ACLU Women’s Rights Project Targets Vermont Discrimination
The American Civil Liberties Union led a statewide push through its Vermont Women’s Rights Project to combat sex discrimination in employment education and reproductive freedom. Coordinators urge lobbying for a Fair Employment Act, monitoring job ads, evaluating municipal hiring, and ensuring Title IX compliance. Contacts Pat Barr and Judy Dennis invite participation.
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THE
American Civil Liberties Union
Nazi Party
ACLU
Vermont
Bennington
Women’s Rights Project
Pat Barr
Vermont Women’s Rights Project
Attorney General’s Office
Montpelier
Brattleboro
Aclu Women’s Rights Project
Women’s Right
Judy Dennis
New York Con Edison Deposit Missteps Highlight Corporate Saga
The narrator recounts moving to New York and confronting Consolidated Edison over a $325 required deposit for new customers. After initial disbelief and a claim of nonpayment, a series of calls reveals a mistaken charge and a waived deposit, exposing tolerances in dealing with large corporations.
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New York
Consolidated Edison Electrical Company
America
Columbia Record Club
Sears, Roebuck
American Express
Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone Company
Letter to Gov Salmon on CVPS rate change inequity
A Arlington household writes Gov Salmon criticizing Central Vermont Public Service Corp rate increases effective Oct 1 1974. The family notes a 37 percent bill rise despite a 10 percent reduction in consumption over two years, arguing the structure is inequitable given higher seasonal usage and higher winter demand. The writer includes a CVPS letter supporting their calculations and asks publication for reader awareness.
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Thomas P. Salmon
Central Vermont Public Service Corporation
Arlington
Central Vermont Public Service Corp
New England States
Public Service Board
Central Vermont Customer Services Department
Central Vermont Service
CVPS rate fears prompt public inquiry into winter usage
A request to the Public Service Board seeks investigation of Central Vermont Public Service Corporation’s new rate structure. Aimed at all electric customers, early figures suggest a 40 percent rise may be closer than 31 percent. A River Road Arlington resident notes higher winter usage, while CVPS cites a 36.82 percent increase based on past 12 months. Rutland.
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Central Vermont
Public Service Board
Central Vermont Public Service Corporation
Quotes and Notices From a 20th Century Page
A jumble of quotations cites Jim Hunter’s record Yankees deal and Wodehouse’s knighted status. Bennington’s Jewish community welcomes Rabbi Meyer Minkowich and Rosalyn. An effort to link residents to Globe Union water main ends this afternoon. Joseph Carroll runs for Benn ington village trustee Ward 1 to fill an unexpired term.
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Bennington
Meyer Minkowich
Rosalyn
Globe Union
Bennington Flats
Joseph Carroll
Dewey St
Bennington Village
Noted figures and resignations noted in Looking Back column
David Carver announces resignation as term winds down. Francis E. Morrissey dies at 67, renowned attorney banker and civic leader. Nat King Cole dies at 45 from cancer. Howard C. Rice ex publisher of the Brattleboro Reformer dies at 86, marking losses in legal banking journalism and civic life.
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David Carver
Francis E. Morrissey
Nat King Cole
Howard C. Rice
Brattleboro Reformer
Eight Day Bank Holiday and Power Struggle of 1933
In 1933 Michigan invokes an eight day bank holiday to avert panic with $50 million rushed to Detroit. A later confrontation with Consolidated Edison over a $110 deposit escalates into threats to cut power, prompted by a power company dispute and a father’s sidewalk warning about free enterprise and dictatorship.
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Michigan
Detroit
Consolidated Edison Electric Company
Consolidated Edison Electrical Company
Edison
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Karen Dobkin Fortney
Coalition For the Right
Thomas Edison
Consolidated Edison
Dear Gov. Salmon
Ernest P. Schmidt
River Road
CVPS
Schmidt
Mr. Schmidt
William P. Mangan
Customer Services Department
Rutland
Vermont Highway Department
George H. Plumb
Joseph Joseph
Park Street
Chicago
Roy F. Baldwin
North Bennington
Washington Avenue
Village of
Old Bennington
Erik
Frank Ford
Sandgate
Matt
Jeff
Jim “Catfish” Hunter
New York Yankees
Madame Tussaud’s
P.G. Wodehouse
Wall Street
North ST
Happy
George
Evans’ News Inc
Main St
Bennington, Vt
Catamount
Catamount National Bank
Bennington Plaza
Putnam Square
Manchester Center
Pownal
West Dover
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