Opinion Pieces on Abortion and Public Discourse
The piece discusses a 27 year old Mexican American woman who died after a cheap abortion in a border town, noting Medicaid limits and government funding cuts. It critiques Congress for delaying abortion policy decisions and argues the government cannot stop abortions, only funding. It also includes brief reflections on Prince Philip and a Vermont Symphony Concert review comparing views on egalitarianism and a concert experience.
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McAllen
Tex
Congress
Encore proves Bennington orchestral night unites town
In Bennington Vermont a packed auditorium filled with paying attendees, front-row expansion, and enthusiastic praise marked a community orchestral night. Conductor Ephram Guigui inspired a richer sound while Stephen Manes delivered a high level encore. Jessie Joseph earned public acknowledgment for her year of effort.
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Stephen Manes
Bennington
Jessie Joseph
Globelinks
New York Times
Winter abolition letter from CAWS group inspires debate
A discovered CAWS letter in a Boston supermarket laments winter, attacks a Doubleday catalog, mocks winter enthusiasm, and urges abolishing cold weather. The piece quotes caustic lines about snow and wind chill, notes a plan to counter weather promotion, and ends with a teaser about a poetry entry prize.
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CAWS
Coalition For Abolition of the
Old Farmer’s Almanac
U.S. Weather Bureau
Doubleday
Woodford City Braces as Three Inches Fall and Plows Hit Roads
Three inches of snow blanket Woodford City while state plows go out for the first time. Frank Howe leads 8th grade Party Committee with teachers as chaperones and harvest themed room decor. Stock quotes show AT&T at 149 and Kodak at 160.
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Woodford
State
Frank Howe
Notable historical dates on this date in history
On this date events include the 1920 League of Nations assembly in Geneva the 1933 US USSR diplomatic relations the 1953 Truman denouncing White as a Russian spy the 1806 Zebulon Pike Colorado peak sighting the 1907 Oklahoma statehood and the 1968 Soviet space satellite. A Truman quote about building a better world is also noted.
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The
League of Nations
Geneva
Switzerland
Harry Truman
Harry Dexter White
International Monetary Fund
White
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Royalty
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Great Britain
J. Duncan Campbell
Vermont Symphony
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Lincoln Center
Bennington College
Ephram Guigui
Banner
So-and-So
Boston
Tiffany’s
St. Bernard
California
Snowflake
St. Thomas
Vermont
Pownal
Berkshire Plaza
Coats
North Adams, Mass
Visa — Roberts
Waites Ch
Bennington, VT
American Tel. & Tel
Eastman Kodak
Leonard Morrison
Irene Mudgett
Charles N. Graham
Harley Graham
Bennington Friends of
Elizabeth Dwyer
BFRC
United States
Soviet Union
Zebulon Pike
Colorado
Rocky Mountain
Oklahoma
Missouri
Atkine & Gould’ S
Fashion Dowell
Vermont 405
Main Street
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