Bear by the tail in CIA dealings with Hussein payments
The Washington Post reported that the CIA secretly paid King Hussein of Jordan millions since 1957, including 750000 last year. Ford and Congress kept silent, Carter halted the payments, and the affair exposes the agency's hidden actions and the difficulty of controlling a secretive intelligence service.
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Elect Carter
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Congress
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Turner
Letter to the Editor urges Shaftsbury voters support RSVP ballot
The Banner readers are urged to vote YES on RSVP in the March 1 ballot, repeating a 1976 appeal. The writer emphasizes continued support for Retired Senior Volunteer Program and its impact on the community and older residents.
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RSVP
Shaftsbury
RSVP Volunteers Sought to Help Seniors and Community
Bennington area calls for YES on Article 19 funded from revenue sharing to support RSVP in hospitals, nursing homes, Vermont Veterans' Home, and schools. March 1 town meeting upcoming. Shaftsbury residents urged to back volunteer program to keep seniors and helpers engaged.
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Vermont Veterans’ Home
RSVP
Shaftsbury
Woodchuck law and stumpage lore from a 1977 notice
A humorous fragment from 1977: guidelines on woodcutting law, stumpage awards, and public surveyor rules. It notes timber rights and legal wood dimensions, with satirical lines about abutters and chicanery, ending with a若Copyright 1977 Christian Science Publishing Society.
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Christian Science Publishing Society
Bennington area storm tears roof and damages property
An east wind storm known locally as shirkshire hits Bennington and nearby, tearing a tin roof from a three story North Street building owned by George M. Hawks and allowing water to flood interiors. Elsewhere, old estate property on Monument Avenue, once owned by George A. Robinson, changes hands to William Travers Jerome.
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Monument Avenue
Old Bennington
George A. Robinson
William Travers Jerome
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