Passover and Easter Foods and Recipes Featured
A Passover and Easter religious week overview describes leavening restrictions and Seder foods for Passover, then Easter traditions with ham or lamb and festive pastries. It provides recipes for hot cross buns, lemon Easter pie, and a detailed lemony cake, with steps, ingredients, and baking times.
Stab in the back myth as Vietnam debate resurfaces in Congress
In a broad critique of U.S. policy, the piece argues Congress underrates aid to Saigon while Vietnam is outgunned. It cites McCloskey's report comparing forces, aid, and firepower, urging political settlement over endless military aid and criticizing Kissinger's role and the administration's stance.
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Weimar
Germany
Vietnam
Saigon
Defense Schlesinger
U.S
United States
Paul McCloskey
Republican of
California
McCloskey
Pentagon
South Vietnam
Danang
Phom Penh
Gerald Ford
Congress
Mathias
Hatfield
Stevenson
Mansfield
State Kissinger
Middle East
Indochina
Pontius Pilate
Kissinger
Thieu
Henry Essinger
Arlington Fire Department
Mutual Aid
Explorer
Jerry Sargood
Paul Wilcox
Fred Hoty
Don Keough
Arnold Griffis
Edward Doyle
Bob Buck
Ed Garneau
Mount Anthony Union High School
Union School Board
Love money and science clash in a March budget clash
A satirical defense of love over money dominates a March commentary, with Sen. Proxmire blasting funds for social science research including love studies. Dr. Ellen Berscheid defends research while noting public budgets and the recession. The piece ponders romantics, ethics, and the value of knowledge amid economic strain.
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National Science Foundation
Sen
William Proxmire
Senate Appropriations Subcommittee
Sen. Proxmire
Foundation
Africa
Minnesota
Dr. Berscheid
Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Browning
Post-Kinsey
Berscheid
Raid on St Nazaire by British Commandos Stuns World War II
In 1942 British forces led by commandos carried out a bold raid on Nazi occupied St Nazaire in France blasting harbor installations. The operation shook Germany and showcased Allied daring in the early years of World War II.
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Commandos
St. Nazaire
France
Letter urges Vermont Senate on public aid policy
The Banner prints a plea arguing the Vermont Senate should reject public assistance for able bodied adults without dependents. The writer contends many aged forty plus cannot find work and warns widows without dependents too young for Social Security would be harmed if the measure becomes law.
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Vermont Senate
Short-sighted attitude on retirement benefits and discrimination
RD 3 Montpelier argues that starting benefits at age 60 and double discrimination against widowed women returning to work are harmful. He notes illegal but prevalent bias, calls legislation financially unwise, and says delayed support leads to malnutrition, illness, higher hospital costs, and moral concern as a taxpayer.
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Karen Dobkin Fortney
England
Boston
Paris
North Vietnam
China
Soviet Union
Anthony Lewis
N.Y
Richard Nixon
By Melvin Maddocks
Ellen Berscheid
University of
Proxmire
Crrietian Science Publishing Sociery
Joseph M. Bellemare
J. H. Reichling
Bennington
Green Mountain Parkway
Vermont
House of Representatives
Charles N. Smith
Leon Orr
Mary O’neill
Schal Foster
Betty Hohman
Elliot Gilman
Louis Betit
Nathaniel Briggs
Montpelier
Catamount
National Bank
North Bennington
Bennington Plaza
Putnam Square
Brattleboro
Manchester Center
Pownal
West Dover
F.D.I.C