More Love Letters Could Bail Out the Post Office
The Post Office faces a grave, desperate predicament and seeks a 10 percent rise by boosting personal mail. An $1 million ad push promotes letter writing, urging manuals and models for intimate notes, with classical quotes from Jay Chapman and Madame de Sevigne to instill suspense and value in correspondents.
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Idaho
John Jay Chapman
Samuel Johnson
Horace Walpole
Post Office
Madame de Sevigne
Postmen of
America
Letter From The Banner Consumers Demand Action On Prices
The writer laments high health care costs and limited access in Vermont under the Salmon administration. They cite $12 for a blood pressure check $15 for a visiting nurse and $255 for a day in intensive care, noting doctors and hospitals earn large incomes while ordinary people struggle with food and heat costs. They accuse officials of inaction and bias toward medical practitioners. Last February a call was made for a hospital construction freeze and broader consumer protections.
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Salmon Administration
Mary Fletcher
Vermont
Health care waste and reform plea from Lydia Ratcliff
Lydia Ratcliff of Chester urges Vermont voters to demand change in health policy. She cites rampant unnecessary surgery, high costs, underfunded prevention, and a disabled consumer voice due to government control, calling for a statewide health hotline and stronger public oversight.
Elwell Golden Wedding Observed At Division Street Home
Local news notes Mr and Mrs Herbert F Elwell celebrate 50 years of marriage with a planned announcement on Station WGY Schenectady on the Cheerio program Monday Their golden anniversary marks a long union at 22 Division St Bennington youths James F Scarey Jr J Burton Powers and Ford dealer James Waldron win a Ford Co contest for a free trip to New York City to see the sights and witness the Baer Louis prize fight Plus town updates on heating at Town Farm and local fishing and hunting events including Arlington Club shot and chicken winners with a roundup of historical milestones including Saratoga Chickamauga Garfield Castro and Nixon era references
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Herbert F. Elwell
Division St
WGY
Bennington
James F. Scarey Jr
J. Burton Powers
Ford
Ford Motor Co
New York City
Benjamin A. Waldron
Ford Agency
Saratoga
Chickamauga
James Garfield
Elberon
N.J
Fidel Castro
New York
United Nations
New Hampshire Vote Signals Economic Focus in 1975 Sweep
In a tight Granite State race Democrat John Durkin defeats Republican Louis Wyman 54 to 43 amid 3 percent third party impact. Analysts say rising costs and oil prices, plus Watergate context, shaped the outcome. The piece notes New Hampshire’s political peculiarity and the limits of coattails and liberal resurgence in this era.
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John Durkin
Louis Wyman
New Hampshire
Durkin
Wyman
New England
Ford
Halcyon
Reagan
British survey on engagement rates in marriage plans
A Financial Times report notes 621,000 women claimed they were engaged or about to marry while 476,000 men reported being in the same position. The findings highlight a gender gap in expressed marriage intent.
Alternative to higher taxes letter to the editor
The writer urges Vermont to avoid tax hikes by Governor Salmon and suggests cutting waste and inefficiency instead. He asks residents to share ideas and examples, offering contact at RFD 2 Box 339A Weathersfield VT 05156. Rep Will Hunter Windsor 4 Weathersfield Cavendish Ludlow Weathersfield.
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Salmon
Weathersfield
Vermont
In God We Trust: Call for Faith in Schools and Nation
A letter from R D Eagle of Bridge, New York argues that Americans have removed God from schools and public life. It condemns secular trends, pornography in school films, and moral decay, urging parents to restore religious teaching and humility before God.
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Devil
Jesus Christ
Christ
Solomon
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