Bennington News Briefs Reflect Local Industry and Honors
Vermont Marble Co faces nine weeks of work with 1100 employees at current output. Bennington teachers attend the 85th annual Vermont State Teachers Association meeting where Education Commissioner Bailey urges more men in the profession. Vermont Highway Dept bids opened in Montpelier for 1.9 miles of bituminous macadam from Woodford. Senate committee approves Ernest Gibson nomination to Vermont district court. Bennington trustees approve a three year plan to upgrade street lighting with mercury vapor lamps. Barbara Browe wins Putnam Hospital School nursing award for outstanding medical surgical nursing. Patricia Prandini named sole senior at Bennington Catholic High School earning National Merit Scholarship recognition.
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Bennington
Vermont State Teachers Association
Francis L. Bailey
State Highway Department
Lane Construction Company
Woodford
The
Highway Board
Montpelier
Putnam Hospital School of Practical Nursing
Barbara Browe
North Bennington
Patricia Prandini
Joseph Prandini
Pageant Street
Bennington Catholic High School
Apple purchase offer aims to aid school lunches
A U S D offer to buy surplus apples targets local growers, moving surplus into school lunch programs. Separately, Area Rent Advisory Board complaints claim Bennington landlords shifted from fair return to a “charge what the traffic will bear” policy after federal controls ended last Sept. 1, with rents rising 50 to 100 percent in several cases.
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U.S. Department of Agriculture
Area Rent Advisory Board
Bennington
On This Date: Roosevelt Shot but Finishes Speech
On this date in 1912 Theodore Roosevelt was shot and wounded in Milwaukee but refused medical treatment until his campaign speech for a third term was finished. In 1933 Germany announced withdrawal from the League of Nations as war shadows grew. In 1944 British and Greek troops liberated Athens ending German occupation. In 1949 East German puppet state set up in Berlin by Soviet authorities.
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Theodore Roosevelt
Milwaukee
Germany
League of Nations
Europe
Athens
Berlin
Origin of inflation linked to Vietnam conflict analysis
A 1974 CSPS piece traces inflation to the Vietnam War era, citing Johnson era tax debates, budget pressures, and later warnings from Samuelson and Heller. It notes rising costs of war, durable economic policy shifts, and broader factors like oil and food prices shaping inflation and potential recession risks. It also mentions figures on war casualties and long term debt considerations.
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United States
Johnson
Denver
MIT
Paul A. Samuelson
Walter W. Heller
Kennedy
Council of Economic Advisers
U.S
Congress
Nixon
Darryl R. Francis
St. Louis Federal Reserve Bank
Brookings
Alice M. Rivlin
Time Magazine
Business Week
New York Times
America
Leonard Silk
New York Times Sunday
Vietnam
Bucknell University
Tom Riddell
Mike Mansfield
Montana
U.S. Department of Commerce
Indo- China
Riddell
Mansfield
Indo-China
Southeast Asia
Hubert Humphrey
Senate
Cider sign and moral quips spark roadside chatter
A roadside stand displays a sign promising cider now and harder to obtain later. An inflation watcher jokes about saving for a rainy day. A light Table Talk item notes an 18-year-old’s indifference to the opposite sex and a brief Army life anecdote ends with a cousin remark about a girl in step.
Watergate justice under fire in Burlington Free Press
A Burlington Free Press column condemns the Watergate prosecutions as political theater. The author attacks the conspiracy charges against Ehrlichman and others, condemns media sensationalism, and argues pardons may have been wiser than further punishment, urging a broader critique of the era's politics. The piece argues that justice in these trials is compromised by political overtones and public rancor.
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Ehrlichman
Federal Court
Julius Hoffman
Chicago Seven
Berrigan
F Llsberg
Mitchell
Haldeman
Nixon
Richard Nixon
Nelson Rockefeller
Working mothers and corporate roles spark family question
The piece discusses Honeywell's Massachusetts experiment offering short school-hour shifts to aid working mothers. It frames family disintegration as a societal risk and suggests corporations may help restore family health without sacrificing profits, citing Bronfenbrenner on rising child alienation and divorce, and noting more working mothers and fewer secondary caretakers.
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Honeywell Inc
Massachusetts
United States
Honeywell
Cornell
Arie Bronfenbrenner
Scientific American
America
Bronfenbrenner
Rockefeller Testimony Highlights CIA Funding Debate
Nelson A. Rockefeller told the Senate Judiciary Committee he does not wield economic power while Fidel Castro criticized President Ford’s stance on CIA funding of anti Allende groups in Chile. The exchange centers on U S intervention in hemispheric affairs and internal Chilean politics.
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Fidel Castro
Ford
CIA
Chile
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Senate Judiciary Committee
The Red Barn Tradition Explains Its Color
A Milwaukee Journal essay traces why barns are red, noting early wood seasoned, preservation needs, and a mix of red oxide iron, skimmed milk and lime used by farmers. Function and utility defined the red barn tradition rather than aesthetics.
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Hoard
Dairyman
Farm Magazine
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Vermont Marble Co
United States Senate
Judiciary Committee
Ernest W. Gibson
Vermont
Bennington Village
By Richard L. Strout
Washington
Christian Science Publishing Society
Atlanta Constitution
Beauty By
By Nicholas von Hoffman
John Ehrlichman
Ehrlichman and Company
San Clemente
Nixon White House
Republic
Chester A. Arthur
Burlington Free Press
Wall Street Journal
Zenith
Kenneth A. Beauchemu
Taaiai
Main St
Milwaukee Journal
Philip W. Cartwright
University of Washington
Jonathan B. Bingham
D-N.y
House
Pillsbury
Brownie
Bounty
Walker
New England
Burlington
Barre
ST. Albans
North Main St
Newport
Rutland
Rutland Plaza
Winooski
West Canal St
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