U.S. role in Chile coup revealed by Colby testimony
Bennington Banner reports CIA director Colby testified before Congress that the Nixon administration spent over 8 million dollars from 1970 to 1973 to destabilize Chile's democratically elected government of Salvador Allende. The piece notes economic pressure and political interference preceding the 1973 coup and warns of human rights abuses under the junta.
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Lyndon Johnson
Richard Nixon
United States
Chile
Congress
CIA
William Colby
Colby
Nixon
Salvador Allende
Allende
State Department
White House
Henry Kissinger
40 Committee
Kennedy
Chile policy and Vermont primary in a shifting political year
The piece asserts CIA involvement in Chile under Kissinger and Colby, defends Nixon era policy, calls for hearings, and warns about Watergate era parallels. It also analyzes Vermont's low primary turnout, noting Chittenden County control, independents’ votes, and the looming November election with a stirred Liberty Union presence to energize voters.
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Massachusetts
Michael Harrington
Congress
Chile
Kissinger
Colby
America
Vermont
Chittenden County
Liberty Union Party
Nantucket Parking Pardon Plea Over $5 Fine
A driver petitions Nantucket for a full pardon of a $5 parking ticket issued near Henry's during a Nantucket summer. He cites three precedents including prior parking near Murray's and Islander Liquor, total losses from a kitchen incident, and municipal costs, while framing the request as a national tragedy and promising future requests for funds to support a planned residence on the island.
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Henry
Steamboat Wharf
Henry’s
Murray’s
Law
Nantucket
Women softball league letter defends sponsors and coach
In a letter to the editor, Russell W. Peterson and league president defend Greene's Oil sponsor support and coach. They recount high sponsorship generosity, clarify team logistics, address Ronald Atkins' criticisms, and thank umpire Howard Therrie for his four evenings of service.
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Tuttle
Greene
Ms. Rush
Ronald Atkin
First Vermont Bank & Trust
Union Carbide Co
Tuttle’s
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Goobers
Bennington Convalescent Center
Loo Dana
Atkins
Mr. Atkins
Howard Therrie
Howard
Profiles from the Past Anti slavery in Vermont South Windham
Vermont history traces anti slavery in the 18th and 19th centuries. Profiles note abolitionist activity by William Lloyd Garrison in Bennington, shifting to Kansas emigration, formation of the Vermont Republican party, and local acts of emancipation such as Capt. Ebenezer Allen’s 1777 freeing of Dinah Mattis with a written certificate.
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Vermont
Anti-Slavery Society
Africa
U.S
Orson Murray
Brandon
Montpelier
Rutland
Randolph
Brattleboro
Clarina Howard Nichols
Windham County
Samuel May
Boston
Free Soilers
Old Liberty Party
Anti- Masons
Republican Party
Lincoln
Grover Cleveland
Dinah Mattis
Bennington
Allen
Post election party reflections on democracy and ice
An observer recounts a post election gathering where candidates, analysts, and voters debate victories and defeats. The mood shifts from tension to cautious harmony as discussions on economy and ice on the floor illustrate the delicate balance of democratic process and the lingering fatigue next morning.
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John
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Council On Environmental Quality
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