Connecticut halts welfare abortions policy change
Connecticut stopped paying for elective abortions for welfare recipients effective August 1. State officials warn the move could forfeit up to 200000 dollars annually in federal reimbursements. The UPI report notes a Supreme Court ruling allowed states to refuse funding but permits choosing otherwise. Protests formed outside the state Capitol as opponents vow to reverse the order.
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Arlington seeks donors for O and A blood shortages
Vermont faces a critical shortage of type O negative and type A negative blood. Ingrid Hirsch and Betty Tynan co chair Arlington Blood Bank as patients await open heart surgery needing at least 13 pints per case. Donors aged 17 and up may attend Aug 3 from 1 to 6 p.m. at St. Margaret Mary's parish hall aided by registrars Natalie Caler Mary Kraeutler Muriel Linde and Helen Torrisi with Dorothy and Marian Squiers handling bag sealing duties.
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Helen Torrisi
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Marian Squiers
Williams College wins 140500 NSF grant for forest station
Williams College receives a 140500 two year grant from NSF CAUSE to renovate Hopkins Memorial Forest carriage house into an environmental studies field station. total 210750 funds upgrades including animal pens meteorology station and stream gauging renovations. expanded facilities aim to broaden undergraduate courses in meteorology hydrology and field anthropology.
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Mass
Williams College
CAUSE
National Science Foundation
Hopkins Memorial Forest
Hopkins
Williams College Center For Environmental Studies
Hopkins Forest
Moon Barn
Henry Art
Center For Environmental Studies
Edison did not invent the light bulb says history
United Press International notes that the light bulb origins trace to Sir Joseph Swan who developed a practical lamp by 1878 and that Thomas Edison later perfected the device in 1879, clarifying common misconceptions about invention timelines.
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Manchester to Host Battle Day Troops
Manchester will host a Bennington Battle Day reenactment with 300 to 350 Stark Expedition Historical Society members from New Hampshire. Contingents arrive at 11 a.m. Friday, set up encampments near the elementary school and Route 30 recreation area, then parade to Arlington at 2 p.m. and again later in town. A barbecue and musket firing display follow before the group departs Saturday morning for Bennington.
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Bennington
Stark Expedition Historical Society
New Hampshire
Henry R. Lambert
Arlington
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