Woman Alone Conference at Stonehill College in New England
A February conference at Stonehill College North Easton MA titled Woman Alone gathers up to 300 women to explore social legal and organizational issues of single divorced and widowed women. Participating groups include YWCA NOW The Widow's Exchange ILGWU League of Women Voters Parents Without Partners and SACHEM sponsors with federal funding. The program features panel discussions workshops and a keynote on Media as a Tool for Women Alone. Registration is $5 with on campus and nearby lodging options and provided meals and shuttle service from Amtrak and Greyhound terminals.
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Stonehill College
North Easton
Mass
New England
The
YWCA
Widow’s Exchange
ILGWU
League of Women Voters
Parents Without Partners
Sachem
Southeastern Association For Cooperation In Higher Education
Massachusetts
Sachem Women’s Committee
Roberta Kevelson
Women’s Center
Bristol Community College
Durfee St
Fall River
Tax cuts amid inflation threaten wages and prices
In a 1974 analysis the Christian Science Publishing Society argues Democrats and Republicans push tax cuts to spur demand, while inflation-driven wage and price levels stay high. It warns widespread price cutting could trigger fresh wage reductions and deepen hardship for those left behind. It notes Chrysler Ford and GM cut prices to reduce inventories, risking broader deflationary pressure.
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Washington
Chrysler
Letters on natural childbirth at Putnam Hospital
A reader recounts experiences with LaMaze natural childbirth at Putnam Hospital. She and her husband chose Putnam over North Adams for convenience and relations with Dr Flood. After taking a LaMaze course, she discussed plans with Dr Flood and found the hospital staff cooperative and knowledgeable. A nurse with LaMaze experience offered valuable help in the labor room.
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Karen Fortney
Putnam Hospital
North Adams
Doctor Flood
Williamstown
Natural childbirth through LaMare method and support
The writer praises natural childbirth with husband present in the labor room and minimal anesthesia. She credits the LaMare techniques taught with her husband, thanks Putnam Hospital staff and Doctor Flood, and hopes to see courses offered locally while noting Bennnington as an alternative. She emphasizes shared experience and healthy outcomes for mother and child.
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Putnam Hospital
Bennington
Doctor Flood
Farm assessment plan urged for statewide uniformity
Gerard J. Kirchner of Save the Open Spaces urges Vermont towns to form a study group on farmland assessment at a town meeting by September 1 1975. The letter notes bills H 37 and H 134, and suggests advisory panels with AVM USSA Soil Conservation Vermont Agriculture and Taxation to publish annual per acre figures. Communities named include Danville Benn ington Cabot East Montpelier West Burke Newark Stowe with possible extensions to less than full time farmers.
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New Jersey
AVM
USSA
Soil Conservation Service
Vermont Department of Agriculture & Taxation
Pelier
West Burke
Newark
Cabot
Stowe
Gerard J. Kirchner
Save the Open Spaces
SOS
Too Many Inspectors At The Farm Gate
A reader complains about state milk inspectors and regulations, urging fewer inspectors to save farmers. The letter cites inspectors like Mr Marchies and Mr Bookless and warns of rising food costs if jobs are not cut.
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Mr. Marchies
Mr. Bookless
John Page
Bennington News Roundup Includes Fires and New Ventures
This week reports a Jan fire at North and Gage Streets gutting a building housing C L White Paint Glass and Wallpaper. Red Cross in North Bennington offers home nursing taught by Mrs Frederick Green RN. Also noted are Vermont Gas Corp hiring Leonard G Dickieson, Claire Williams opening a Millinery Salon, social welfare payments totaling 3789493, Bennington’s 10564398 in aid, four new Girl Scout troops, Globe Union’s planned plant, store reopening at 510 Main St, L B J budget near 99.7 billion, welfare and education emphasis, and news of Winston Churchill’s death at 90.
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C. L
Gage Streets
Bennington
Red Cross
North Bennington
Frederick Green R. N
Leonard G. Dickieson
Vermont Gas Corp
Frank Prideaux
Claire Williams
Convent Avenue
Clarks Woods
Uptown Theatre
Main St
L.b.j’s
Winston Churchill
Notable political and historical dates from 1845 to 1974
On this date in various years events occurred including Congress fixing election day in 1845, the first Boy Scout troop in England in 1908, Eskimo Pie patent in 1922, Eisenhower turning down a party nomination in 1948 and later becoming president, and Egil Krogh Jr. sentenced in 1974 for Plumbers burglary links.
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England
Sir Robert Baden-Powell
Christian Nelson
Tonawa
Towa
Dwight
Egil Krogh Jr
White House
The
Plumbers
Daniel Ellsberg
Political Ad From Leo Fay Seeks Campbell Run
A political advertisement by Leo Fay criticizes James C. Jerome and urges support for Campbell. Fay rails at self serving hustlers, mocks a ventriloquist with dummies, jokes about goat milk, water on the knee, and promises green valley come spring. The message closes with Fay’s address on South Stream Road.
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James C. Jerome
Mr. Campbell
Leo Fay
South Stream Road
Oregon shifts tourism stance to lure visitors again
The state moves from keeping tourists out to inviting them back. If the weather service forecasts Oregon’s summer Sunday for next year, the campaign may gain traction around that time.
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Oregon
Weather Bureau
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Karen Dobkin Fortney
Stonehill
Amtrak
South Station
Greyhound
Boston
By Joseph Kraft
Ford
United States
Christian Science Publishing Society
the Banner
Marny Krause
Bank St
Danville
East Mont
Banner
Donald Peters
Topnotch Farm
Stephen R. Lake
White Creek Road
North
Shaftsbury Fire Department
Stark Restaurant
Mike Nicholas
Joseph Evans
Main Street
Max Fienberg
New York Furniture Exchange
New York City
Fienberg
Globe-Union
Congress
Eisenhower
Charles Fair
Marias
Barreno, Horta
de Costa
King’s Royal
John Quigley
George LaFontaine
Hiroo Onoda
Bennington, Vt
Goodby
Sean
Vermont
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