Planning and Zoning Protect Old Bennington Heritage
A village planning and zoning ordinance approved at the Village Meeting safeguards Old Bennington as an historic site of national importance. The committee led by Dr. Vincent Ravi Booth, with Mrs. Fanny A. Meagher and Edwin Avery Park, urges preserving uniform village appearance and prohibiting disfiguring property uses to deter real estate speculation.
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Old Bennington
Vincent Ravi Booth
Fanny A. Meagher
Edwin Avery Park
Ms Versus Dignity Mail In The Age Of Checks
A column by Jean Stafford discusses mail addressed to Ms as a social marker. It notes the ritual of opening only to find checks, then sealing the envelope again, reflecting attitudes toward gender and money in midcentury America. The piece mixes humor with social commentary on titles and courtesy.
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Republican Party
Miss Stafford
Mrs. Liebling
Letter to the Editor on Shaftsbury zoning dispute
A Shaftsbury landowner defends plans for a cheese house and commercial zone. The letter counters The Banner editorial on zoning, stating drawings were published and plans shared with town officials, arguing the project fits the area’s historic character.
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Shaftsbury
Shaftsbury zoning clash over cheese shop debate persists
Residents protest adverse publicity and zoning claims as Shaftsbury debates allowing a small cheese shop on Route 7. They defend tourist trade, condemn misrepresentation in The Banner, and defend their deed restrictions while recounting objections to local measures and media coverage.
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Shaftsbury
Irene Ventres
Chamber of Commerce
Vermont
Link
Bennington
Col
WBTN
Arlington Line
Kissinger and Nixon Power Behind the Presidency
The essay blasts Kissinger and Nixon as master manipulators of law and public opinion. It accuses them of Watergate denial, inflation deflection, and expansive ESA powers. It alleges Kissinger shaped policy, dodged testimony, and coordinated wiretaps, while criticizing Congress for inaction and lack of oversight.
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John B. Connally
Smithsonian
Nixon
Congress
F.D.R
Billy Graham
Cardinal Cooke
Mel Laird
Gen. Haig
Spiro Agnew
Bebe Rebozo
Robert Abplanalo
Henry Kissinger
Rockefeller
Eisenhower
Kennedy
Johnson
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Sacred Heart
John D. Thomas
Board of Water Commissioners
New York
E-Z Mills Inc
Bonnie Barber
John Barber
Pownal
Bennington Catholic High School
North Bennington
Utah
al Jolson
United Air Lines
Medicine Bow Peak
Wyoming
Russia
Fischetti
Jean Stafford
N.Y
Times News Service
Cheese House
Patricia and
Clifford Auege
P.O
Yankee Land
Nancy
Pansy
Peach Anne
Cecil
Dale
Tennessee
Empire State
New Mexico
Boise
Idaho
United States Postal Service
Kissinger
George G. Connelly
Annapolis, Md
Roosevelts
Teddy
Philander C. Knox
Colombia
Knox
Pittsburgh
Sam Rosenman
Ron Ziegler
Ziegler
D.A.R
Pakistan
FBI
National Security Affairs
John Mitchell
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
National Security Council
Florsheim
Williamstown
Mass
Spring Street
Mammoth Mart
New England
Bennington's
Natural and Organic Foods Center
Spice
Nice
North St. Bennington
Chittenden
Chittenden Trust Company
Member
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
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