Congress not taking over children debate facts differ
An anonymous letter campaign claims Congress would seize childrearing authority, but sources and a careful bill review show no such provision. The effort targets aid programs for health and day care, remains voluntary, and the mass mailings distort Charter of Children’s Rights links. Senator Mondale notes public distrust fuels belief amid unclear sponsorship and funding figures.
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United States
Walter F. Mondale
Minnesota
Senate
Mondale
John Brademas
Capitol Hill
National Council of Civil Liberties
U.S
Carl Curtis
Congressional Record
U.S. Senate
House of Representatives
Letter on secrecy in fuel price deal and PSB role
A reader questions why a proprietary secret between Vermont Yankee and General Electric over faulty fuel rods was allowed to conceal cost terms. The letter suggests Yankee may absorb losses to shield customers, potentially inflating electric bills by up to 100 million dollars, and asks why the Public Service Board sanctioned such secrecy.
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Washington Electric Co-operative
East Montpelier
Vermont Yankee
General Electric
Yankee
PSB
Bennington County
Sunderland
Woodford
Readsboro
Windham County
Philip H. Hoff
New England
Vermont
Vermont readers urge PSB to protect public from rate hikes
Gladys Lodge urges voters to back a Senate probe of the Public Service Board and press it to curb utility pricing. She notes Vermont Yankee seeks to recover costs and argues the PSB has too often favored utilities at the public expense. Letters require signature and address.
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PSB
Vermont Yankee
Senate
Public Service Board
Village schools join fight against tent caterpillars
Students in sixth to eighth grade across village and rural schools compete to gather the most tent caterpillar egg masses before April 1. Garden Club offers prizes of 5, 3, and 2 dollars for top collectors in public and parochial schools.
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Garden Club
Bennington College
Bennington
Fred Harris and the Populist Vision for America
The piece argues Fred Harris aligns with conservative roots yet champions middle-class gains, farm advocacy, anti monopoly actions, and reform to curb corporate power. It highlights his proposals for full employment, job rights, housing, health care, energy policy prioritizing people, moral foreign policy, and reducing the military budget. It compares Harris to Carter, praises his Senate record, and urges Vermont voters to support him as a Lincoln-like figure for democratic governance.
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Fred Harris
Harris
Guilford Farm
Vermont
America
Fred
U.S
Union
United States
Joint Economic Committee
Lockheed
Penn Central
If George Wallace Led America as in Alabama
A historical prop forecast imagines Wallace as president, detailing drastic economic and social harms. It claims weekly earnings drop 26.56 dollars, unemployment benefits cut 10.23, poverty rises, per capita income down 1194, seniors at risk, infant mortality up, youth failing exams up, teacher pay cut 2272, and equal pay for women barred, with scattered garbled text trailing.
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Banner
George Wallace
America
Alabama
Armed Services
Wallace
Goodbye to Grant's Bennington Employee Letter 1968 1975
A former Grant's employee recalls starting work at the Bennington Maine store in 1968 and leaving in 1975 to better themselves. He praises manager Mr. Edmundson and Bennington staff, notes the store was profitable, and laments the Grants bankruptcy caused by corporate mismanagement.
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Bennington
Grant’s
Grant
Ed Gardner
Dick Pierce
Scott Drummond
Brian Morrissey
Mr. Edmundson
Grants
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