Ford's chaotic White House saga shocks nation
Gerald Ford's sudden shakeup of Defense Secretary James R. Schlesinger sparks a flurry of plot theories and White House chaos. Kissinger and Rumsfeld emerge as likely orchestrators as Ford battles a cooling trend and public trust wanes amid whirling speculation.
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James R. Schlesinger
White House
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CIA
William E. Colby
Colby
Ford
Ronald Reagan
Barry Goldwater
Goldwater
Reagan
Lenny
Henry Kissinger
Donald Rumsfeld
Pentagon
Food Commission Meeting Boise Vermont Public Input Call
Letters urge statewide public input on food matters at a Nov 19 meeting of Vermont Food Commission. Rosalyn Oakes chairs a 6:30 p.m. session at St Peter's Church parish house School Street Bennington. Speakers include Craig Righ Thomas Dowe Robert Davison Beverly Mitchell with preliminary discussions earlier in the day.
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Te State
Food Commission
Rosalyn Oakes
Chaiperson
School Street
St. Peter’s Episcopal Church
Servation Service
Vermont
Thomas Dowe
UVM School of Agriculture
Robert Davison
Rutland
Beverly Mitchell
St. Peter’s
John Farmer
Department of Development and Community Affairs
Remnants of Racism and U N Zionism Vote Debate
The writer condemns the UN resolution equating Zionism with racism and urges targeted action rather than undermining the UN. They note voting blocs, call for diplomacy and development leverage, and warn about hypocrisy in arms sales to allies of Israel. The piece links US racism at home to global events and mentions a presidential candidate tapping the same dark impulses.
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U.N
Assembly
South America
Africa
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Israel
NATO
U.N. Assembly
Bennington Voters to Decide on New Courthouse Site
Residents line up as shovels scrape after the first snowstorm. Slightly under 600 ballots cast by noon as Bennington voters head to the state armory to decide if the village will supply a site and 5000 for a new courthouse. A peculiar ice formation covers the second story windows of 106 Valentine Street, home of Miss Julia White.
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Bennington
State Armory
Julia White
Valentine St
Rundown of Bloopers and Language Bites in Print
A columnist surveys language goofs from media usage to dialect notes, citing Thomas Luskin and Henry Grunwald critiques. It traces plural media debates, cockamamie slang, and changes in terms from de escalation to ripple effect, with anecdotes about topless signs and a Vermont store joke.
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Thomas Luskin
Bayside
N.Y
Henry Anatole Grunwald
Rockefeller Center
Time Magazine
Webster’s
Alma Graham
American Heritage Dictionary
Mary
Harry
Alleghenies
Atlanta
the Times
Sidney Landau
Doubleday Dictionary
Oxford English Dictionary
Arthur Kober
Nelson Rockefeller
Harper’s
Magnesium and soil: a growth key in old arguing columns
In a November Banner piece magnesium links to growth and cancer, while Oct. 28 columnist John Randolph describes a Vermont commune paying 55000 for a hill farm. A reader from N Petersburg, NY, weighs soil amendments and emphasizes gradual, judicious use and ecology amid an anecdote about horse theft prevention.
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John Randolph
Vermont
Gun control debate and constitutional right discussed
The discussion covers firearm registration and licensing, with law enforcement support for tracking crimes, while acknowledging victims’ perspectives. It cites the Second Amendment as protecting a well regulated militia and notes a 1939 Supreme Court ruling limiting individual gun ownership protection.
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U.S
Supreme Court
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