Multiple Vermont news items reflect local events and history
A collage of brief items notes Jane Barrows suing Joseph Whitehall for injuries from an August accident near Dorset and her disrupted education plans, Bennington teachers marching to a statewide convention, $7025 in special schol arships offered, Vermont Forums opens its season with a debate on re arming Western Europe, Andrew Mann named Vermont Elks president, merchants split on a weekly Friday shop night, Globe Union plant construction with claimed no pollution, Vermont Supreme Court appoints John Williams II as reporter of decisions, a Bennington mutual aid fire response to a simulated blaze, and historical milestones from 1845 to 1973 including the Naval Academy opening, the 1911 Chinese revolution, the 1963 dam disaster in Italy, and Spiro Agnew’s 1973 resignation verdict.
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Jane C. Barrows
William Barrows
Dorset
United States District Court
Rutland
Joseph M. Whitehall
Ridgewood
N.J
Syracuse University
Bennington
Vermont State Teachers’ Association
Burlington
Amy E. Culter
Florence R. Kinsley
W. G. Towart
Vermont Forums, Inc
Western
Europe
Andrew J. Mann
St. Albans
Vermont State Elks Association
Earl H. Weeks
GOP disaster forecast for Nov 5 election impact
A Washington forecast says Republicans face heavy losses in November, likely becoming a diminished force in Congress and governorships. It cites a 14 percent drop in Republican primary votes across 28 states versus 1970, while Democratic primary votes rise by 11 percent.
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GOP
Congress
Ford
Nixon
California
Florida
Ohio
Senate bill targets seat belt buzzers and car interlocks
In a lighter note, Senator Eagleton proposes revoking a regulation for seat belt buzzers and interlocks in new cars. The piece blends political satire with scenes of a man reacting to a pancake buzzer and a theater ticket that self-destructs, then shifts to Ford era politics.
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Washington
UPI
Thomas F. Eagleton
Missouri Democrat
Auug
Ford’s push for voluntary sacrifice to meet crisis
The piece analyzes Gerald Ford’s wartime rhetoric translated to peacetime policy. It notes his ten point remedies, reliance on patriotism and voluntary limits rather than mandatory controls, and the tension between partisan roots and national leadership as he faces 7 percent unemployment by 1975. Washington admires his sincerity yet doubts if voluntary measures suffice.
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Washington
Republic
Congress
Ford
Capitol Hill
Gerald Ford
House of Representatives
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Globe-Union Inc
Bennington Road
Vermont Supreme Court
John H. Williams II
Bennington County
Rchard Hollister
Arlington
U.S. Naval Academy
Ft. Severn
Annapolis
Italy
Spiro Agnew
Justice Department
Roscoe Drummond
By Dick West
Eagleton
Fermus Auug
Mr. Auug
Gina
Federal Recreation
Richard Nixon
White House
House
Senate
New York
Herbert Hoover
Christian Science Publishing Society
Monument Plaza
Main St
Master Charge
Bank Americard
Inorth & Adams
Vermont
Burt Bros
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