National home furnishings bids draw big Chicago turnout
Advance indications point to a record national furniture market at Chicago as H. T. Cushman Mfg. Co plans to ship new samples to the American Furniture Mart. Separate items note road surveys on Route 30, debates over highway funds, local crowning events at the Bennington nature club, and a series of local notices including a delayed birthday party, a chalet village proposal, and a Time magazine review. The column also recalls historical milestones and a satirical look at a 1977 New York scene tied to years.
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Chicago
H. T. Cushman Mfg
American Furniture Mart
State Highway Department
Manchester
Dorset
Bennington County Nature Club
YMCA
Harry Ridlon
L. H. Ross
William S. Pike
Heartwellville Stage Road
Readsboro
Putnam Hospital
Bill
Rootville
East Mountain
Green Mountain Range
Prospect Rock
Time Magazine
Beers
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N.Y
Bob
Evelyne
Martha
Philharmonic Hall
Manhattan
Lincoln Center
The Year Club Crisis of 1979 and Beyond
A satirical chronicle in which years from 437 to 1984 clash over succession and calendars. 1977 proclaims 3317 B C as successor but is vetoed by the committee, while 1933 and others debate duties and fear. The piece ends with 1979 looming and 1984 anticipated.
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Guy Lombardo
Muhammad Ali
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Nineteen-twentyfive
Tigris
Euphrates
Nineteen-thirty-three
Nineteen-seventy-seven
Plains
New Era in Washington as Carter Team Reorganizes Power
President-elect Carter pushes a home front focus with Mondale guiding cabinet selection and policy priorities. Mondale will preside over the National Security Council in the president's absence and oversee cabinet coordination to ensure departments carry out decisions.
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Washington
Carter
Mondale
National Security Council
Sen. Mondale
White House
Congress
Fritz Mondale
Noted officials air views on science and policy
Quotes show scientists challenging bias claims and critics arguing for stronger oversight. The mix includes FDA commissioner resignations, OSHA effectiveness talks, and Treasury policy debates amid broader political discourse.
Antiwar activists learn harsher lesson from Hanoi door
Activists who pressed Hanoi on political prisoners faced a locked UN observer office, with over a hundred signatures slid under the door after unanswered letters. They condemned Hanoi’s postwar human rights record, noting a double standard between Hanoi’s preaching and practice, urging recognition of Hanoi’s repression to influence international action for the Vietnamese people.
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United States
Hanoi
United Nations
New York
America
U.S
Washington
Saigon
Last Angry Duck Stands Up for America Quote
In a Village Voice excerpt Ernie Eban cites Violence Howard the Duck defending violence on TV. He warns youths about stabbing or shooting, calling blood messy and foul, and insists violence should be shown as disgustingly and offensively as possible.
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America
Ernie Eban
The
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