Fans and Fools in Baseball Hypocrisy in New York
A fan’s sharp critique of baseball’s moneyed culture, lampooning owners and players for cash-driven moves. He calls Finley’s sales of players and three humans a smart deal turned wrong, then condemns the sport’s shift from pastime to commercial enterprise while staying loyal to the game.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Com Ny Finks
Washington
New York
Yankee Stadium
Bronx
Ashtabula
Charles O. Finley
Oakland
Boston
Finley
Charlie O
Commencement and community notes from Bennington and Vermont
Three Bennington youths receive University of Vermont degrees in Burlington, with high school backgrounds noted. Other items include Masonic pins awarded, St Peter's church lawn party details, Grandma IGA prize winners, Connie White's fourth birthday party, Sacred Heart parish anniversary, and local news briefs from Bennington and region including Carter politics and BFRC education plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University of Vermont
Burlington
Bennington
Robert G. Warren
Harry H. Warren
Winfield C. Twitchell
Milton J. Greenberg
Harry Greenberg
Theodore H. Harwood
Dorset
J. Ed. Walbridge
Grandview Street
Ralph H. Walker
East Arlington
Masonic District
Vermont
Paul C. Howe
Mt. Anthony
Connie White
Albert White
School St
North Bennington
Connie
Sacred Heart of Jesus Church
Msgr
Joseph A. Campeau
Joseph Trigory
S.S.E
Msgr. Campeau
An Astronaut VP? Carter Faces Tough Choice in 1976
The analysis weighs Carter's vice presidential options after Kennedy’s concerns and regional weaknesses. It cites Nixon’s 1968 strategy, considers Sen Glenn of Ohio and Gov Wendell Anderson of Minnesota as top picks, and weighs Ohio’s pivotal role and regional appeal against liberal support and intra party balance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Jimmy Carter
Carter
Nixon
Spiro Agnew
Sens
Jackson
Church
Rep
Udall
Adlai Stevenson
Illinois
John Glenn
Ohio
Wendell Anderson
Minnesota
Sen. Stevenson
Richard Daley
Stevenson
Daley
Kennedy
White House
Sen
Glenn
Gov
Anderson
Humphrey
Jefferson Drafts Independence Preamble in Philadelphia
In May 1776 Jefferson, 33, hidden in Graff's Philadelphia room, writes a bill of particulars and a preamble as Congress debates independence. Adams seconded the motion on June 7, and a committee for a declaration forms. June 18 brings revisions as Adams and Franklin shape the draft for Congress.
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Thomas Jefferson
Philadelphia
Graff
Continental Congress
Congress
France
Maryland
America
Adams
Virginia Assembly
Williamsburg
Richard Henry Lee
Slim
John Adams
Franklin
George III
John Witherspoon
Princeton College
Also Mentioned on This Page
Nincom Propery
Babe Ruth
Boston Red Sox
Yankees
Ruth
Qonnie Mack
Hall of Fame
Washington Senators
Calvin Gnffith
Senators
Walter O'Malley
Brooklyn Dodgers
A.J. Cooper
St. Peter’s Church
Catherine Griffin
Elwell
IGA
Lewis Knapp
Williams Iga Market
Myrtle Grover
M.C. Clark & Co
Grandma Iga
Oscar Johnson Jr
the River Road
Manchester
Lisa
John F. Kennedy
Lyndon B. Johnson
The
Bennington Friends of Retarded Children
BFRC
Congress of Texas
United States
U.S
Truman
Connecticut
Thomas Dodd
U.S. Senate
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
New Jersey
Michigan
East
Middle West
Edward Kennedy
Hugh Carey
Brendan Byrne
Milton Shaym
Pennsylvania
Shapp
Jack Kennedy
Northeast
California
Edmund G. Brown Jr
Brown
Jefferson
By Richard L. Strout
George Rex
Virginia
Christian Science Publishing Society
Betsy Floss
Star Spangled Banner
First Continental Regiment
Navy
Bedford
Gadsden
Bennington Y
Main Street
Office Products Center
Lock-Ud the Sun
Ana Swaler
Bennington, VT
Tae
P. Mahar & Son, Inc. Funeral Home
Main
Order OF the Golden Rule
Main St. Bennington, VI
Kimberly
Vogue
Colonial Shopping Ctr
Williamstown
Mass
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