Dickens and the spectacle of public executions across time
A reflective essay traces Dickens's 1849 London reactions to public hangings and contrasts them with modern U.S. televised executions. It argues capital punishment corrupts public morality, fuels sensationalism, and may encourage murder by feeding a thirst for dramatic vengeance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Dickens
Horsemonger Lane
London
United States
Gary Gilmore
Dickens
Penny Arcade social and gaming night at IOOF hall highlights
The Penny Arcade at IOOF hall hosted by Miriam Rebekah Lodge drew social and financial success with center-stage card games and notable prizes. Winners include Mrs. A. M. Agan Mrs. C. Spear Mrs. E. M. Forcier and Mrs. Crosier totaling 500 in prizes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
IOOF
Miriam Rebekah Lodge
A. M. Agan
C. Spear
E. M. Forcier
Crosier
Letters on moving school dental clinic in Bennington
Community warns loss of a long running private non profit clinic at Bennington Elementary School. Since Aug 1975 the Vermont Dental Care Program served 728 children in Bennington area with $15,000 in free or reduced care. Clinic began at mobile sites in 1973, then settled in the school under a year contract. If no home is found by mid March, clinic plans to relocate. Public meetings and contacts listed for BSD officials and local advisory council.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Billy Barnard
William Barnard
North Bennington
Ivor Pelsue
Pownal Road
Lee E. Emerson
Bennington Club
George Thuren
Manchester Depot
East Dorset
U.S
David E. Forrest
Thuren
Manchester Village
John C. Burdis
Albany
Bennington
Arlington
Henry B. Raymore
Dental Clinic
Vermont Dental Care Program
Vermont
Colinic
Vermont Dental Care
BSD
Citizens Advisory Council On Dental Health
Baptist Church
Main Street
Appreciation to local responders and friends for support
The family of George W. Hathaway Jr expresses sincere thanks to the Bennington Rescue Squad Bennington Fire Department the Putnam Memorial Hospital night supervisor the Rev Floyd LaBombard and friends for acts of kindness and understanding during their time of sorrow and need.
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Bennington
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Floyd LaBombard
Pardon in Context of Vietnam War and Lessons of History
The text argues the Carter pardon of draft resisters fits a necessary price for a strategic error in Vietnam. It claims the US misused military power, diverting half its combat strength to Vietnam and risking Europe, while the Soviet Union gained relative strength. It emphasizes that empires learned to wage far‑off wars with volunteers or mercenaries, not conscripts from the home front. The piece suggests Johnson’s use of conscription worsened civilian division and posits Ford might have balanced pardons, but Carter moved toward national reconciliation.
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Carter
Vietnam
United States
Soviet Union
China
Europe
America
Moscow
Southeast Asia
Lyndon Johnson
Angola
Eisenhower
Kennedy
Johnson
Congress
Walter Lippmann
Richard Nixon
Gerald Ford
Dobelle’s rise from Pittsfield mayor to protocol envoy
Berkshire Eagle notes Evan Dobelle defied conventional limits by moving from Pittsfield mayor to a high level U S protocol job. The piece portrays him as ambitious, opportunistic, and talented, able to leverage City Hall, the Statehouse, and Washington exposure into a possible ambassadorial appointment.
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Berkshire
Evan Dobelle
City Hall
Statehouse
Washington
Evan Dobelle rises with bold political gambit in protocol post
Evan Dobelle, who shifted from the Republican label to back a presidential hopeful, may soon secure the chief of protocol role. Observers say his quick learning, suave handling, and local anticipation suggest the position could propel him to higher prominence rather than a dead end.
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Jimmy Who
Shirley Temple Black
Evan Dobelle
Dobelle
Evan
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Nals
District of Columbia
Federal Aviation Agency
Gilmore
Lawrence Schiller
Schiller
Gary
Amber Hunt
Miss Hunt
Circus Maximus
Rome
MR Aclu
Anthony Lewis
N.Y
Ai Ak Coe
Aclu
Thomas Nash
Church Street
New Haven
Conn
Thomas Edison
U.S. Coast Guard
Finast
Grand Union
George W. Hathaway Jr
Mel Ahelac Meee
Main ST
Joseph C. Harsch
Boston
General Grant
Confederacy
Appomattox
Abraham Lincoln
Andrew Johnson
Christian Science Publishing Society
Pittsfield
Migie
Parkas
Spring ST. Williamstown
Mass
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