Bennington Coal Survey Warns Distribution Not Feasible
A four-person survey in Bennington examines local coal demand among 20 respondents using stoves and stokers. With 80 tons needed and delivery costs outlined, organizers find a new coal distribution system unfeasible given labor, logistics, and price hurdles, while noting nearby Cambridge and Williamstown dealers may supply current needs.
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Banner
Bennington
Pennsylvania
Cambridge
N.Y
Williamstown
Mass
Cambridge Lumber Co
Ralph C. Mason Oil Co
Paul Scott
Walter Noyes
A Word From Robert Moses at Fordham University
Robert Moses reflects on public service and urban planning in a Fordham University lecture excerpt. He critiques amateurism in parks policing and youth disorder while defending a middle road between radical environmentalism and progrowth priorities. Moses asserts the allure and risks of a public career and states he would do it again.
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United States
Westway
Flood Waters Threaten Pownal Farms Amid Hoosic Flood
May 23 1937 news item reports Hoosic river flooding near Pownal with fifty acres on Purcell farm underwater and the river widening its banks. Other items include a Scout circus rally with 125 Bennington County scouts, a banquet for 184 mothers and daughters, a Carriage Barn concert featuring Mannes Damrosch and Silva, a found weather balloon turned to police, and Bennington College dormitory dedication.
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Pownal
Purcell
Bennington County Boy Scouts
Armory
Dorset
Bennington
Women’s Associations
Baptist and
Congregational Churches
Bennington College
America
Leopold Mannes
Walter Damrosch
Luigi Silva
United States Army
Carbon Company
Gage Street
August Kelson
Nothing like a stove urges solar energy defense letter
A letter to Dr. James R. Schlesinger argues wood stoves reduce electricity demand for home heating. It cites adjusted 1974 75 and 1975 76 figures, notes fuel costs and amortization, and extols wood heat as friendly and characterful. It links stove use to reduced oil dependence and trade balance support.
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Woodburners
Jay Shell
Crossroads Press
Waitsfield
U.S
Vermont
LaGuardia’s Revenge and a Footstool Joke
A biographical tale recalls Fiorello LaGuardia’s integrity and a playful ruse involving Robert Moses. Moses refurbished Gracie Mansion with museum pieces and later replaced a loaned footstool after LaGuardia, now retired in the Bronx, hinted he knew of the director’s plan. The tale ends with LaGuardia’s quiet revenge and a famed mayor’s sense of humor.
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LaGuardia
Gracie Mansion
Gracie
Robert Moses
Metropolitan Museum
Bronx
Moses
Metropolitan
Southern administration described as charming yet deceptive
The speaker, Thomas P. O'Neill Jr., criticizes the Southern administration for failing to recognize the distinct traits of Irish, Italian, and Jewish politicians from urban areas. He warns that the average Southerner is a smooth diplomat who can manipulate with kindness and charm.
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Southern
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the Banner
North Bennington
Hall, Hanks, Longtin
Toomey
Walter O. Noyes
Fordham University
Times News Service
New York
Watergate
Billingsgate
Shults Jewelership Registereil Jeweler
American Gem Society
Main Street
Bowlaway
Union Street
Edward Bloustein
Union School Board
John P. Morrissey
Mt. Anthony Union High
James M. Toolan
Old Bennington
Dr. Toolan
Hall W. Cushman
New Hampshire
Adolf Eichmann
Argentina
Tel Aviv
James R. Schlesinger
White House
Washington, D.C
E.j.o’connell
Manchester Center
By August Heckscher
Fiorello LaGuardia
East River
Thomas P. O’neill Jr
House of Representatives
Boston Globe
Burlington Free Press
Monument Plaza
Bennington, VT
Rent Rinsenvac
Pecpenta
Rinsenvac
H. Greenberg & Son, Inc
Main St
Benn
Pads & Chemicals
Bennington Pool Supply, I
Morgan Street
Bennington, Vermont
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