Kissinger in Moscow Signals Possible SALT Concessions
The article notes Kissinger’s late night trip to Moscow after Ford’s State of the Union, with Moscow’s date-driven diplomacy. It argues the Soviets may offer tactical limits on Backfire and cruise missiles to ease U.S. anti detente sentiment and influence the 1976 presidential campaign, while stressing constitutional scrutiny by Congress and experts.
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Washington
Ford
Kissinger
Moscow
United States
Middle East
Angola
Dobrynin
Soviet Union
Ronald Reagan
Henry Jackson
Nikita Khrushchev
Jack Kennedy
Richard Nixon
Helsinki
Reagan
California
Ford-Kissinger
Scoop Jackson
Leonid Brezhnev
Communist Party Congress
New Hampshire
U.S
Kissirser
Congress
Defense Schlesinger
Paul Nitze
Gerard Smith
Mr. Kissinger
Chou En-lai tribute and jokes on canonization
A columnist imagines a will appointing NBC’s Jack Reynolds as eulogist for Chou En-lai. He contrasts Chou with Hitler, cites Chinese death tolls, and mocks posthumous canonization with wry barbs about Maoist policy and a Cuernavaca bishop offering final blessings.
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New York
NBC
Jack Reynolds
Chou
Mao Tsetung
Old Nurenburg
Adolf Hitler
Hitler
Chou En-lai
Mao
China
Molotov
Ribbentrop
Reynolds
Cuernavaca
Chou En
Dallas freeway costs two thousand per foot surprise
Dallas readers note a sharp cost figure tied to freeway naming with a cynic line about the unexpected. The columnist quips about budgeting and language in a playful, mailbag style.
Bennington Projects and Milestones Highlight 1936 Update
A 1936 Bennington roundup notes milk fund contributions totaling 28.83 dollars for local schools, a new WPA allotment of eight thousand dollars, a large GE transformer order for the Woodford Road substation, and Dobeckman Co large wax storage tanks at the Benmont division. It also recalls Main Street’s past business lull, the bloodmobile’s 175 donation goal, and urban renewal plans. The Hoosick Falls School board sets a 5200 dollar salary minimum, Union High School construction stays on schedule, and a Vermont marble plaque honors Rev Vincent Spinelli. Historical milestones include Brown’s 1789 novel and 1963 Franco-German treaty cooperation, with 1968 Pueblo incident and 1973 Lyndon Johnson death noted.
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Bennington
Graded School
Cora B. Whitney
Silk Road
Vail Road
Woodford Road
General Electric Company
Local Power Company
William Hill Brown
Boston
France
Germany
North Korea
U.S
Ron Nessen Man on the spot
Washington profiles Ron Nessen as the White House press secretary living under daily pressure from reporters. The piece argues he serves as Ford’s information officer, not the reporters’ press secretary, and questions whether any successor could satisfy both demands amid post-Watergate scrutiny. It notes deputies rejected for fear of the daily pummeling and contemplates the elusive “right” personality for the role.
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Godfrey Sperling Jr
Washington
White House
Observer
Ron Nessen
The
Washington Post
Nelsen
Nessen
Ford
Jerry terHorst
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George Beckmann
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Chiang Ch’ing
Chairman Mao
Hermann Goering
Switzerland
Dallas Times Herald
Reader's Digest
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Spring St. Williamstown
Bank Americard
Benmont
Dobeckman Co
Cleveland Company
Collins M. Graves
Bennington Club
Garry Buckley
BCRC
Hoosick Falls
Union High School
Vermont
Bennington Catholic High School
Vincent J. Spinelli
Haynes & Kane
Bennington Road
Yi Ton
Prestone
Xs Tana
Main St
Man On the
Evans’ News Inc
Bennington, Vt
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