Energy policy tradeoffs face tax and oil plan clash
A wide range of proposals cover gasoline tax, oil import quotas, price decontrol, and tax cuts. Key features include a 5 cent per gallon gas tax rising to 40 cents, creation of a National Energy Production Board, fuel allocation powers, auto efficiency incentives, repeal of depletion allowances, and windfall profits taxes. Proposals differ on tariffs, agency purchases, and ERDA funding, with House plans valued at 21.3 billion dollars and various tax reliefs.
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National Energy Production Board
U.S
Energy Trust Fund
Looking Back 40 Years Ago March 5 1935
The column recalls milk demand prompting Fillmore Farms to install a bottling plant in 1929 and a 70 cow milking barn in 1930. It notes 71 marriages last year, Cushman’s run for village president, coal miners likely to return to work, Arlington town meeting votes on kindergarten inclusion, Shaftsbury town clerk race, and Bennington selectmen races. Also mentions historical events from 1770 Boston Massacre, Stalin death in 1953, and Mount Fuji airliner disaster in 1966.
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Fillmore Farms
Cupid
Bennington
John Halsey Cushman
Arlington
Shaftsbury
Victor K. Harwood
F.B. Randall
Bankruptcy as cure for inflation sparks debate
Wall Street Journal comments on Herbert Denenberg’s call for bankruptcy as a solution to inflation. Critics warn widespread debt avoidance shifts costs to others and undermines societal obligation while noting the moral and economic consequences of such a policy proposal.
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Herbert S. Denenberg
Pennsylvania
Shapp
Denenberg
The Lifelong Art of Killing Without Malice
A reflective essay traces a lifelong tally of killing across animals, insects, and humans. It questions what life is privileged to escape humanity’s “black hand” and argues that everyday carnage is normalized while debates focus on exemptions for fetuses or certain birds. The author asserts killing spans domains, from pets to pests, war to sport, urging scrutiny of life’s sanctity.
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Kentucky
Animal Kingdom
Watergate and Tidal Basin Vie For Historic Register
The National Park Service advances bicentennial plans for the National Register of Historic Places listing new sites. Watergate offices and the Tidal Basin gain attention for their historical influence, alongside other recent entrants like Agnew payoff offices and CIA map rooms.
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Boston Harbor
House
Linda Lovelace
Miss Foxe
John Wayne
Mills
Spiro Agnew
George Washington
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Ford
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Harwood Hill
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Selectman
Alfred E. Arnold
Boston
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Josef Stalin
Japan
Mount Fuji
Wall Street Journal
Russell Baker
N.Y
Lassie
America
China
Bessie
India
Hemingway
Africa
Madrid
New York
By Dick West
Watergate
Gettysburg
Valley Forge
Independence Hall
Democratic National Committee
Fanne Foxe
Rep
Wilbur Mills
National Milk Producers Association
Central Intelligence Agency
Orvis
Hogback
Bennington Potters
First Vermont
Bank and Trust Company
FDIC
Barre, Bellows Falls
Brattleboro
Castleton, Chester
Manchester
Rutland
North & Adams Streets
Bennington, VT
Swifts Premium
Boyardee
Tetley Tea Bags
Woodbury Nature Soap
Run & Hammer Detergent
Appian Way Pizza
Hershey
Kraft
Frankfurts
Seneca
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