Energy and consumerism in 1974 SCI TECH reads lively
Library Journal highlights 1974 energy crisis titles and consumer education works. Carol Stoner sails through Producing Your Own Power and The Mother Earth News handbook for practical home energy use, while Adeline Garner Shell and David Hapgood critique price and predatory marketing. Local notes cover obituaries, sports, and library services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Library Journal Magazine
Carol Stoner
Rodale
Mother Earth
Bantam Paper
Adeline Garner
Shell
Warner
Ms. Shell
Mau board debate on stipend reform stalls vote
Mt Anthony Union High School Board considered forfeiting the $100 annual stipend and returning $50 from this year to create a $1,600 emergency fund. Dr Barth Vander Els proposed the idea, but Raymond C Murray challenged it and no member seconded the motion, leaving the plan without action.
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Mt. Anthony Union High School
Barth Vander Els
Raymond C. Murray
Vander Els
Murray
Dr. Vander Els
New Bennington origins reexamined by local historian
Thom Spargo of Old Bennington presented a revisionist view of Bennington's beginnings, suggesting earlier settlements, routes, and figures than traditional histories. He cited court records, land deals, and regional patterns to argue that Captain Sam Robinson may have seen Bennington earlier, with multiple settlement waves and a vibrant pre Revolutionary community.
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Thom Spargo
Old Bennington
Bennington
Vermont
Spargo
St. Peter’s Church
American Association of University Women
Walloomsac
Robinson
New Hampshire
Lake George
Berkshires
Williamstown
Mass
Hoosick Corners
N.Y
Hudson
The
England
Boston
America
Fay
Republic of
Robinsons
Harwoods
Hardwick
Harwood
Marcy Robinson
Sam
Mrs. Robinson
Monument Avenue
John Sloane
David Robinson
Ethan
Ira
Heman
Allens
Republic of Vermont
Windsor
Helen Carrigan
AAUW
Shirley Flood
Philip Elwell
Louise Gauthier
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Bennington Free Library
Bennington Briefs
Beverly Bourn
Manchester
Roger A. Slade
Slade
Women’s Softball League
Second Congregational Church
Hillside Street
Aristophenes
the Frogs
White River Junction
Kennedy
New York
UPI
Edward Kennedy
D-Mass
Waldorf-Astoria
U.S
David Hapgood
Doubleday
Robin Wight
Random
Wight
MAU Board
Elizabeth Dwyer
Old Catamount Tavern
Main St. Bennington
Super Circle
Monthru
Sat
Colonial Shopping
Nida Ue
Nichols
Pilly
Hinde
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