Bean fanner recalls Yeats Thoreau and beans in Arlington
A columnist muses on beans from Yeats to Thoreau, recalling a bean fanner exhibit at the Arlington Area Bicentennial Museum. He links beans to New England life, snowballing from poetry to practical farming history and bean culture through centuries.
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Isle of Innisfree
Yeats
Lough Gill
Bill Yeats
Arlington Area Bicentennial Committee
Museum of Antique Farm
New England
Henry David Thoreau
Hank
Thoreau
Boston
Robert Browning
Sixtus V
Rome
Cost of salting roads in the United States
A study by Abt Associates under an EPA contract finds road salt causes nearly 3 billion dollars in annual damage, with 2 billion on vehicles, 500 million on highways, 150 million to water supplies, and health risks from drinking water salt levels. The report urges reduced salt use and better sanding and plowing to cut costs and health hazards.
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Abt Associates
Cambridge, Mass
EPA
Massachusetts
Give ’em hell Jerry on the campaign train
The author recalls Truman’s 1948 campaign and Ford’s Michigan whistle stop. A vivid, period tone highlights band salutes, public reception, and the charm of railcar campaigning. The piece juxtaposes Truman’s train tour with Ford’s current bid, urging Ford to copy the personal, crowd-pleasing style to win.
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Northeastern
Central High
Ford
Michigan
California
Takeall
Sacramento
Los Angeles
Harry Truman
Father Young
Truman
Dewey
Western Union
Ferdinand Magellan
Harry
Mexico Line
Jerry
Betty
Exeunt
Roadside Fire Destroys Shell Truck. Land Gift Noted
A Shell gasoline truck carrying about 600 gallons overturned at Perceys Corners igniting a bonfire that burned a toll circuit from Bennington to North Bennington Hoosick Falls and Shaftsbury and an electric line serving 40 families near Harwood Hill. The driver escaped with minor injuries and the truck was a total loss. Also reported are land and water rights gifts, local scholarships, and notable events from Bennington and Vermont history.
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Bennington
North Bennington
Hoosick Falls
Shaftsbury
Harwood Hill
Alexander H. Litster
Mill Street
Percey’s
Camp Bennington
Clinton H. Vetal
American Legion
Francis M. Wilson
Old Bennington
Pownal Road
Postal airmail speeds from 1918 to 58 years later
The United States began airmail in 1918 with Ford tri motor planes reaching 160 mph and coast to coast delivery in four days. By 58 years on the Postal Service cut that to three days. Henry Kissinger told NBC's Barbara Walters on the Today show that a well designed foreign policy should be carryable by many people.
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The
United States
Secretary of
Henry Kissinger
NBC
Barbara Walters
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By Gerald Raftery
Sunderland
William Butler Yeats
Lake Isle of
Innisfree
America
Klondike
John A. S. McGlennon
Environmental Protection Agency
Washington
President
Mrs. Ford
Jerry Ford
Tippicance
Tyler
Harrisburg
Crestline
Ohio
Chicago
Palmer House
Stadium
Iowa
Nebraska
Kearney
Roll of Honor
Axminster
First Baptist Church
Grand Island
Missoula
Mont
Pass
Pass Evaro
Montana
Congress
Margaret
Vermont
Highgate Springs
New York
Vincent R. Impellitteri
Henry W. Putnam
New York City
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Bennington Garden Club
Wilhelmina Smith
Karen Lane
Nancy Hollenbeck
John Dunham
Harold D. McDonald Jr
Bennington Catholic High
Tom Caron
Caron
Frank Bizzarro
Joe
Jesse Watson
Beech Street
Charles Fienberg
M. Rita
Columbia University
Miss Fienberg
Brooklyn Academy
John Philip Morrissey
University of Notre Dame
College of Arts and Letters
Vergennes, Vt
James Madison
Great Britain
U.S. Supreme Court
George Papadopoulos
Anwar Sadat
Salzburg
Austria
Sadat
Middle East
Catamount National Bank
Bennington Plaza
Putnam Square
Brattleboro
Manchester Center
West Dover
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