Zinnia Triumph: Maine Garden Tops National Flower Talk
In Friendship Maine the McCauley zinnia bed survives late into autumn, outshining rivals for national flower status. The piece notes Senator Dirksen and Burpee backing the marigold, yet the author declares the zinnia the rightful emblem as warmth extends October.
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McCauley Bower
Province of
Maine
Everett McKinley Dirksen
Burpee
Dirksen
McCauley
Friendship
Congress
Senator Dirksen
Mass media blamed for dumbing Americans says Zappa
Musician Frank Zappa argues that mass media does more to keep Americans stupid than the entire U.S. school system, describing it as a vast industry producing trained consumers and technician pawns for other sectors.
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U.S
Fuel from air could boost future energy supplies
A letter to The Banner writer praises Union Carbide’s air separation units at Burns Harbor Indiana as a potential limitless energy source. The author argues gas products from air offer fuel for steel mills, unbound by oil cartels, and calls environmental benefits of recycling air.
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United States
George Washington
Abraham Lincoln
Union Carbide Corporation
Burns Harbor
Ind
Indiana
Union Carbide Corp
Revising the Miller formula for state school aid
The House Education Committee proposes major changes to the Miller Formula. A 40 percent transportation grant would be provided, wealth measured by income and nonresidential property, and high spending district bonuses would be weakened. A public hearing is set for 7 p.m. Tuesday Nov. 8 at Wilmington High School gym. Michael J. Obuchowski urges Vermonters to attend.
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House Education Committee
Wilmington High School
Fienberg opens law office in Rutland area
Looking Back forty years ago on October 26 1937 reports George M Fienberg opening a new law office. Listings include Walker Market produce prices Cadbury items and local notices from Rutland Montpelier Shaftsbury and Shaftsbury zoning discussion with education boards and funding.
On This Date: Erie Canal Opens and Other Historic Moments
On this date events include the 1825 opening of the Erie Canal between Buffalo and Albany, the 1920 death of Cork lord mayor Terence McSwiney after 75 days in prison, the 1942 sinking of the Hornet off the Solomon Islands, and 1974 Ford meeting Brezhnev in Vladivostok. A thought by Irish poet Thomas Moore closes the note.
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America
Buffalo
Albany
N.Y
Cork
Terence McSwiney
Ireland
Solomon Islands
Autumnal Beauty in Arlington Poem Reflection
Arlington presents a lyrical meditation on autumn leaves as a prodigal display of color and motion. The verse celebrates nature’s color worship and divine harmony, portraying wind and season as commentators on beauty and grace.
A romance of outlawry
Russell Baker argues that German and Japanese terrorists lack coherent political goals, unlike other groups, making them more terrifying. He compares terrorism as a tool of state power like the IRS, and suggests that American prosperity makes revolutionary violence irrational in Germany and Japan. He warns that such terrorism can foster police states and civil liberty suppression.
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New York
United States
Internal Revenue Service
IRS
Internal Revenue
Symboinese Liberation Army
Germany
Japan
Britain
Italy
South Africa
China
Soviet Union
Chile
Korea
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Friendship, Maine
McCauleys
Maryland
Smithsonian
Christian Science Publishing Society
Collins
Roberts
North Adams
Mass
Frank Zappa
Chewn Jotikasthira
Shaftsbury
Michael J. Obuchowski
House Committee On Education
Montpelier
George M. Fienberg
Walker’s Market
Leonard Morrison
U.S. District Court
Rutland
Gen. Stark Theatre
Cary Grant
Vermont Social Welfare Conference
State Line Speedway
Rotary
Bradford Smith
Waldo Holden
Scottie
California
Ronald
Reagan
State Board of Education
Vermont
Ford
Leonid Brezhnev
Vladivostok
Thomas Moore
Arlington
Bins & Gould
Bennington
Main Street
Russell Baker
Vanity Fair
Velvessant
Antistatic Antrony III
Nichols
Bennington, Vermont
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