President Taft kin traced to Vermont grave in Woodford
The Banner reports a Woodford Vermont discovery linking Nathan Taft buried in Water's Hill Cemetery to President William Howard Taft. Genealogists traced lines from immigrant Robert Taft of Mendon to Nathan, via Daniel Taft and Lydia Chapin, noting Revolutionary War service on both sides of the family. President Taft rests in Arlington. Woodford's Nathan is a distant cousin identified by Mt Anthony Union High School students.
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Nathan Taft
Greg Scotten
Mt. Anthony Union High School
United States
U.S
William Howard Taft
Vermont
Massachusetts
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Nathan
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England
Braintree
Mass
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Board of Selectmen
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Lydia Chapin
Tafts
Peter Taft
Bunker Hill
Aaron Taft
Peter Rawson Taft
Windham County
Alphonso Taft
Cincinnati
Ohio
Lydia
Chapin) Taft
Daniel Taft
Hopestill
White
Chapin
Lebbens Drew
William Shepard
Judith Sibley
Louisa Maria Torrey
Arlington National Cemetery
Water’s Hill Cemetery
Bennington Banner Publishers Note and Address
The Bennington Banner is published daily except Sundays and holidays by the Banner Publishing Corporation located at 425 Main Street in Bennington Vermont 05201.
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Banner Publishing Corporation
Main Street
Bennington
Vermont
Birth of a New Health Care Fraud Bureaucracy
Editorial argues for a federal health care fraud bureau to investigate Medicare and Medicaid abuse. Citing New York special prosecutor Charles Hynes, it proposes state level special prosecutors meeting federal standards plus a DOJ health fraud unit. It warns of costly but needed oversight to curb kickbacks and inflated Medicaid costs.
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Washington
Charles Hynes
New York State
U.S. Department of Justice
Hynes
New York
United States
Big Brother
Mark Hopkins Education Efforts Face Paperwork Delays
The passage notes Mark Hopkins in education advocates serving children with educational handicaps through varied programs. It warns against bureaucratic bog down and excessive paperwork, especially with federally funded ideas, where studies are produced but reports languish while teachers spend too much time filling forms.
Editorial notes on school board and state tax issues
The piece criticizes former Mt Anthony Union School Board for limiting public input and discusses proposals to summarize meetings for press use. It parodies bureaucratic reporting and reflects on New Hampshire Vermont border politics, bottle deposit laws, and concerns about taxes and waste. The overall tone questions transparency and fiscal policy.
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Mt. Anthony Union
New Hampshire
Vermont
Maine
Letter Expert Contradictions On Vermont Insanity Law
A reader argues for Massachusetts Briggs law inspired reform for insanity defenses and urges Vermont lawmakers to adopt impartial psychiatric examinations to resolve expert conflicts, citing state practice and potential legal changes. The letter criticizes scattered defenses and praises structured, independent mental health reports.
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State Department of Mental Health
Massachusetts
Vermont
Obsolete Dreams and the Riches of Wearout
A narrator muses that objects wearing out signals an economic boom, celebrating replacements as a miracle while a stubborn 26 year old toaster and a black and white TV resist obsolescence. Families split over aging tech, craving new wearouts as society marches toward modernity.
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