Women gather for second annual Camp Wihakowi festival
Several hundred women attended the Camp Wihakowi event in Northfield two weeks ago for the second Annual Women's Festival. They aimed to foster solidarity over competition, with workshops on self defense and discussions on rape statistics in Burlington. The weekend also focused on forming the Feminist Union and planning future meetings, with Carol Landsman organizing events in Montpelier and advocacy for a Right to Choose group amid evolving federal abortion funding rules.
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Food for the hungry or homebound burden
A columnist weighs President Ford's foreign aid via US food in a time of rising inflation. The piece argues such charity risks worsening domestic hardship for the elderly, poor, and those on fixed incomes, urging restraint and focus on boosting domestic food supply. It emphasizes the intertwined fate of foreign policy and domestic prices and calls for fair, practical statecraft at home and abroad.
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Rockefeller paid no federal income tax in 1970
Nelson Rockefeller declared he owed nothing on an income of 2.44 million for 1970 after deducting 1.25 million to charity, 0.5 million from non income taxes, and 0.75 million in office expenses. The NYT and Washington Post notes, with media largely silent otherwise, frame the disclosure amid confirmation hearings. Dr. Edmond L. Wyman, 91, Manchester Center notable, died at home after retirement.
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California
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Ohio
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Vermont medical leaders meet at Mt Washington Hotel
At the 151st Vermont State Medical Society annual meeting held with the New Hampshire Medical Society at the Mt Washington Hotel, Looking Back Manchester Center, Vt., general practitioner was elected president. A crane from the Boston & Maine Railway began uprighting a derailed tank car carrying poisonous chlorine after three cars derailed during transfer onto a siding. Sept. 27, 1949. Janet Bushee, 14, daughter of Mr and Mrs Leonard Bushee Bennington High School sophomore, won first prize in a poster contest sponsored by the Bennington County Committee of the Vermont Forest Festival Week. A large crowd attended the American Legion band concert at the Vermont Soldiers Home. General Stark Theater quiz warned about studying the international system of dates for tonight’s 250 banked question fee. Pownal selectmen initiated with Tax Department help a complete reapprisal of the town Grand List. Clifford B Harwood M.D. of
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Editorial double standards in tax justice and power
A reflective column contrasts Nixon’s tax avoidance with Nelson Rockefeller’s deductions, arguing the political media display a double standard. It condemns selective outrage, calls for equal treatment, and urges scrutiny of wealth influence in public life and confirmation hearings.
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