Bennington News Roundup Reflects 1960s Local Events
Bennington officials review fire service costs amid district tensions while village finances show a $2000 carryover. Nine week strike at Bijur ends with pay raise and insurance gains. Local honors in Vermont Forestry Essay contest and notable civic notes include Bronze Star award expected for MSgt Colvin. Washington and Nixon milestones recounted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bijur
William F. Kearns Jr
Bennington
Gerald F. Colvin
Far East
Vermont Forestry
Mark Dwyer
North Bennington
Sandra Corey
Arlington
Amy Worthington
Molly Stark
In the Nation How much of a tax cut
President Ford and his economic advisers discussed tax cuts as a stimulus after December unemployment figures showed a sharp drop in mood. The article notes skepticism may have faded amid the worst downturn since 1940, with the public and policymakers debating the scale of relief needed.
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Ford
Florida Cures Mood With Winter Tourists Shift
Unemployment rose to 7.1 percent in December 1974, highest in 13 years, with blacks at 12.8 percent and whites at 6.4 percent. The piece argues for a federal income tax cut to boost buying power, notes a recession-driven Florida vacation surge, and includes a satirical fable about a grasshopper and an ant. It discusses Ford's potential tax and oil policy, deficits, and strategies to stimulate the economy while avoiding larger long-term deficits. It also cites figures from Schultze and references to social security tax changes and inflation concerns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ford
G.N.P
Schultze
Congress
Ford Administration
The Sugar Shortage In Our Family History
A personal reminiscence traces sugar shortages from 1790 to 1791 through a Maine family. It centers on salt profits, early saltworks by Joe Gould, and Jake Gould who moved inland to farm with a 50-gallon copper cauldron used for sap boiling. The tale connects the historic sugar famine to a 50-gallon cauldron and a modern household's fireplace ritual.
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Lizzie
Goulds
Maine
Spain
Joe Gould
Jake
Liz
Yorkshire
Motive and result in man’s affairs in Cape Codder
An opinion piece contemplates how motive shapes outcomes in human events. It recalls the mourning dove once a game bird, shot freely, until bird lovers sought protection and the issue gained urgency amid broader power and progress concerns.
Mourning Dove Declared Song Bird After Line Roosting Issues
The piece notes power line roosting by mourning doves causes equipment damage and led to the bird being declared a song bird. A senior editor quips that many actions in the world are taken for the wrong reasons, reflecting on motives behind the decision.
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State Motor Vehicle Department
Bennington Highway
Walter Squires
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Banner
Hammond, Ind
Hammond Times
George Washington
United States
New York
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Nixon
George McGovern
New Orleans
Florida
By Dick West
Washington
UPI
Will Rogers
America
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Ant
Grasshopper
Fort Lauderdale
Catskills
Hialeah
Charles Schultze
Brookings Institution
Eisenhower
Frederic Hunter
Christian Science Monitor
Pope Paul VI
Joseph R. Grundy
Salem's Super
Hamburg
Colonial Back Bay
Franks
Salem N.Y
U.S. NO
Mac
Tangerines
SALEM
Fairdale
Putnam Square
F.D
Patamount National Bank
Renue
John Gould
Friendship, Maine
Hull
England
Massachusetts
New Meadows
Christian Science Publishing Society
Oie
Pownal View
Rte
Pownal Vt
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