The Ghosts We Live With Forever
A New York couple facing an unplanned pregnancy chooses abortion at Women's Services. The narrator recalls the sterile waiting room, the emotional toll, and the later sense of loss as she returns to life with her husband, greeting a lingering ghost of the unborn child. Jane Doe, a publishing worker, writes under a pseudonym.
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Women's Services
The
Center For Reproductive and Sexual Health
Meetherwood
Letters praise Hewitt Gannett for H 404 bill support
The Banner publishes letters from 320 Bennington County RSVP members and 28 RSVP Advisory Council members thanking Sen Merritt S. Hewitt and Sen Robert T. Gannett for backing Bill H 404. They note the bill, though not approved by the Senate Appropriations Committee, would have recognized Vermonts 1582 RSVP volunteers for their time and skills.
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Bennington County
RSVP
Merritt S. Hewitt
Windham County
Robert T. Gannett
Senate Appropriations Committee
Recognition of RSVP talents and aging volunteers bill H 404
Looking Back praises RSVP for recognizing older citizens as community resources and creating volunteer opportunities. No money was appropriated. State director's association and Rep Judy Rosenstreich steered H 404 through committees. Gratitude to Senators He rt and Gannett for support. Doris Gable RSVP Director.
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RSVP
State Director's Association
Judy Rosenstreich
House
Sen. Gannett
Bennington Planning Panel Hears Junkyard Acreage Proposals
On Wednesday evening May 19 the Bennington Planning Commission is set to discuss two junkyard proposals. One calls for a minimum of five acres in commercial industrial zones and the other for at least ten acres in rural residential zones. Residents, especially in rural residential areas, are urged to follow the decisions shaping the town’s open land use. Harold M Gore Jr Chapel Road.
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Bennington
James A. Farley
United States
Barre
Farley
O’connell
National Life Underwriters Association
National Life Insurance Week
Claude A. Rich
Theodore H. Thomas
George R. Pennock
Ralph A. Niles
Arthur E. Hollister
Breard H. Hawks
Paul E. Pitkin
Vermont
Cleveland
Calabro voyage note adds missing daughter Stephanie
A reader insists Calabro's premiere piece references not only three sons but also a daughter named Stephanie, arguing the omission obscured the family’s full composition. The letter adds personal touch and defends the artist’s family narrative while noting broader opinions on inclusion.
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Paul Malamud
Calabro
Stephanie
Third century of the Republic opens with useful youth
Columnist Earl Wilson reflects on Yale President Kingman Brewster's baccalaureate themes and the Class of 1976 facing a job-starved economy. He notes rising expectations from Carter era politics, a shift toward personal responsibility, and a society measure of usefulness over mere wealth.
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Kingman Brewster
Yale University
Brewster
Yale
Republic
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New York Times
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Lexington Avenue
Jesus
Albany
Doris Gable
Benmont Ave
Harold M. Gore Jr
Chapel Road
Tina Calabro
North Bennington
Stern
Business Digest
Xerox
American Legion
Maga
Hoosac School
Vermont House
Rep. Vail
Chester
North Bennington High School
Catherine Corcoran
Judy McKeighan
Rupert
Bennington County Farm Bureau
Manchester
Lynda Beattie
East Africa
David S. Jareckie
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Marion Tudor
Military Order of Cooties
Green Mountain
VFW
Marion Jennings
Abraham Lincoln
Republican Party
Chicago
Ireland
U.S
Nazi Germany
Alabama
Lurleen Wallace
White House
Nixon
Pentagon
Mayaguez
Gulf of Siam
CIA
UNION
Ermaru
Just
Main ST
Bennington, VT
Walker
Colombia
Vietnam
Watergate
Adam Smith
Karl Marx
Jimmy Carter
Jerry Ford
University of Missouri
New England
South
Middle West
William Jennings Bryan
Bill Buckley
God
Earl Wilson
Nichols
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