Vermont debate on sales tax and regional road planning
A Vermont columnist argues against a statewide sales tax referendum proposed by Rep. Charles Greene and urges legislators to decide taxation. The piece also praises a pedestrian east west highway planning idea by William Schmidt and urges joint regional planning for southern Vermont, emphasizing road impact on all residents and the role of planning commissions.
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Vermont
Charles Greene
St. Albans
Mt. Snow
William H. Schmidt
Windham
Schmidt
Chamber of Commerce and Recreation
Welcome to the Vermont Freeman gains a statewide voice
The first issue of the Vermont Freeman appears in Starksboro offering liberal commentary and opinion not found elsewhere. Published by Bernard G. O'Shea and edited by Rev. Roger L. Albright, it aims for a New Republic style on a state level with a crusading spirit and broad reach despite lacking sports, ads, and social notes.
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Vermont
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Vermont Freeman
Starksboro
Bernard G. O’shea
Franklin County
Roger L. Albright
Vermont Council of Churches
Freeman
New Republic
Opinion: Vermont Sales Tax Draws Border Economy Fire
The Caledonian Record argues against Governor Davis's sales tax plan noting border towns along New Hampshire and Canada risk economic loss if Vermonters shop out of state. It warns the use tax would be hard to enforce and could devastate Newport Richmond Swanton and Burlington area retail. The piece cites past border beer sales as a warning and questions the timing and advisability of a new tax.
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Deane Davis
Montpelier
Davis
New Hampshire
Vermont
Law and Order Shibboleth Tests for Nixon in Campaign Era
The piece argues Nixon will face hard tests on law and order beyond campaign slogans. It compares him to Roosevelt and Stevenson, warns that pronouncing a password is not truth, and highlights crime, policing, wages, and federal standards as core challenges ahead.
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Nixon
Gilead
Jordan
Richard Nixon
Adlai Stevenson
Franklin Roosevelt
Congress
Frogs and Fables on Farms and Shibboleths
A reflective essay muses on frogs as food and lab specimens, noting frog farming's rise as supply tightens. It ties kitchen misadventures with polliwogs to rural farming trends in the South and Vermont, then shifts to critique shibboleths about crime including Supreme Court effects and wiretapping, quoting Ramsey Clark on simplistic cures.
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Wall Street Journal
New England
Blame for High Taxes
Burlington Free Press argues that state and federal leaders push tax increases to fund rising public demands for Social Security Medicare and services. It contends Vermonters’ demand for benefits drives higher taxes and urges restraint to halt the tax spiral.
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Davis
Johnson
Montpelier
Washington
Quotes on babies, music, housing and manners from public figures
A collage of quotes notes babies as valued objects in bleak poverty, Beatles music as abhorrent electric guitars, Segovia on instruments, Co op City housing fears among whites, and Nevill Coghill linking manners to Christian civility. The remarks span social class, race, culture, and urban change with terse opinions from Kristen Hunter, a New York Times writer, and a Chaucer translator.
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Steven V. Roberts
New York Times
Arona
Day of Triumph To Nixon Inaugural Was Prize So Long Desired
Nixon's long pursuit of the presidency culminates in a triumphant inauguration. The piece compares his wait, discipline, and self-mastery to past leaders, notes shifts in his image, and reflects on how his background and influences shaped his path and expectations. It also recalls campus and cultural figures connected to his story and ends with a reminiscence of late-night Club Durant performances by Jimmy Durante.
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Washington
Richard Nixon
Lincoln
Congress
Mr. Nixon
John Adams
Tance
Key Biscayne
Club
Durant
Sixth Avenue el
58Rd Street
Jimmy Durante
Lou Clayton
Eddie Jackson
Jimmy
Clayton
Marc Connelly
Holt
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Caledonian Record
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Elizabeth Dwyer
North Bennington
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Georgia
Executive
Japan
Supreme Court
Ramsey Clark
Burlington Free Press
Kristen Hunter
Reader’s Digest
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New York
Nevill Coghill
Chaucer
Boston
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James Polk
Jefferson
Woodrow Wilson
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USIA
Bryn Mawr
Princeton
Mexico
Fourteen Points
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Versailles
Bullitt
Freud
Isaac Newton
Ulysses Grant
Krishna Menon
Eugene McCarthy
John Kennedy
Harvard
Court of St. James
Lyndon Johnson
Texas
Sam Rayburn
Whittier
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