Around the world in half an hour satire on Concorde progress
A columnist mockingly argues that supersonic travel may speed trips yet create a paradox of endless dishwashing and wasted time. It envisions a future where faster means faster life, then jokes about inevitable acceleration and a French slow ship future called the S.S. France as the ultimate progress.
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London
New York
Atlantic
California
Los Angeles
Manhattan
Concorde
de Gaulle
S.S. France
Right to Work debate letter targets union dues in Banner
A Letter to the Editor by Sen John T Alden in The Banner on Feb 10 attacks the idea of compulsory union dues under an agency shop contract. The writer questions why any organization beyond labor unions would demand dues and accuses top union employees of seeking guaranteed income while highlighting conflicts over representation and political contributions.
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Banner
John T. Alden
Right to Work debate voiced by Vermont worker
Alexander W. Luce argues against forced union dues and warns that majority rule hides minority control. He cites Taft Hartley, state law options, and a Vermont bill S 194 guiding public hearing on Feb 17 at the Statehouse in Springfield.
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Vermont
Vermont State General and Military Affairs Committee
Statehouse
Stark Theatre Reopens Under Buckley Management
The Stark Theatre begins a new era today with former Albany theater man C H Buckley at the helm. A Public Service Commission hearing will address the Moon grade crossing elimination in Shaftsbury. A Vermont customs sting near Manchester Center halted smugglers with $15 000 fur pelts in a seized auto. 25 years ago: heavy snow, homelessness after a Park Street fire, and high school planning discussions. 10 years ago: water planning for Bolles Brook, highway improv controversy, school district charges for facility use.
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Stark
C.H. Buckley
Albany Theatre
Public Service Commission
Bennington County
Moon
Shaftsbury
U.S
Canada
Vermont
Bennington
Ara A. Griggs
Manchester Center
Highway Department and Power Company
Park St
Joseph Wright
Wright
Lloyd Phillips
Brattleboro
Adams
Mass
Citizens’ Forum
Bennington Village
New
Banking power and public trust collide over Smith and Winston
Walter B. Winston of Citibank defends his bank amid reports of dubious loans while critics label the OCC as a fall guy. The piece traces James E. Smith from Capitol Hill elevator operator to comptroller, facing scrutiny from Patman and congressional committees as major bank failures loom.
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Brown University
Walter B. Winston
Citibank
John Kenneth Galbraith
New York Times
Winston
David Rockefeller
Chase Manhattan
Currency Comptroller
Washington Post
Rockefeller
James E. Smith
Smith
House Banking Committee
Texas
Wright Patman
Capitol Hill
Karl Mundt
South Dakota
Mundt
Amercan Bankers Association
Treasury Department
Nixon
Patman
Haskins & Sells
San Diego
U.S. National Bank
Franklin National Bank of New York
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Burlington Free Press
American Legion Magazine
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Springfield
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Winston Churchill
Josef Stalin
Yalta
North Vietnam
Henry Kissinger
Annapolis, Md
George G. Connelly
Kissinger
CIA
Angola
Paul Newman
Ron Ziegler
Disneyland
Comptroller’s Office
House
L’enfant Plaza
Beawen
Trevira
Berven
Stage Center
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