Sugar prices rise while subsidies end ignite debate
Tina Hernandez of Spice 'n Nice warns that stopping subsidies shifts costs to consumers as sugar finds its way into many foods. She cites nutrition hearings showing rising sugar intake since World War II, links to diabetes and heart disease, and calls for label checks amidst a widening health concern.
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Tina Hernandez
Spice ’N Nice
Bennington
Tina
Senate
America
Senate Select Committee
Private to Public: Mills and Kennedy Tales Spark Debate
In Washington a joke laden tale finds Mills under scrutiny over private life versus public duty, mirrored by Joan Kennedy and Nixon tax leaks. The piece weighs privacy versus the public's right to know, arguing editors must balance exposure with restraint while noting varying coverage by major papers.
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House
Ways and Means Committee
Wilbur Mills
Congress
Ways of Washington
Mills
Joan Kennedy
Washington Post
Washington Star-News
New York Times
Kennedy
Drew Pearson
Mendel
Washington
Richard Nixon
Nelson Rockefeller
Senate
Boundary settlement births Mason Dixon Line history
In 1776 Maryland and Pennsylvania finalise the boundary later named the Mason Dixon Line. In 1873 Yale Princeton Rutgers and Columbia establish first intercollegiate football rules. In 1959 Russia claims first pictures of the far side of the moon. In 1969 Tommie Smith and John Carlos are suspended by the US Olympic Committee for black power gestures in Mexico City.
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Maryland
Pennsylvania
Yale
Princeton
Rutgers
Columbia
Russia
Tommie Smith
John Carlos
USS. Olympic Committee
Mexico City
Million dollar toaster favors shake bank balance tale
A jokey tale shows Rocky pressing a bank for a toaster loan for Jerry with a silver badge prize, a Van Gogh, and a new bank, while the bank president lowers the loan to 39.95 and a toast pops up. The story adds quips about political figures and a line about Evel Knievel.
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Jerry
Rocky
Fella
Fellas
Venezuela
Lincoln
To an apple tree to the editor of The Banner
A poem from Marie St Hilaire to an apple tree in Spring Branch. The writer praises the tree for its beauty and shade then celebrates autumn fruit and the joy it provides to passers by and children. The piece imagines cyclical renewal each spring and asks the tree to blossom again after winter dormancy. Bennington.
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Karen Dobkin Fortney
General Electric
Jim Bishop
Lucy Mercer Rutherford
United States
Carl Albert
Nelson Lorette
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Vermont
Louisville
William H. Eddington
West Main Street
Chevrolet
United States Senate
Ernest W. Gibson
Truman
Episcopal Church
St. Peter’s Church
Illiam
Bill’ Browning
Bennington County
Vermont Youth Commission
Krawczyk Farm
Harwood Hill
Mt. Anthony Union High School
Park Street
Hoff
Republican
John M. Ashbrook
Rohio
Pierre-Elliott Trudeau
Canada
Evel Knievel
Marie ST. Hilarie
Bennington Banner
Catamount’s
North Bennington
Vuilices
Bennington Plaza
Putnam Square
Brattleboro
Manchester Center
Pownal
West Dover
FOIC
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