Flag Day Rights Debate Sparks Far-Reaching Proposals
A satirical or polemical item from Lakeville, Connecticut mocks extreme flag worship and reproduces a misfired resolution by the East Chauvinsville Veterans and Flag-worshippers Society Post 153. It parodies calls for federal Flag Day as a holiday, mandatory pledges, flag stamps, and severe penalties for disrespect, including death for flag mutilation.
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East Chauvinsville
Bennington Notes and Memorials Span Local News
In Bennington area items include the death of George A. Robinson at his Old Bennington home once linked to Gen. David Robinson, a Christmas Club initiative by local merchants, cemetery upkeep requests, a reunion and alumni meeting for Bennington High School, athletic award winners at Arlington Memorial high, Globe Union’s new plant open house and leadership, and national milestones from 1963 to 1973 including the hot line with Russia, the American Independent party, and Juan Peron’s return to Argentina.
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George A. Robinson
Capt
Samuel Robinson
Bennington
Gen
David Robinson
Charles R. Barney
Helen Darrow
F.J. Hurley
C.S. Buchanan
John H. Ayres
Mortimer Townsend
Lester Nichols
Monument Inn
Bennington High School Alumni Association
Arlington Memorial High School
Carl Hess
Bennie Cummings
Tommy Rockwell
Shirley Decker
Kathleen Knapp
Globe Union
James D. Williams
Philip H. Hoff
Vermont
United States
Russia
Washington
Moscow
American Independent Party
George Wallace
Alabama
Juan Peron
Buenos Aires
McGuffey Readers See Revival in Modern Schools
The McGuffey readers, once a staple of 19th century schooling, are returning in select private and parochial schools amid back to basics education. Proponents cite strong phonetics and disciplined moral lessons, with Los Angeles Pilgrim School embracing the texts for reading and elocution as part of a broader revival.
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William Holmes McGuffey
McGuffey
California
Ohio
Pennsylvania
NewGuffey
Darlene Peil
Los Angeles
Scotts Bluff
Neb
Pilgrim School
Norris A. Phen
Frohow
Miami University
Alexander
John Birch Society
Da Nang Sees Quiet Turning Point After Liberation
Dr Thomas Hoskins reports Da Nang after Liberation in South Vietnam from Easter to May Day 1975. He describes a transformed city with refugees returning home, markets reopening, and a new civilian-led security and public-service system under the Uy Ban Quan Quan Thi Xa Da Nang. Theft and corruption decline as shared responsibility replaces old practices, reflecting a culturally Vietnamese outlook and reduced foreign influence.
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American Friends Service Committee
Thomas Hoskins
South Vietnam
da Nang
River Han
Bach-Dang Street
Saigon
Vietnam
Committee of
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