Normandy’s Quiet Battlefields Remain Amid Travel Memories
A reflective account of Normandy thirty years after D-Day contrasts rebuilt towns Caen and Caen with the beaches of Omaha. It notes 200000 destroyed buildings and 586 towns rebuilt, honoring fallen US soldiers at the American Cemetery atop steep bluffs while pondering how peace coexists with memory.
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Omaha Beach
Normandy
Caen
William _ the Conqueror
Falaise-Mortain
Europe
Letter to the Editor on Mt Anthony School Board Conduct
A Banner reader portrays a Mt Anthony Union School Board meeting where students were silenced and ignored. The writer urges a public apology or explanation to about 1,400 students and calls for accountability, student responsibility, and better teacher focus. The piece emphasizes lasting hurt and cynicism among students who witnessed the incident.
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Mt. Anthony Union
Where do we go from here a call to democratic duty
Steven C Rice urges accountability from school board members after a heated meeting over a disputed magazine and urges the community to listen, grow faithful to democracy, and support youth. He laments insults and polarization, calls for trust, compassion, and shared purpose, and imagines a town united on a mountain view.
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United Counseling Service
UCS
Mt. Anthony
Steven C Rice
Charles St
Selling a Home Requires Handling Many Details
A realtor column warns homeowners that selling a house involves a mass of petty details including paper work attorney contacts title searches and down payment arrangements. It endorses using a fulltime established realtor like Mr Hoisington past president of the Vermont Association of Realtor Boards and invites readers to consult Hoisington Realty at 489 Main St phone 442 8337 for help.
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Hoisington
Vermont Association of Realtor Boards
Oisington Prealty
Main St
Burlesque Kissinger Row Reflects Media, Power Struggle
A Washington style column skewers Henry Kissinger amid accusations of lying over covert wiretaps. It mocks the political theatre around leaks, presidential privilege, and the media’s role, noting Goldwater and allies call for treason, while urging closer scrutiny of government deception.
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Foreign Relations Committee
Philadelphia
Washington
Kissinger Honest Man Bid by Congress Draws Mockery
The piece satirizes Congress demeaning Kissinger with a push to declare him honest. It mocks the demand as a Potomac era burlesque and notes 39 senators endorsed a resolution praising his integrity in a single day, questioning the idea that veracity equals merit for a diplomat.
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America
Castle
Richard the Lionheart
Rouen
Cambrai
France
Kissinger
Congress
Petunia Patch
Sen. Goldwater
Potomac
Kissinger Truth Debate Question Sparks Scholastic Satire
A pointed defense of a rigorous inquiry into Henry Kissinger’s veracity engages a medieval scholastic tone. The line questions how many angels can dance on the pin of truth while probing whether Kissinger has altered facts or misrepresented events.
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Kissinger
Twin State Gas Rate Cut Sparks Local Debate in Hoosick Falls
Proposal to lower power rates for commercial and residential customers in Hoosick Falls sparks discussion of a municipal power plant. Other items note Green Mountain Park way survey progress, Woodford project activity, Bennington High School graduation events, and regional development efforts including a new industry prospect and a water main loan approved by town voters.
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Twin State Gas and Electric Company
Hoosick Falls
Green Mountain Parkway
Washington
Woodford
Bennington High School
Walter C. Wood
Edmond LaFranchise
Bennington
Vermont Water Resources Board
Battenkill
Bennington County Industrial Corp
Green Mountain Race Track
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Henry Kissinger
The
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FBI
Alexander Haig
Zenith
Kenneth A
Benjamin LaBarge
Pauline Cumming
Richard Garant
King
North Bennington High School
Frederick Burkhardt
Bennington College
Salvatorian
Beatrice White
Robert Woodworth
United States
Britain
Waterloo
Belgium
London
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