Education books illuminate child learning across movements
A library event highlights key works on education by Postman Weingartner Holt and Montessori proponents. The review covers How Children Learn How Children Fail What Do I Do Monday and Foxfire volumes, noting Montessori growth from one school in 1958 to 700 today and the role of questioning in teaching. It also references community notices on resident deposits for non residents and film showings, plus Eagle officers and Aerie meetings.
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Neil Postman
Charles Weingartner
Delacorte
Satu Repo
Pantheon
John Holt
Pitman
Andi
Dutton
San Francisco
James Herndon
Simon & Schuster
R. C. Orem
Putnam
U.S
Whitby
Greenwich
Conn
Postman
Weingartner
Mt Anthony Junior High offers wide range of arts and languages
National Education Week highlights Mt Anthony Junior High School as 865 students and staff pursue broad learning. 7th graders gain guidance from 8th grade monitors while English math social studies and science form core studies. Art music PE foreign language industrial arts home economics and many clubs enrich education.
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Mt. Anthony Junior High School
Mt. Anthony Union
Kyle Jacobson
Repressive Crime Code Proposal Targets Civil Liberties
Wilkinson details a sweeping 1970s criminal code plan to revive the Smith Act style penalties, expanding wiretap power, curbing protests, criminalizing disseminating sexual content, and imposing harsher penalties for possession and evasion. The measure, tied to Nixon era policy and Watergate timing, cites rising crime and racial disparities to justify drastic reforms. The push faces Senate resistance and support from allies like Kennedy, Hart, and Bayh.
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New York Times
Nixon
Wilkinson
FBI
Los Angeles
Watts
Congress
Senate Judiciary Committee
Sens. Kennedy
Massachusetts
Hart
Michigan
Bayh
Indiana
Senate
White House
Nebraska
McClellan
Arkansas
State of the Union
Faith enrichment program offered to Bennington Catholics
A four week faith enrichment course for adults is planned for St. Francis de Sales and Sacred Heart parishioners. Parishioners chose topics from 21 options, with the leading subjects including the meaning of life and death, and questions on abortion, scripture, and life after death. Frank O'Meara, 36, Australian born lay theologian, directs the John XXIII Center program, offering morning and evening sessions at the Catamount School on North Street.
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Bennington
St. Francis de Sales
Sacred Heart
Frank O’meara
John XXIII Center
North Street
Catamount School
O’meara
Australia
Catholic University
Paris
France
Tulsa
Okla
Old Cemetery Association meeting in Thetford October
The Vermont Old Cemetery Association will hold its fall meeting at Thetford Center Church on Saturday October 27 at 10 a.m. The agenda includes election of new officers report of outgoing officers committee chairmen and assistants to the executive board and a general discussion of future plans and activities.
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Thetford
Vermont Old Cemetery Association
Thetford Center
Funeral for Mrs Inez L Poore of Pownal
Funeral services for Mrs Inez L Poore wife of John C Poore of Main Street Pownal were held Saturday morning at Hanson Walbridge Funeral Home Reverend Kenneth Sch webel officiated Bearers were William Sherman Charles Graham Wallace and Michael Hayes A prayer service was held Friday evening for the deceased The Rev Schwebel also attended along with family and friends Burial was in Oak Hill Cemetery Mrs Poore died Wednesday in Shaftsbury The article notes future association events about 1976 centennial Celebration and cemetery talks and visits with luncheon arrangements for Thetford Center homeowners and interested residents
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Inez L. Poore
Main Street
Pownal
John C. Poore
Hanson-Walbridge
Kenneth Schwebel
Pownal Baptist Church
William Sherman
Charles Graham
Wallace
Michael Hayes
Schwebel
Oak Hill Cemetery
Poore
Shaftsbury
Leaky Roof Drenches North Beach Club During Show
Rain pours through a leaky roof as topless dancers perform under vinyl umbrellas at a North Beach nightclub, but the act continues despite the dripping stage and wet conditions.
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San Francisco
UPI
North Beach
Mortgage sizing for income property buyers
The article argues investors in income property favor maximizing mortgage debt. It claims near full or 100 percent financing yields the greatest capital gain, tax free income, and return, as long as net income covers mortgage payments.
Bennington Briefs Local recycling meeting and bowling scores
The Bennington Recycling Committee will meet Wednesday night at 7 30 at the Second Congregational Church on Hillside Street Chairperson Joyce Barnes invites all interested residents to join. Wassick's bowling team won three games led by Kay Allen 259 and Ellen Wassick Kris Seifert 249 Robbie LeTourneau 257 Mary Sleeman 103 courtside dip at the Recreation Center. Women's Fellowship Coffee hours run Oct 23 24 and 25 at homes on Apple Hill Road Harwood Hill Weeks Street and Convent Avenue. Dr Durand's office closed Friday Oct 26 for a County Medical Society meeting with usual hours Saturday and Monday. ADY.
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Bennington
Second Congregational Church
Hillside Street
Joyce Barnes
Wassick
Kay Allen
Ellen Wassick
Kris Seifert
Robbie LeTourneau
Mary Sleeman
Women’s Fellowship
The
Richard Peebles
Apple Hill Road
Harwood Hill
George Jenkins
Weeks St
Carl Williams
Convent Avenue
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House Un-American Activities Committee
House Committee On Internal Security
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North Thetford
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Main St
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Matthews, Shannon & Cullen Inc
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Bill Hoisington
G.R I
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Hoisington
Vermont Association of Realtor Boards
Hoisington Prealty
Bennington Briefs
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Drs
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