The arrogance of oil and American dependence
The piece argues the United States has grown increasingly dependent on imported oil since 1973, with imports rising from 35 to 48 percent. It warns that continued reliance would burden the economy, worsen the balance of payments, and threaten national security, urging demand reduction and efficiency rather than industry-friendly cures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States
Nixon
Carter
Senate
International Energy Agency
America
Europe
Radio and Raccoons in Maine Corn Patch War
Dispatch from Friendship recounts a farmer’s battle with raccoons using all night radio broadcasts from WBZ and later WPTR to deter pests. The tale follows misadventures with extensions, station schedules, and a mail carrier Eleanor as corn crops suffer until radio noise shifts the raiders away. The piece notes a hopeful future of radio deterrence nationwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
WBZ
Boston
Gulf of Maine
Carl de Suze
Carl de
Suze
Carl
Maine
Dial
WPTR
Albany
N.Y
Eleanor
RFD
Christian Science Publishing Society
No-Economy Models Highlight Auto Industry Stance
The Cape Codder notes the White House energy program push, contrasting its move to smaller economy cars with Chrysler Corp charging 50 percent more to lease the economy models than the larger limousines, illustrating industry resistance to cooperative conservation efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
White House
Chrysler Corp
Vermont Fair Highlights and Historic Dates
A rural mosaic shows Noveck's guitar classes at North Bennington, Hadwen maple display at Center Shaftsbury, and McKee on soil erosion. Vermont apples go to the needy. Lincoln homestead fire at Pownal. a birth in Pownal. Burgoyne surrenders at Saratoga in 1777. Capone tax conviction 1931. Peron 1945 dictatorship. Nobel winners Rainwater Bohr Mottelson 1975. Thurber quip.
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Noveck
North Bennington
George Hadwen
Center Shaftsbury
James A. McKee
Vermont
Letter on taxes and waste by Sen Wes Grady
A reader argues that a budget surplus stems from pessimistic revenue estimates and calls for returning unneeded funds to Vermont taxpayers. The writer condemns new taxes and bureaucratic expansion, urging lawmakers to scrutinize requests and honor the principle of tax relief. Underhill Center mentions.
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Jack O’brien
Vermont
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OL and Gas
Engelhardt
John Gould
Friendship, Maine
Christmas Club
First Vermont Bank
FDIC
Lincoln
Pownal
Charles W. Tornabene Jr
Green Mountain
Arlington
Portland Bay
James Wolfe
Lions
John Burgoyne
Saratoga
Banner
Clifford B. Harwood
American Heart Association
San Francisco
Norman Rockwell
Jarvis
Stockbridge
Mass
al Capone
Chicago
Juan Peron
Argentina
James Rainwater
Hage Bohr
Ben Mottelson
James Thurber
Sen
Wes Grady
Underhill Center
Walker
VeVi
Home Furniture Co
Main ST
H. Greenberg & Son
Bennington
Curran
Adams
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