Smiles in high politics hide hard talks worldwide
Washington notes a new fashion of diplomacy where leaders smile for photographers while privately clashing over arms control Middle East talks and Soviet U.S. tensions. Brezhnev Kissinger optics mask stark strategic disagreements amid global press manipulation and host country staging.
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Paris
Moscow
Leonid Brezhnev
Kissinger
Harvard
Mr. Kissinger
Sen
Scoop Jackson
State of Washington
Mr. Nixon
Dan Rather
C.B.S
Mr. Lincoln
Brezhnev
Middle East
Russia
Pravda
Nixon
Pittsburgh
Soviet Union
U.S
Europe
Suez Canal
Jerusalem
Golan Heights
Indian Ocean
Bennington items span CWA halt to dance and mill sale
The Civil Works Administration will stop funding all work in Bennington and nearby at midnight. The Catamount high school paper sponsors a dance to raise funds for the school magazine with the Catamount orchestra. J T Hughes has bought the Battie Woolen Mill in Camden Maine. James S Holden of Bennington is named inspector general of the National Guard 43rd Division. Ann Barber wins third prize in the 1948 Forest Festival essay contest. A two day disaster preparedness clinic is set for the Red Cross. Vermont Railway plans May 16 17 excursions Bennington to Burlington. Selectmen study a town employee retirement plan. Bennington may receive an FAA air raid warning system. Historical notes cite 1797 washing machine patent, 1939 Madrid surrender, 1942 raid on St Nazaire, and 1963 Estes mail fraud case.
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Civil Works Administration
Bennington
Edward F. Horst
CWA
Vermont
Bennington High School
Catamount
Catamount Orchestra
J. T. Hughes
Hughes Textile
James S. Holden
Vermont Public Service Commission
National Guard
Adjutant General
Montpelier
Ann Barber
Walter Barber
Red Cross
South Street
New Vermont Railway
Burlington
The oil embargo lessons from the winter
The piece notes a harsh winter with cold and long lines at gasoline stations while US crude oil and liquids output stayed reasonable. Oil product imports averaged 2.8 million barrels daily, crude imports up 11 percent from the prior winter, and stockpiles near 805 million barrels as of March 1. Demand growth remained around 6 percent annually with refineries operating near capacity.
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United States
American Petroleum Institute
Sidney Spiro
San Francisco
America
Nixon
Federal Energy Office
How to be a lister in Vermont tax duties and notices
A detailed guide for listers in Vermont explaining annual turnover, coordination among three listers, James steps from election to sworn duties, appraisal practices, and legal notice requirements. It covers contacting fellow listers, inspecting properties, recording changes, filing the Grand List, and deadlines through June and July, plus responsibilities toward the town clerk and taxpayers. The article also notes extended deadlines and extension procedures.
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Lister
March
USA
Board of Civil Authority
Listers
Commissioner of Taxes
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Nippon
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