Imperial Valley land rules shift threaten small farms ad
Washington columnist notes a full page ad by Citizens for Government Fairness protesting Interior Department enforcement of the 1902 Reclamation Act. The piece argues for self reliance by small family farms, cites the Imperial Valley as a case, and questions residency and 160 acre limits while detailing historical letters and legal battles. Richard Strout on vacation. Michael Kinsley writes.
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Washington Post
America
United States of America
Interior Department
Citizens For Government
Theodore Roosevelt
Colorado River
Hoover Dam
Secretary of the Interior
Hoover
Ray Lyman Wilbur
Imperial Valley
Wilbur
Northcutt Ely
Ely
Washington
Imperial Valley Irrigation District
Andrus
Congress
Agriculture Department
California
Imperial Irrigation District
Irvine
Southern Pacific
Richard Strout
Michael Kinsley
The
New Republic
Rural radicals of the 70s fade into middle life
A Burlington Free Press piece recounts how the rural counter culture who moved to Maine and other areas in the 1970s has aged. It profiles Jacqueline Mitchell who notes founders now face daily living, grants, and welfare dependence as they turn toward earned income and stable craft work.
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Washington
Mendocino
California
Vermont
Jacqueline Mitchell
Reno
Neva
Maine
Mitchell
Maine Woods
Bennington Area Barbers Chair New Leader November 1937
Robert E. Cummings elected chairman of the new Bennington chapter of the Associated Master Barbers of America. Mrs. Vincent Ravi Booth noted as the sole accredited Braille transcriber in Vermont with Bennington County Red Cross credited for all Booth braille work. Specials at Walker's Market include five pounds bananas for 23 cents sweet cider 23 cents per gallon and two dozen California oranges 33 cents.
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Robert E. Cummings
Bennington
Associated Master Barbers of America
Vincent Ravi Booth
Vermont
Bennington County
American Red Cross
Booth
Walker’s Market
Music to grow crops by radio science musings
Rosalie Whaley argues music from Radio WBZ could boost plant growth and deter raccoons in a Maine garden. German studies suggest Rossini Verdi Strauss and Copland help crops while too much rock may weaken spinach and herbs. The piece muses on grants, cows, and Sinatra as garden allies.
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WBZ
Rosalie Whaley
Germany
Verdi
Copland
Rosalie
Sinatra
Streisand
Radio-Wbz
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Imperial Valley of California
Franklin Roosevelt
Hoover Administration
Bureau of Reclamation
Plante
Ewelow
Main ST
Bennington, VT
North Adams
Farberware
England
Allendale
Pittsfield
Wni Chambers
Richard Helms
By Nicholas von Hoffman
VISTA
Burlington Free Press
League of Women Voters
Greater Bennington Association Tourist Bureau
Ted Riehle
Cleveland Dodge
Pownal
Bennington Business and Professional Women’s Club
Cecile Roy
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Civil Works Administration
U.S. Supreme Court
New York City
New England
O. Henry
Dunham Duraflex
Dunham
Burt Bros
Youthland
Colonial Shopping
Williamstown
Friendship, Maine
George Titcomb
Red Sox
Cleveland
George
Christian Science Publishing Society
Billy Martin
Lou Piniella
Yankee
John Gould
Landrubbers
Bennington, Vermont
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