Mihajlo Mihajlov’s hunger strike and defiant stance
A 1975 commentary reflects on Yugoslav dissident Mihajlo Mihajlov serving seven years hard labor after criticizing the Tito regime. It recalls hisEarlier trials, his calls for a two party system, a planned Free Voices magazine, and refusal to do forced labor. The piece links his unyielding stance to broader Western reactions to injustice worldwide. It ends with a meditation on witness as a writer's duty, invoking Anna Akhmatova.
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Mihajlo Mihajlov
Tito
Mihajlov
Moscow
Hitler
Stalin
Free Voices
Yugoslavia
Taxes and budgets shape Vermont’s Epiphany session
Letters to The Banner discuss tax focus and budget realities as Vermont lawmakers prepare for the January 6 session. The author notes state IT uses one fifth of 204 million general and highway funds while 117 million comes from national taxpayer funds, criticizing talk of big cuts as ritual and praising lawmakers Tony Baraczynski and Bob Gannett for their work on Appropriations committees.
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House Appropriations Committee
Brattleboro
Tony Baraczynski
Bob Gannett
House
Senate
Defender General Program
Auditor’s Office
Sen. Gannett
Little Hoover Committee
New Transportation Agency
House Transportation Committee
Treasuries
Citizens propose new courthouse site and Town Meeting petition
Several residents urge moving the courthouse location from the South Street proposal to the Dr Goodall property on Main Street and plan to seek a special Town Meeting to vote on buying the site. Thomas Hulett of Shaftsbury narrowly escapes death after a Delaware and Hudson freight locomotive collides with his truck at a crossing near Corinth New York. The Banner today begins an advertisement writing drive.
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Dr. Goodall
Main Street
South Street
Thomas Hulett
Shaftsbury
Delaware & Hudson
Corinth
New York
Monkey on Main Street Triggers Hotel Putnam Roof Chase
Pandemonium erupts as a monkey wanders loose on Main Street prompting a rooftop chase by Police Chief Francis J. Cone and Officers John Ryan and James Kearns at the Hotel Putnam. Inductees are listed for U S Army service from Burlington and Bennington. Mrs. Gordon Vail shifts her wool shop to the Country Store. The year 1976 marks the national bicentennial with Vermont related plans and the production of The Shires of Bennington.
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Main Street
Francis J. Cone
John Ryan
James Kearns
Hotel Putnam
U.S. Army
Burlington
Edward E. Bett
Henry M. Ryan
Edmund J. Lauzon
Bennington
Charles M. Decker
Shaftsbury
Gordon Vail
Jessie Wood
South St
Bennington Bicentennial plans span 1976 and 1977
Vermont officials outline a wide bicentennial program for Bennington including the Steam Train Expeditions, a Battle of Bennington reenactment in 1977, and a Downtown Living plan. Events from parades to historical site tours, license plates, and preservation projects aim to boost tourism and local pride during the two-year celebration.
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Vermont
Bennington
Mount Anthony Union High School
MAUHS
Southwestern Vermont Supervisory Union
Ethan Allen
Muci
Washington
United States of America
Walloomsac Inn
North Bennington
Shaftsbury
Walloomsac
N.Y
Old Academy
Montreal
United States
State of
Brigade of the
Hoosick Falls
Vermont Firefighters
Bennington County
Town of
Community Calendar ends after TEP program exit
John F. Breen thanks Park-McCullough House and The Bennington Banner as the Community Calendar disappears with the TEP funding. He expresses hope the calendar’s potential community service is realized despite the setback.
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Park-McCullough House
Bennington Banner
John F. Breen
Shaftsbury History Seek Diaries and Photos
Ruth Levin invites residents and historians to share old diaries letters stories and photographs related to Shaftsbury Vermont and surrounding areas Contact Ruth Levin North Bennington 05257 or the Shaftsbury Historical Society Shaftsbury 05262 for contributions.
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Banner
Shaftsbury
Ruth Levin
North Bennington
Vermont
Shaftsbury Historical Society
Slump-proof industry boosts federal government jobs
The Federal government bucks the downturn, adding 8,537 jobs in February to 2,719,053 nationwide, up 36,644 from a year ago and about 340,000 over the last decade. greater Washington, D.C., remains a boom town amid national stagnation.
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Washington
D.C
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