Friedman vouchers propose private schooling via grocery style markets
In Shaftsbury a letter recalls Milton Friedman Nobel ideas on consumer analysis and school vouchers. He compares delivery of knowledge to food distribution, proposing three paths from full privatization to a voucher plan where the government funds per child and public schools charge tuition. Critics warn about equity, feasibility, and quality differences among schools.
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Shaftsbury
Milton Friedman
Friedman
Berlitz
Bennington
Veblen
Imputation and rumor in rural justice stories
A reflective piece ties media sensationalism to guilt by imputation, recounting cases where suspicions wrongly labeled individuals as guilty. It recalls Walter Cronkite’s report, a French tale by Guy de Maupassant, and a farm hired man myth, illustrating how communities memory preserves alleged crimes despite lacking solid evidence.
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Guy DE Maupassant
States curb hospital costs with commissions
The piece notes rising national health costs and double digit inflation. It highlights state actions to rein in hospital charges, with Maryland creating a Health Services Cost Review Commission and Connecticut forming a Commission on Hospitals and Health Care after reform efforts. Hospitals must submit budgets and cap service charge increases.
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Maryland
Health Services
Johns Hopkins University Hospital
Baltimore
Connecticut
Connecticut Hospital Association
Commission On
Massachusetts
Blue Cross
General Motors
State Commission
John Cook
Maryland Commission
Cook
Commission
States wrestle health costs with cost control plans
New Jersey officials tout savings of over 58 million dollars in 1975 from rate setting and certificate of need rules limiting hospital expansions and costly tests. Several states pursue costs controls, including Minnesota and Hawaii, while critics warn about national plans and enforcement challenges.
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New Jersey
Department of Health
Minnesota
Hawaii
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Whimsical election bets and civic notices headline town scene
A decorated baby carriage parade on Main Street features Alfred Wade betting on London with a toy dog, while Homer LaBarge’s celebrants accompany the loser in rain soaked street theater. Lloyd McDonald’s victory is celebrated by marching musicians as the Bennington Chamber hears about Radio Free Europe. Attorney General Clifton Parker rules public school boards cannot fund transport to parochial schools over Colchester case. A Candle Mill open house marks its fifth Festival of Flames for United Counseling Service, amid school expansion talks and a Yale speaker cancellation due to Vietnam conscience concerns.
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London
Alfred W. Wade
Home Furniture Co
Main Street
Homer LaBarge
Putnam Square
Merchants Division
Dinu Altmanisteanu
Radio Free Europe
Cy Shultz
John Proud
Eugene Burt
George Hadwen
Harold Griffin
Lucien Loomis
Clifton G. Parker
Colchester
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Cronkite
Chief of
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West
Pennsylvania
Cole
Friendship, Maine
Ted
By Neal R. Peirce
Baltimore, Md
Ebas
Hyearnc
Arnos
Washington
GLE
Saab
Scot Sport Motors
North Street
South Shaftsbury
Lloyd McDonald
Edwin Howard
McDonald
Bennington Chamba of Commerce
Candle Mill
East Arlington
United Counseling Service
Arlington Memorial High
Fisher
Leon Wagner
Ira Manross
William Towne
Arlington School Board
William Sloan Coffin Jr
Yale University
Williams College
Vietnam
R.W. Humphrey
Will
Manchester Center
Telephone
Manchester
Er Rutland
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