Newfane maple syrup commercial sparks producer ire
In a Vermont town famed for its New England charm a Golden Griddle pancake syrup ad filmed in Newfane drew anger from local maple producers. The piece featured New York crews, Brattleboro bars, and a yellow painted camper used as a mobile kitchen. The author details pay, logistics, and the performative nature of advertising while noting Best Foods pulled the spot.
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Banner
Newfane
Vermont
New England
Newfane Inn
Hugh Downs
Bush League
New York
Brattleboro Holiday Inn
Roberto’s
New York City
Best Foods
P.R
The President and his critics
The Ford administration shifts from cautious credibility to bold policy with a $100 billion energy independence plan over ten years and a $28 billion spending cut paired with a $28 billion tax cut. Critics urged faster change, and now Ford acts with decisive, imaginative leadership.
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Ford
United States
Nixon
Bennington 4 H Roundup and varied local notices
The issue compiles a Bennington 4 H Roundup with North Bennington High School participation and mentions political shifts under Ford including changes at CIA, Commerce, and State. travel tweaks amid economic concerns. It also covers local items: strikes at Vermont Marble Co., land purchase for fishing access, Shaftsbury election results, a Marine corps family return, a Dorset barn collapse, water plans in Bennington, billboard removals, and brief historical notes.
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Ford
CIA
Commerce
Ford Administration
Cer
Featherless Chickens Signal End of Chicken Plucking Era
A humorous column notes advances in genetics threaten the craft of chicken plucking as featherless chickens near reality. It cites Masaryktown Florida as a peak of skill in 1970 and questions whether such vanished arts deserve conservation. The piece muses on future plucking of ducks and the broader pace of progress.
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Washington
UPI
National Geographic Society
Colonel Sanders
Banks Bar Credit Bias Against Women and Married Status
The Federal Reserve Board issued regulations banning gender or marital status as criteria in loan decisions. Creditors may not probe birth control or childbearing plans or dock part time earnings. Women's groups backed the rule, while The First Women's Bank of New York opened, promoting anti-bias measures during International Women's Year.
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Federal Reserve Board
Federal Reserve
New York
Women’s Bank of
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U.S
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Peking
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Christian Science Publishing Society
W. Clyde Peck
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Rutland
Bennington
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William E. Dailey
Sam Miller
Justice of the Peace
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George Walsh
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