Dukakis seeks urban revival blueprint for cities nationwide
Massachusetts Gov Dukakis champions a centralized urban reinvestment strategy turning state regulatory and funding power toward downtown revival. He argues cities, not suburbs, should anchor growth, citing Pittsfield, Amherst, Andover, Lowell, and New Bedford as benefited centers and noting shifts in schools, roads, and parks to support in city development. Michigan follows with parallel aims to rejuvenate Detroit and industrial towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Massachusetts
Michigan
Detroit
Bay State
America
Michael S. Dukakis
William G. Miliken
Dukakis
Frank Keefe
Lowell
Pittsfield
Little Lenox
Tanglewood
Lenox
Amherst
Andover
Boondocks
Framingham
Natick
New Bedford
Playing into Tip's hands in Koreagate probe dispute
The piece portrays Speaker Tip O'Neill leveraging Leon Jaworski to shape the Koreagate inquiry. It argues the strategy shields the House Ethics Committee from scrutiny, limits minority access, and keeps Republicans from alleging impropriety. It notes Jaworski's decisive stance and Park Thomson testimony prompting a zero member quorum measure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
HOUSE
Tip O'Neill
Texas
Leon Jaworski
House Ethics Committee
Jaworski
Tip
Sue Park Thomson
Carl Albert
Tongson Park
Tip O’neill
Park
Barney's Gift Shop Sells to Harry Tietjens Across Main
A report notes Barney's Gift Shop on East Main Street across from Nichol's store is sold to Harry Tietjens. The item lists other local items including a three-truck accident in Searsburg and various regional notes from Bennington and surrounding towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barney’s
East Main Street
Nichol
Harry Tietjens
Mason-Dixon Line first drawn in 1776 boundary settle
On this date in history several items are noted including the final settling of the Maryland Pennsylvania boundary known as the Mason Dixon Line and a 1959 claim by Russia of taking first pictures of the far side of the moon. The era of Watergate era public hearings and calls for ethics probes surface in 1974 and 1976 Lebanon peace events are cited alongside remarks by psychologist Frederick S. Perls and a thought from Joaquin Miller.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maryland
Pennsylvania
Russia
Eldred to Become Northern Vermont Representative for Upjohn
Leon R. Eldred departed for Burlington to begin duties as the Upjohn Company’s northern Vermont representative. James Vince of Beech Street enjoyed a weekend in New York City. An advertisement notes curtain stretchers sold by A.H. Winslow for 75 cents to $2.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leon R. Eldred
Burlington
Northern Vermont
Upjohn Company
James Vince
Beech Street
New York City
A.H. Winslow
New Books Arrive At Bennington Book Shop
A bulk shipment includes All Things Wise and Wonderful and paperback editions of All Creatures Great and Small and All Things Bright and Beautiful. Other new titles feature Ice Age by Margaret Drabble, Professor of Desire by Philip Roth, Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison, Stone Bull by Phyllis A. Whitney, and a Virginia Woolf diary. A new magazine Book Views offers reviews. Joan Kimball becomes Book Department Manager. she has a background in library science and teaching.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Herriot
Margaret Drabble
England
Professor of Desire
Philip Roth
Song of
Solomon
Toni Morrison
Stone Bull
Phyllis A. Whitney
Virginia Woolf
Bloomsbury
Alistair Cooke
Daphne du Maurier
Joan Kimball
Bennington Book Shop
Are these boots real or merely props in culture
A 1977 New York Review of Books style meditation questions whether a kitchen display of eleven boots in a Paris Castle scene is functional footwear or decorative prop. It expands to consider homes as stage sets, with people marked by outfits, furniture, and wallpaper. The piece ends by asking if the elegant, off camera countess is real or just another prop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Fashion Papers
Paiis Castle
Radnorshire
Great Britain
Saint Laurent
Also Mentioned on This Page
By Neal R. Peirce
William Safire
N.Y
Times News Service
Washington
Searsburg Mountain
Helen Worthington, R.N
North Bennington
Cleveland Dodge
Pownal
Lloyd
Lloyd Oppenheimer
Williamstown
Massachusetts Supreme Court
Bennington
Manchester
James Lake
White Creek
Montreal
Pleasant Valley
O'Neill
O’neill
Tongsun Park
C.1.a
American Express Company
Hilton Hotels
Diplomat National Bank and
Equitable Trust Company
Baltimore
Richard Hanna
Spectrostrip
New Jersey
Connell Rice & Sugar
Nixon
John Dean
White House
Joaquin Miller
St. John’s Maritime Company
San Francisco
Joseph Alioto
Kim Hung Wook
KCIA
Kim Sang Kuen
Justice Department
Congress
Ethics Committee
Justice
CIA
South Korea
U.S
House Committee
Frederick S. Perls
Hennington Herriot
Ouh
By Joan Kimball
the American Legion Magazine
Home Furniture Co
Main ST
Chittenden
FDIC
Alexis de la Falaise
New York Review of Books
Unicef
Kansas
Luigi Pirandello
Christian Science Publishing Society
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!