Vermont SHPAC plan faces costs and questions on health care
The Vermont State Health Planning Advisory Council proposes five area wide councils to oversee health care delivery with 50 percent federal funding. Critics warn the plan focuses on organization over concrete needs and may waste tax money without delivering real improvements in Vermont’s care at reasonable costs.
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Vermont State Health Planning Advisory Council
SHPAC
Bennington
Rutland
Vermont
Editor Notes on Curbstones and Nuclear Plans
The piece critiques Route 7 curbstones as potentially effective at guiding vehicles while contrasting Civil Defense, natural disaster planning, and nuclear preparedness. It notes Congress correcting a Vermont and West Virginia auto tax deduction issue and ends with wry travel through local cynics about spying and politics.
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United States
Congress
Vermont
House
West Virginia
Letters Now more than ever To the Editor of the Banner
A reader argues that public support for Vietnam remains high and criticizes Nixon's Dec 1 troop withdrawal target as misrepresenting actual manpower. The letter cites casualties and displacement in Indochina, notes alleged PRG peace offers, and raises questions about media coverage of Ho Chi Minh era policy. It also mentions oil deposits off Southeast Asia as a factor in the conflict.
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Banner
Vietnam
Wide Pacific
Nixon
South Vietnam
Gulf of Tonkin
Thailand
Richard Nixon
Thieu
North Vietnam
Saigon
U.S
Nguyen
PRG
Hanoi
Southeast Asia
Indochina
Diem
Eisenhower
Ho Chi Minh
Debate Offered on Mt Anthony Dropout Program and Rates
A Letter to the Editor challenges community figures to publicly debate the Mt Anthony dropout program, its costs, and effects on student welfare. The writer cites 1966 72 dropout rates, questions program value, and urges open discussion with candidates and board members.
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Boance
John Leaning
Mt. Anthony
Ibllc
Ara
I. Tsay
Tony
Bennington
ML. Anthony
Mt. Anthony Union High School
Clarence Petkie
Paradox of Nixon's Virtues Amid Scandals in 1970s Debate
The piece contrasts Nixon's emphasis on morality and religious life with Watergate era scandals, arguing his tactics may win votes in the short term but fail to unite the nation or enable durable governance. It warns of a coming clash with a frustrated Democratic majority in Congress and a divided Republican base.
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Atlanta
Republican National Committee
Vietnam
Mr. Nizon
Agin
Nixon
Congress
McGovern
Javits
Buckley
Professor-at-Large Subsidizing grain man's serendipity
Washington on Sept 18 hearing reveals Clarence Palmby once assistant secretary of agriculture, now Continental Grain vice president, helped arrange a four million ton wheat sale to the Soviet Union. He denied prior knowledge of the purchase, defended his conduct, and noted a New York apartment deal amid shifting loyalties and government exits. The committee and Earl Butz question the ethics of government to private sector moves.
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Clarence D. Palmby
House
Continental Grain Co
Russia
Mr. Paimby
Eagle Bend
Minn
Clarence
Graham Purcell
Texas
Palmby
Continental
Moscow
Earl Butz
Credit Tems
Butz
White House
Jeter
Dreyfus
Périgh
Thomas Foley
Purcell
New York
Sutton Place
World Trade
United States
New York City
Ralston — Purina
Secretary of Agriculture
Dita Beard
Dreytes
Recce
China
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Ick Valenti
Motion Picture Association of America
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California Outdoor Recreation League
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