Soap prices and scents blur with Consumer Reports verdicts
Melvin Maddocks argues soap remains more than cleansing and prices from four cents to $1.25 an ounce offer little cleaning difference. He traces soap’s appeal from ancient times to 19th century art, noting fragrance and appearance drive value while economy may be overdone. Even at low costs, soap remains an alluring luxury.
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Consumer Reports
Alexander Watt
Watt
Artistocracy
Consumer
Carter’s TV appeal vs Congress tests his governing stance
The piece weighs President Carter’s skill in public image against his rocky start with a Democratic Congress. It cites water projects vetoes, Sorensen’s withdrawal as CIA director, and Warnke’s narrow Senate vote, noting Carter’s outsider status and strong public persuasion as a potential asset for governance.
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Central Intelligence
Theodore C. Sorensen
Paul Warnke
Warnke
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Ways and Means
Nixon
Lyndon Johnson
White House
Byrd
Tip O'Neill
Washington
Daniel P. Moynihan
New York
Frank Moore
Congressional
Sorensen
CIA
Adm
Stansfield Turner
Where Should You Build a Barn at the Lenten Service theme
The article surveys community events and notes from Bennington and surrounding towns. It mentions Dr. Johnsons sermon on Barn placement, local Fixit meetings, student journalists visiting New York, a community band rehearsal, a Mount Anthony PTA skit on citizenship, and a school board dog issue. It also records a retirement tribute for Miss Mary F. Ryan and public school safety shakedown, plus historical notes from 1802 1830 1966 and 1976.
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White Mountains
Mail order fraud tale from a long-ago convalescent
Harriet Davis recalls a 50 year old mail order scam where a puzzle prize offered sterling silver never arrived. Readers paid $10 shipping, waited weeks, then received a government check instead, showing thousands were deceived by a nonexisting prize.
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Banner
Washington, D.C
United States Government
Post Office Department
Letter on commercial industrial zoning and salvage yard concerns
A resident defends Bob Kip pursuing a salvage yard on land zoned commercial industrial arguing a precedent exists with an auto repair garage and asserting Kip will run a clean business. The letter cites prior buyers, attorney meetings, and notes the parcel would not be available for a commercial venture if not already zoned.
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Mr. Kip
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