Bear sightings in Pownal and new Bennington courthouse progress
George Bellville and his seven year old son Edward report three bears in their pasture near Pownal, with a rain chase earlier. The Bennington county courthouse project reaches about seventy percent, Oliva St. Jean estimates, aiming for a December term delivery if supplies arrive promptly. Fire devastates a barn and car near Hinsdillville Church, with several hundred dollars in damage and five hens lost. A breakwater project on County Street area is authorized after a petition from 93 residents. A rare 15 pound black woodchuck is shot in Sandgate, the 40th Tudor catch this year. Reopening the State Line House as the Five Flys of Bennington is announced, and the San Francisco Mime Troupe stages a blackface Minstrel Show at Adams Memorial Theater.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pownal
George Bellville
Edward
Bennington
Oliva St. Jean
Dorothy Butler
Hinsdillville Church
North Bennington
Old State Line House
Five Flys
Tony Perry
Manchester
Stowe
San Francisco
Adams Memorial Theater
Notable events span 1917 to 1964 and a literary critique
World War I spy Mata Hari is executed in 1917, Graf Zeppelin makes first US commercial flight in 1928, Goering dies in 1946, Khrushchev ousted in 1964. The piece includes letters lamenting illiteracy and praise for newspapers, plus an advertisement for Haynes and Kane carpet firm and carpet quality notes.
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Gertrude Zelle
Mata Hari
Paris
United States
The Code of Cool and American Archetypes
Harry Hotspur critiques the American fixation on coolness as grace under pressure. He lists archetypes from Puritan to Yankee to tycoon, arguing many embrace a crisis philosophy beyond survival, while real courage includes generosity, feeling, and risk taking. He warns political theater favors illusion of control.
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Mary Hemingway
Harry
Ernest Hemingway
Humphrey Bogart
John F. Kennedy
Hemingway
Ingmar Bergman
Benjamin Franklin
Horatio Alger
Moses
Isaiah
Sophocles
Shakespeare
Michelangelo
Winston Churchill
Abraham Lincoln
Carter echoes Kennedy raise questions about foreign policy approach
The piece argues Carter’s strongman rhetoric on foreign policy recalls early Kennedy and risks overreliance on American power. It notes the need for a nuanced approach balancing strength, allies, arms control, human rights, and restraint. It credits Carter’s human rights stance but warns against oversimplified assertions that the U.S. can solve all world problems.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jimmy Carter
John F Kennedy
Kennedy
Carter
John Kennedy
Soviet Union
Pentagon
United States
Angola
U.S
America
Ford
Where is the focus of power in this country
An excerpt from R B Kester on Law Day 1976 asks who or what holds power in the United States. It presents a hypothetical visitor from space and invites reflection on who would be the boss, and where ultimate authority resides. The piece prompts contemplation of governance and legal institutions as the boss.
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Leslie H. Farber
Harry
Farber
Vietnam
United States
Washington
R.B. Kester
Oregon Supreme Court
Foreign Affairs
Washingt
D.C
Take me to your ruler and the rule of law
The Burlington Free Press argues the rule of law, not autocratic decree, underpins society and distinguishes it from dictatorships. It urges citizens to stand up, speak out, and resist suppression, noting global dictatorship comparisons and the centrality of statutes, regulations, court decisions, and legal norms.
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Burlington Free Press
American Legion Magazine Comment on Friendship Woes
A briefOpinion notes that friendship suffers when one person sponges off another, framing it as a quick path to eroding trust and closeness within a relationship. The piece casts sponging as an anti social habit and a cautionary example for readers.
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Francis J. Cone
Roaring Branch
County Street
Milo H. Tudor
Sandgate
Tudor
Kenneth Wilcox
Arlington
Reichmarshal
Herman Goering
Nikita Khrushchev
Kremlin
Alexei Kosygin
Leonid Brezhnev
John S. Pingel
Ross Roy, Inc
Ed Maroney
Haynes & Kane, Inc
Haynes & Kane
Bulova
Shute
Registered
Jeweler
America Gem Society
Main Street
Burt Bros
Harry Hotspur
Harry H
By Melvin Maddocks
Christian Science Publishing Society
Betty
Jack
Susan
Boston
Berlin
Cambodia
Panama
Mayaguez
Middle East
Carter and
Chile
Philippines
South Korea
New York
American Legion Magazine
Evans
TOY Dept
Main ST
News Incorporated
Bennington, VT
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