Inaugurating Writers Behind the Self on Inauguration Day
A reflective profile of presidential inaugural writers, from Clark Clifford and Ted Sorensen to Ray Price, then Patrick Anderson at Carter's ceremony. It contrasts anonymity in the crowd with pivotal influence on drafts, and notes Carter’s deliberate, editor-like approach to his address and themes rooted in national morality and unity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clark Clifford
Harry Truman
Truman
Ted Sorensen
John F. Kennedy
Central Intelligence
Sen. Kennedy
Ray Price
Richard Nixon
H.R. Haldeman
Jimmy Carter
Patrick Anderson
Carter
Anderson
Woodrow Wilson
Wilson
Comfort for Republicans on Inauguration Day
The author notes distressed Republicans crave inflation relief and sound money. They believe a Democrat president has a better chance to curb inflation and balance the budget than Ford or Reagan. The piece frames Carter as likelier to progress than past rivals, and invokes Wilson’s call to duty as a reflective moment.
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Washington
White House
Carter
Ford
Reagan
Congress
Great Britain
Richard Nixon
China
Truman
Kennedy
Johnson
Soft technologies in energy path described for low pollution
In a Letter to The Banner the writer expands beyond fixes already discussed and defines soft technologies by five traits. They rely on abundant renewable flows like sun wind and vegetation, use incoming energy not depletable capital, are diverse and modular, easy to understand and low tech, match scale to end use and geographical distribution, align energy quality with needs, and prioritize comfort and real goods over electricity or oil.
Soft energy path ideas reshape future power use
Amory Lovins argues in Energy Strategy that end use products and small, mass produced devices can cut fixed distribution costs and stretch energy. Solar collectors and waste-to-energy methods offer gains over 12 years, with wind heating and storage challenges seen as manageable in a soft energy economy. Gladys Lodge, Vermont garden clubs, notes the publication details and support.
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Alaskan
North Slope
Bennington dental care group forms for children
A local Bennington group reports dental care gaps for Vermont children in the early 1970s and invites support to form a Citizens Advisory Council on Dental Care. A meeting is set for Tuesday Jan 25 at 4 p.m. at the Baptist Church. The piece also argues about Carter era politics and party competence.
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Bennington
Vermont
Bennington County
Citizens Advisory Council
the Baptist Church
Main St
Bennington News Briefs Include Flora and Farm Reports
Walter J. Luther notes swelling buds on a soft maple on Hamlen Avenue and observes two farmers plowing on North Benn ington Road in January. Harris W. Soule announces new soil-building aid and higher reforestation rates for Vermont farmers. Local women elect officers of the Bennington Girl Scouts. A Guernsey cow from Howland Farm records 9885 pounds of milk and 514 pounds butterfat in ten months. A Kaiser from New York is found abandoned on North Street. police note no fuel issue. Audrey Bruce Currier and husband missing after plane trouble with oil slick spotted off the Caribbean. Librarian John B. Rothrock receives a donated book from Post 13. Iron Kettle Motel expands to 20 units keeping colonial style.
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Walter J. Luther
Hamlen Avenue
Bennington Road
Vermont
Frank G. Adams
Adams Clothes Shop
James
Jimmy’ McGurn
Mr. Adams
Jimmy
Bennington
Harris W. Soule
State Agricultural Extension Service
Caribbean
Audrey Bruce Currier
Bennington College
Dates of 1861 and 1908 Spark Stateseceding Smoking Ban
On this date 1861 Jefferson Davis resigns from the United States Senate, twelve days before Mississippi secedes from the Union. In 1908 New York City enacts the Sullivan Ordinance banning smoking by women.
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Jefferson Davis
United States Senate
Mississippi
Union
New York City
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America
Amory Lovins
Foreign Affairs
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Vermont Natural Food and Farming Association
Dorset
Tina Calabro
Marie Condon
Claire O’leary
Rev
Leo Hourihan Billbarry
Rene Wiman
Grant
Harding
Ralph Nader
McGovern
Nixon
George McGovern
Christian Science Publishing Society
William Miller
Bennington Girl Scouts
Jerald Greenberg
Harold Peart
Caroline Darlington
Howland Farm
Karoia
Hall Park McCullough
Kaiser
New York
North Street
Crosier
First Vermont Bank
FDIC
Walker
Greenberg
GreenBerg’s
H. Greenberg
Curran
Esas
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