The Writing Game and Its Tortured Masters
A cheeky profile of Les Print and writer worshipers who torment themselves to write. It cites Ernest Hemingway Thomas Wolfe Gunter Grass Mary McCarthy and John McPhee as models while detailing the grim grind of daily writing hours and the mythic struggle of creativity.
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Les Print
Soaile
Ernest Hemingway
Thomas Wolfe
Gunter Grass
Les
Mary McCarthy
Johnny Carson
Balzac
Henry Miller
Israel Shenker
John McPhee
New York Times
McPhee
The
New Yorker
Arthur Ashe
New Jersey
Euell Gibbons
Shenker
Howles
China
Lawrence Durrell
Campaign Standards for Vermont Governor Candidates
A letter urges candidates to Vermont governor to adopt campaign standards from Common Cause. It lists six standards including campaign responsibility financial disclosure public forums issue positions and poll transparency urging voters to measure candidates against them during the campaign.
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Common Cause
Vermont
Richard Hubbard
Stowe
Reasons for running for Vermont House seat 4-2
Craig D. Sweet outlines motivations for seeking the Vermont House of Representatives from District 4-2. He pledges a fair tax system, prudent spending, and responsive service, stressing dedication, Vermont pride, and commitment to citizens’ questions and needs.
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Banner
Vermont House of Representatives
Vermont
Bennington tennis coach thanks community helpers
The 1976 Mt. Anthony Union High School varsity tennis coach Terry Wolfe expresses gratitude to Debbie Olsen Joyce Tennis for volunteering, to Roger Goodnow and the Bennington Recreation Dept. for court access, to The Banner and WBTN for coverage, and to Bennington residents for supporting matches and practices. He believes tennis in Bennington has become an important and exciting sport for all ages.
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Mt. Anthony Union H.S
Debbie Olsen
Joyce
Banner
WBTN
John Hubbard
Bob Melvin
Bennington
Terry Wolfe
Memoir of Lincoln Mistress Prompts Humorous Exchange
An elderly woman visits a lawyer with a yellow manuscript claiming she was Abraham Lincoln's mistress. The tale weaves facts and fiction from presidents and figures like Mary Todd, Frank Sinatra, Sam Giancana, Rutherford B. Hayes, and General Grant. She insists the memoir reveals Lincoln's true character and seeks deals offering about $100,000.
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Abraham Lincoln
Lincoln
Lincoln Room
Mary Todd
Frank Sinatra
Chicago
Illinois
Sam Giancana
Giancana
General Grant
Pedernales
Vermonters head to Norwich with Vermont graduates and salutes
Three Bennington teens Susan D. Del Tatto Virginia Keene and Shirley Stanwood and one Windsor student join Vermont’s first class from Bennington College. Sgt Richard F Fradenburg and Pfc James E Hamilton depart with an army truck 37mm gun and 70 rounds to salute Norwich University guests including Gov Charles M Smith. Rhoda Ripley wins a May typewriting award with 97.2 wpm.
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Bennington
Windsor
Vermont
Bennington College
Susan D. del Tatto
Carlo del Tatto
Jefferson Avenue
Virginia Keene
Wilbur Keene
North Bennington
Shirley Stanwood
Marion Evans Stanwood
Richard F. Fradenburg
James E. Hamilton
Howitzer
Norwich University
Charles M. Smith
Rhoda Ripley
Pleasant Street
New England
Bennington School of Commerce
Making work often makes only trouble Massachusetts
A Boston article analyzes the Interstate 95 rebuild in Massachusetts with $51 million in federal funds. Gov Dukakis reversed his initial refusal, citing economic arguments and job creation, while critics warn of disruption and questions about the program’s value. The piece critiques federal spending politics and ties to defense-linked, vested interests amid unemployment concerns.
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Boston
Providence
Rock
Massachusetts
Michael Dukakis
Unis
Massachusetts House
Dukakis
Boston Globe
Lewis Carroll
Karl Marx
Franklin Roosevelt
Pennsylvania
The
Chicago Tribune
Washington
Congress
Rockwell International
United Automobile Workers Union
Afl-Cio
Cincinnati
Frank Church
Church
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STOUR
Craig D. Sweet
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Barney Road
Rt el
the Park-McCullough House Association Inc
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Fdr
Art Buchwald
Brattleboro Reformer
Congressman Hays
Wayne Hays
Rutherford B. Hayes
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Roosevelt
San Juan Hill
Teddy Roosevelt
Andrew Johnson
Richard Nixon
Col. N.Y. DuHamel
West Point
Mrs. DuHamel
DuHamels
Lola Burton
Washington, D.C
Burton
Col. DuHamel
Horse
James Cox
Gov
Lee Emerson
North Bennington High School
Helen Hewson
Ruth Dunham
Joan Brockway
Thomas Brockway
Boston Pops Orchestra
Symphony Hall
Gabriel Faure
C.C. Saint-Saens
Kenneth E. Gile
Bennington High School
State University College
Oswego
N.Y
Union Carbide Corp
Consumer Products
Mt. Anthony Country Club
Clark C. Cleveland
Charles Lindbergh
Calvin Coolidge
Atlantic Ocean
Paris
National Guard
George Wallace
University of Alabama
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers Union
Ohio
Sen
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