Fire at North Street home alarms Bennington area
A fire started from an overheated stove damaged a two family three story frame house on North Street, with losses estimated in the hundreds of dollars. The rest of the town faced ice jam fears, a still-standing Pownal Bridge, and a string of local notices and anniversaries.
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Harry J. Cole
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Pownal Bridge
Hoosic
Bennington
Paul W. Bohne
Harwood Hill
Prospect Mountain
Woodford
Pownal
The U S and Soviet Union strained by detente and tyranny
The piece examines long standing U S Soviet relations from expansion to Cold War tensions noting Russia as an authoritarian state. It argues detente can continue if mutual usefulness guides policy while recognizing Russia remains repressive and not a free democracy.
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Russia
Ivan IV
Novogorod
United States
Pacific Ocean
San Francisco
Siberia
U.S
Pacific Coast
Washington
Alaska
St. Petersburg
Bismarck
Germany
Europe
Solzhenitsyn
Country
Inequities of state school aid spark Bennington letter
A Vermont reader argues 89 rural districts will lose all state aid next year unless H76 shifts funds to a per pupil basis. He cites table data, urges immediate action before Town Meeting, and warns against keeping the Miller formula. He notes House changes still leave inequities and supports relief for rural communities.
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Vermont
Whitaker
Newfane
Burlington
South
House Appropriations Committee
House
A Step Short of Impeachment in American Government
A long editorial arguing that impeachment is costly and arguing for a guarded no confidence style mechanism. It compares British practice, Nixon era accountability, and the need for a constitutional safeguard to allow timely government change without impeachment, including a proposed two thirds Senate vote and a caretaker presidency.
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U.S
Britain
Israel
United States
Richard Nixon
Nixon
Congress
Neville Chamberlain
Winston Churchill
Senate
Servant of many masters C M Kelley FBI director
Statement by C M Kelley, director of the FBI, outlining internal security aims and rights protection. The agency pledges accountability, serving the President, attorney general, Congress, courts, press, and citizens with fairness and justice.
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FBI
Congress
America
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