Ethan Allen Upstaged by Warner at Dorset 1775
In July 1775 at Cephas Kent’s tavern Dorset men on the New Hampshire Grants elected Seth Warner lieutenant colonel of the Green Mountain Boys, rejecting Ethan Allen as commander. Warner’s leadership would prove pivotal in later campaigns while Allen faced critique for rash plans and political clashes with Yorkers and New York encroachments.
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Cephas Kent
Allen
Warner
Green Mountain Boys
New York
Grants
Ethan
Sheffield
Conn
Fay
Bennington
Ehtan
Ticonderoga
Philip Schuyler
Continental Army
Schuyler
Canada
Jonathan Trumbull
Connecticut
Kent’s
Green Mountain Range
Seth Warner
Samuel Safford
Heman
Ira
Ethan Allen
New Hampshire
Trumbull
Green Mountains
England
Dorset
Green Mountain Regiment
Hubbardton
Brave Green Mountain Regiment
H. N
Nick’’ Muller
University of Vermont
Vermont
Elmira’s urban renewal reshapes a flood scarred town
Professor-at-Large notes Elmira New York transformed by the Agnes flood of 1972 and a broad urban renewal push. He recalls landmarks, Langdon mansion, Heritage Park, Eastgate Homes, the new Riverside Park, and plans for 76 buildings to be demolished as 57 million in renewal funds fuel rehabilitation and housing projects across 2000 acres.
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Annapolis
Thomas Wolfe
Elmira
N.Y
Upstate
Binghamton
Utica
Langdon
Mark Twain
Max Eastman
Park Church
Thomas K. Beecher
Henry Ward Beecher
Charlie Klapproth
Erie
New York
New York State
David Pratt
Williams
James Bissett Pratt
Agnes
Heritage Park
Eastgate
New York State Urban Development Corp
Riverside Park
Robinson
Recall of local events and national milestones from July 30 1935
A look back covers the Howitzer Co gas mask drill on Carpenter Hill, a damaging fire at 407 409 Main Street, a full house theater production Judist Cast, local political candidacy, 4-H camp, sightings of notable gardens, water contamination relief for Bennington residents, medical practice openings, and village firehouse debates. It also notes milestones from 1937 AFRA AFL, 1942 Waves creation, Apollo 15 moon landing, Nixon impeachment vote, and quotes by Hill and Doxiadis.
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Howitzer Co
Carpenter Hill
Cook
Bennington Board of Civil Authority
Bennington Flats
Oakley M. Frost
School St
Putnam Memorial Hospital
North Bennington
Prospect Street
American Federation of Radio Artists
AFL
Franklin D. Roosevelt
U.S. Navy
David Scott
James Irwin
U.S
House Judiciary Committee
Nixon
Ford campaign aides scrutinized amid race and defense links
A critical look at Howard Callaway and David Packard, Ford campaign leaders, reveals Georgia race issues and defense industry ties. Callaway's history includes Georgia politics and controversial positions, while Packard faced conflict of interest questions over Hewlett Packard stock and Pentagon roles. Neither was tainted by Watergate, but both shaped Ford’s political alignments.
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New York
Ford
Bo” Callaway
Georgia
David Packard
Lincoln
Pennsylvania
Callaway
Packard
South
Bo Callaway
Hewlett-Packard
Defense Department
Department
Pentagon
Stuart Symington
Missouri
Lockheed Aircraft Company
William Proxmire
Wisconsin
Gerald Ford
Opinion: Lottery Revival Mirrors Rome Era Controversy
In an unsigned opinion piece the author warns that New York State's upcoming $3 million televised drawings resemble ancient Rome’s lottery excesses and the Louisiana Lottery scandal. The piece notes federal and state reforms that followed and observes Congress has begun trimming back the lottery resurgence while laws expand transportation and mailing of lottery materials.
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New York State
United States
Rome
Louisiana
New York
Congress
America
Lottery circus casts a wary eye on public gambling
The piece critiques state lotteries linked to television and game shows. It argues such schemes echo bank nights and reflect government sanctioned gambling. It cautions against repeating past folly like the Louisiana Lottery history.
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America
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H.N. Muller
Rutland Herald
Burlington
St. John
Benedict Arnold
Lake Champlain
Arnold
Don Elmira
Finger Lakes
America-La- France
American Sales Book Co
Waverly
Corning
Watkins Glen
Chemung
Elmira College
New York State Psychiatric Center
State Department of Health
W.C. Colin
South Shaftsbury Fire Department
Thomas R. Haley Sr
Gage St
Janet Mears
Phylis Decker
Mary Hess
Betty Wilcox
Arlene Hess
Arlington
Camp Ondawa
Sunderland
Joseph Hamling
County Street
Herbert Hill
NAACP
Aristotle
Constantinos Doxiadis
Athens
Berkshire Plaza
North Adams
Tom Wicker
Times News Service
Lester Maddox
Charles Weltner
Maddox
Weltner
Ellis Arnall
Richard Nixon
George Wallace
Republican Party
Army
Lieut
William Calley
My Lai
Christian Science Monitor
Oyan and
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