India on the brink of doom
United States observers warn India faces famine risk as population drives growth beyond food and fertilizer supply. The article notes bread riots, collapsing grain controls, rising prices, and India’s fragile democracy with parallel debates on aid and Vietnam. It highlights fertilizer costs, grain needs, and possible foreign investment delays.
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India
Australia
Daniel P. Moynihan
United States
U.S
Chester Bowles
U.S.S.R
Indira Gandhi
New York Times
A.M. Rosenthal
America
Vietnam
Two brain halves differ in function says Ornstein
Washington dispatch notes Dr. Robert Ornstein’s theory that the left and right hemispheres govern distinct tasks. The left stores names and numbers while the right recognizes faces. Individuals vary which side governs choices like clothing, tips, and alarms, with quirks in mood and behavior.
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Dick West Washington
UPI
Robert E. Ornstein
Ornstein
Vermonters Hear New Spending Skepticism Column
A Letter To The Banner reprints a Daily Courier May 2 1974 column by Rep John B Conlon of Arizona critiquing government waste. It cites a controversial example of a 5000 dollar study into bisexual behavior of Polish frogs and questions official spending.
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Banner
Daily Courier
Conroe
Texas
John B. Conlon
Arizona
Taxpayer funded studies reveal odd research chosen by federal agencies
Citizens note unusual federal studies paid with tax dollars including Frisbee flares search 375000. why people say ain t 12000. perspiration smell 70000 among Australian aborigines. toad calls 20324. Indo Australian ants 70000. Polish Zlotmika pigs blood groups 20000. Los Angeles extends travelers aid to lost freeway migrants 203979. children fall from tricycles 19300. The letter cites these as evidence of waste in government spending and calls for taxpayer awareness in Washington.
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Los Angeles
Washington
Linda Lee Hall
U.S. Marine Corps
Jefferson Huts
Government should curb profit motive says Leontis
Nobel laureate Prof. Wassily Leontis, Harvard economist, argues that government control of profits is needed to steer U S economic policy toward preferred outcomes. He warns that unfettered markets hinder the administration's aims and calls for decisive policy action.
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Wassily Leontis
Harvard
U.S
Beauty Queen prize boosts Hoosick Falls contest plans
The Hoosick Falls Post American Legion offers 100 dollars to the beauty pageant winner as interest rises in the local Beauty Queen contest. Sen. Clarence Morgan announced a state liquor store will locate in Bennington at the Hotel Putnam block. An air show for Memorial Day, an honorary life membership to the Berkshire Principals’ association, and a Bennington fire rescue are noted along with historic milestones from 1832 to 1948.
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Hoosick Falls
Hoosick Post
American Legion
Clarence Morgan
Shelburne
State Liquor Control Board
Bennington
Putnam Block
Adams Clothing
Louisa May Alcott
Massachusetts
New York
Berkshire Principals’ Association
Walter C. Wood
Impeachment Improbable or Inevitable in Nixon Case
A thoughtful column weighs the likelihood and consequences of Nixon facing impeachment. It argues momentum could push toward Senate conviction and potential indictments, while noting public opinion mixed and the path fraught with political risk. The piece warns against rushing judgment, urging careful consideration of legal and constitutional repercussions.
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Washington
House of Representatives
Senate
Nixon
House
Congress
District of Columbia
D.C
Jefferson
Madison
Real Estate Today: Tax Shelters in Real Estate
Real estate investing offers tax shelters through depreciation, mortgage interest, and taxes that reduce gross income. A brick office building purchased for 100000 may yield 3750 annual depreciation, lowering net income and tax rate. The column promotes the Wednesday Questions and Answers on Real Estate radio show from 11 15 to 11 30 hosted by Kathy O'Donnell.
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Uncle Sam
WBTN
Hoisington Realty
Kathy O'Donnell
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Richard L. Strout
Christian Science Monitor
Robert S. McNamara
Defense
World Bank
Asia
Time
Newsweek
Mike Mansfield
McNamara
the Banner
Steven Rice
Gerald Raftery
Arlington
Philip H. Hoff
Shea Inc
North Bennington
Mt. Anthony Country Club
Donald C. Hicks
Greater Bennington Association
Vermont Association of Chamber Executives
Baltimore
Washington, D.C
Clara Barton
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Japan
Pearl Harbor
Harry Truman
Alaska
William Safire
N.Y
Times News Service
Richard Nixon
Time Magazine
Bill Horsington
G. RI. Realtor
Catamount National Bank
Ageat
Duster
Plymouth
Chrysler Motors Corporation
Chrysler
Paulin’s Garage Inc
Shaftsbury, Vt
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