of Main St, in Bendi’s class of 1936, to play Hon Robert Lerner in Green Stockings at Cushing Academy Ashburnham Mass. Other items mention a Florida trip, amateur hour at State Line Restaurant, a social worker hire, a Valentine party at Taconic Grange, a garage fire near the Benhi building, Shaftsbury Troop 331 Scout charter, the death of Pop Harbour, and historical U.S. events from 1825 to 1974.
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J. Bernard Harte
J.B. Harte
Main St
Bendi
Cushing Academy
Ashburnham
Mass
Robert Lerner
Joe
Madkour) Mack
State Line
Ethan Allen
Pomona Grange
Taconic Grange
South Shaftsbury
Merton Snow Jr
Phyllis Decker
Charles Mattison
Florence Corse
Frances Lillie
Shaftsbury Troop 331
Boy Scouts of America
Douglas Crichton
Edwin Colvin
Eagle Square Mfg. Co
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Miami
Shaftsbury
Tail Gunner
the Banner
Herbert Hoover
Stalin
Fdr
U.S
Hitler
Europe
State Department
Alger Hiss
Whitaker Chambers
Elizabeth Bentley
James Forrestal
Kenneth H. Avery
State Rd
North Adams
Upstate New York
Fred Stickles
Imperial Avenue
Florida
K. Arnold
Washington Avenue
Baltimore
King George VI
Rosasco’s
Dorothy Ellsworth
Arlington
Ben
Nington Family Service Center
Mabel Towart
Benhi
Pleasant
Park Streets
H. Alfred Harbour
Branch Street
Pop”’ Harbour
YMCA
House of Representatives
John Quincy Adams
Wisconsin
Joseph McCarthy
U.S. State Department
Francis Gary Powers
United States
Rudolph Abel
Carrie
Tasman Sea
Britain
Bedn
The
Herculon
Griffin
Richmond
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