Prisoner reflections on city life and capital punishment
A 32 year old security supervisor in San Francisco recounts fear and violence in the Fillmore and Sequoias housing, detailing mugging and murder risks, clashes with guards, and his view that capital punishment may deter crime. He contrasts urban danger with Vermont tranquility and questions humane society norms. He cites 170 murders in a year for San Francisco, urging justice tempered by mercy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sequoias
HUD
Fillmore District
San Francisco
American Patrol Service
Vermont
Russian Hill
Wyoming's Master Not Born Yet Says Wallop Senator
An essay notes English investors in the 19th century West and Wyoming’s rugged identity. It profiles Malcolm Wallop the Wyoming senator, linking his rise to a region with strong autonomy, water and coal issues, and a frontier heritage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wyoming
s.O.b
Jim
West
Malcolm Wallop
Captain Marvel
Keen
Sen
Wallop
Sheridan
England
House of Lords
Earl of
Portsmouth
Washington
Mountain West
Kansas-Missouri
United States
Columbia River
Western States
Washington, D.C
Congress
Army Corps of Engineers
Montana
South
Two Youthful Swimmers Rescued From Lake Paren Ice
Louise Kastenbein and Robert Sausville narrowly escaped drowning at Lake Paran as ice broke around them. An unknown North Bennington man answered their pleas and carried out the rescue. The item also notes local events from theater to poetry, politics, and school plans, including a long-range growth goal for Hoosac School and historical world events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wordsworth
Gary Gilmore
Neck of the Woods
Utah
San Francisco
Sequoias
Louise Kastenbein
North Bennington
Robert Sausville
Bennington
Lake Paran
North Bennington Congregational Church
Elise Lineweaver
Mary Reed
Marjorie Simmons
Frederick Welling
Eleanor Cushman
Dorothy White
Ellen Lape
Peter Crawford
Royal Scott
Daniel J. O’connor
Sara O’connor
Main Street
O’connor
Banner
Haynes and Kane
Roy Casey
Dorset
Dorset Hollow
Mary Wolfe Thompson
New York City
West Arlington
Prospect Nursing Home
Hoosac
Donn D. Wright
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Shaftsbury
Vermont Hills
The
Astate
Lef
Bennington Banner Telephone
Bennington Banner
Main St
Banner Publishing Corp
United Press International
New York Times News Service
Matthews, Shannon & Cullen Inc
U.S
Coats
Vogue
Emily Bennington
Williamstown
GROUP
A. L. Bennington
Bennington Post Office Employees Association
North Street
Perley N
Bill” Hibbard
Pownal
Philip G. Pratt
Georgia
Barcelona
Valencia
North Adams
Elizabeth Arden
Coty
Emeraude Flacon Mist
Allendale
Pittsfield
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