Botanist Jenkins Tours Vermont with Environmental Fervor
A Vermont botanist, inspired by Thoreau and Whitman, contemplates environmental ruin while tracing orchid disappearances in Pownal bogs. He plans a trek from Bennington County to White Creek, eyeing central control of development and renewed care for flora as his journey’s aim.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jenkins
Henry David Thoreau
Walt Whitman
Thoreau
Pownal
Amherst
Bennington County
New England
Grace Greylock Niles
Vermont
Cen
Harvey D. Carter Jr
North Bennington
White Creek
N.Y
Shaftsbury Cobury
Potash Mountain
Essex
Senate limits on germ warfare testing and CBW storage
Senate leaders reached a strong compromise to regulate testing and storage of germ and gas warfare agents and to tighten transport rules for chemical-biological weapons. The measure, backed by Pentagon approval, aims to curb open air testing and sets storage rules at overseas bases while linking passage to broader defense funding fights. Critics warned of high costs and staged battles loom as amendments remain pending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
Washington
UPD
United States
Thomas J. McIntyre
Dn.h
Pentagon
Mike Mansfield
Mont
Congress
Thomas F. Eagleton
Dmo
Stennis
General Accounting Office
GAO
Eagleton
Navy
Air Force
Mt Anthony Lodge F amp M to honor late brother Cone
Members of Mt Anthony Lodge F amp M are asked to show respects to their late brother William H. Cone by meeting at Gibney Haynes and Kane Funeral Home at 625 Main Street at 8 p m Sunday.
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Mt. Anthony Lodge F&am
William H. Cone
Gibney - Haynes and Kane
Main St
Cushman Foremen Awarded Job Training Certificates
Eleven foremen at Cushman Manufacturing Corp in North Bennington received certificates after a 24 week supervisory training program. The ceremony at Mt. Anthony Country Club featured David J. Adams and C.S. Shaughnessy praising the group’s efforts and progress. Certificates went to Becker Peckham Thompson Matteson Couch Dewey Andrews Sumner Farnum Szetela Vince.
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H.T. Cushman Manufacturing Corp
North Bennington
Mt. Anthony Country Club
David J. Adams
North Bennington Furniture
Charles H. M. Colbeare
Cambridge Management
Cambridge
Mass
Adams
C.S. Shaughnessy
Cushman - Shaw Group
General Interiors Corp
Charles C, Becker
Robert E, Peckham
Albert E, Thompson
Edgar J. Matteson
Carleton P, Couch
Robert B, Dewey
Frank R, Andrews
Nelson W, Sumner
Roy A. Farnum
Anthony J, Szetela
Joseph M, Vince
County Officials Monitor Caterpillar Defoliation Spread
County officials report patches of brown defoliation along Route 7 and Route 9 in Bennington County’s Green and Taconic ranges caused by saddle prominent caterpillars. The damage mainly affects aesthetic value and woody growth, with trees rarely dying unless already stressed. Natural predators usually curb feeding. artificial control is used only if repeated defoliation threatens tree death. The Department of Forests and Parks and USDA Pest Control are mapping damage and will monitor areas for next year.
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Bennington County
Jim White
White
Department of Forests and Parks
Usda Pest Control
July Breaks All Records For Busy Rescue Squad
The Bennington Rescue Squad reports record July activity with 103 calls and 299 hours of service. It assisted 96 people across 69 hospital trips to Memorial, Albany, and Mary Fletcher, plus several nursing home transports and home discharges.
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Bennington
Memorial Hospital
Albany
Mary Fletcher Hospital
Burlington
Williamstown
Cadillac
International
Pownal and
Whitingham
Obituaries for Sawyer and Cone in Bennington area
William Sawyer 47 a World War II veteran of Bethel died Thursday at White River Junction VA Hospital after a long illness. He leaves a large family and was honored in VFW Post 1332. William Hawkes Cone 72 former police commissioner and Bennington trustee died Friday at Putnam Memorial Hospital after a life of service, including Knights Templar, Shriner support, and local business. Funeral plans set in Bennington with burial in Old Bennington Cemetery.
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William Sawyer
Bethel
Bennington
Veterans Administration Hospital
White River Junction
Joseph and
Auhillida
Bordeaux) Sawyer
Minneapolis Honeywell College
Philadelphia
South Pacific
Mary Louise Rice
St. Francis de Sales
Thomas Burke
Sawyer
VFW Post
Rural Fire Department
Ronald
Albertina) Quillis
Frank
Dana) Locke
Fay Ann Sawyer
Kathy Sawyer
Cheryl Sawyer
Edward
James
Stephen
Joseph
Daniel
Albert
Frank Rose
Myers
Howard
Auxilia Moore
Roger
Alma) Sherman
Marian
Leona) Rice
Glenn
Blanche) Hebert
Frederick
Eva) Hurley Sr
Pownal
Mahar & Son
William Hawkes Cone
Old Bennington
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Mr. Cone
Clement H. and
Fannie (Hawkes) Cone
Hoosac
United States
Camp Mills
N.Y
Stark Hose Co
First Baptist Church
Cone
Knights Temple
Mt. Anthony
Elks Club
Bennington Club
VFW
American Legion
Union Street
Cone Building
William G
Coral Gables
Fla
Gibney
Bennington Cemery
Welfare snoops spark privacy rights concerns in Vermont
Northeast Office of Economic Opportunity official warns state probes into welfare abuses may infringe poor residents privacy. Pinkerton detectives hired by Gov Deane C Davis to investigate alleged abuses for $6000 may reveal privacy violations. A separate report notes a canoe theft in Pownal with serial number CF 52325 and calls for tips.
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Newport
UPD
Northeast
Office of Economic Opportunity
S. Vaughn Gearan
Pinkerton
Deane C. Davis
Gearan
Orleans County Council of Social Agencies
Pownal
South Stream Road
Shaftsbury
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Bennington Briefs
Cushman Foremen
Jack Lemmon
Catherine Deneuve
National General Pictures Presents
Gregory
Eva Marie Peck Saint
Pakule- Mulligan
Panavision
Darryl F Zanuck
Cornelive Ryan
BOI Century Foe
Jie
Tony Randall
Janet Leigh
Marlboro Summer Theatre
Moliere
Marlboro Group
Rutland Herald
Neral
Park Lawn Cemetery
Snoops
Mont Legal Aid
Keith King
Montpelier
Vermont Legal Aid
Legal Aid
Pepperell
Miralux
White Sale
Warr
Moss Hart
Dorset Playhouse
Dan Lee
Bemednoton Banner
Richard TI
Mortamore
Columbia Pictur
Pece
Carl
Omar Sharif
Ea. Po
Uulimma Pictures
Triple
Grand Union Empire
Teyana
Heritage House
North Sennington Road
Bennington, Vermont
Agway
Boston School of
Agway Petroleum Service
Benmont Avenue
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