Junk to festive ornaments from household scraps
Dianne H. Lamb outlines simple Christmas decorations made from junk around the house including toy soldiers angels bells and a gingerbread man. The piece offers step by step how tos using juice cans fabric scraps styrofoam cups and costume jewelry and invites readers to visit the Extension Service in Bennington for brochures on making Christmas goodies.
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Dianne H. Lamb
AVM County
Federal Building
Bennington
Choosing the right potted plant for gift use
Burlington expert says light, temperature, and watering shape plant life. Chrysanthemums and poinsettias offer quick color while African violets geraniums kalanchoe gloxinias and begonias provide longer lasting pleasure. Azaleas cyclamen prefer cool nights and moist soil though they droop with poor conditions.
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Burlington
Norman Pellett
University of Vermont
FMD fears loom as USDA panel urges swift eradication
The foreign animal disease advisory committee and Plum Island consultants warn FMD could devastate US meat and dairy output. They urge eradication via destruction of infected stock, vaccine if needed, and stricter import safeguards amid entry risks from semen and milk products. They also press Colombia and Panama risks and Colombia highway safeguards before further Pan American highway work.
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New York
United States
Foreign Animal Disease Advisory Committee
US Department of Agriculture
USDA
Plum Island Animal Disease Center
Darien Cap
Colombia
Panama
Pan American Highway
Mexico
Federal food funding hits $21 million in 1976 Vermont
Federal funding for food and nutrition programs in Vermont during fiscal year 1976 totaled $21,029,766. Food stamp bonus contributed $11,573,115 to purchasing power. 46,488 people participated. Vermont received $730,000 back for program administration. School lunches served reached 9,722,421 for $3,087,987 in reimbursements. 246,527 free or reduced breakfasts were reimbursed at $44,805. Free or reduced price lunches served to 39 percent. 34 percent received free or reduced price breakfasts.
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Burlington
Maine
Vermont
US S. Department of Agriculture
USDA
Spinach could power radios says Japan ministry
The Japan Ministry of Trade and Industry reports spinach can form a film of chlorophyll that generates electricity when exposed to sunlight and stores energy in batteries, suggesting a new spinach powered dynamic for future devices. Spinach has a long history from Persia to Europe, with U.S. crops mainly from Arkansas and Texas. Modern hybrids resist disease and enable machine harvesting up to eight tons per hour.
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Washington
Popeye the Sailor
Japan
Ministry of Trade and Industry
National Geographic Society
Persia
Iran
China
Nepal
Europe
Syria
Germany
England
Richard II
America
United States
Arkansas
Texas
Vermont 4-H Delegates Attend National Congress in Chicago
Seventeen Vermont 4-H youth and two Extension agents joined 1,600 peers from 50 states and Puerto Rico at the National 4-H Congress in Chicago. Delegates, chosen to represent state projects, attended banquets workshops and tours, with some speakers from major firms, astronomy, and Miss America. No Vermont national winners were named.
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Vermont
Chicago
Ill
Puerto Rico
Nashville Brass
Anita Bryant
Maynard Ferguson
Danny Davis
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Montpelier
Vermont Department of Banking and Insurance
North American Insurance Group of
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William C. Snow
UVM County Extension
Shedd Aquarium
Bennington, Vermont
Chittenden Trust Presents
Vermont Symphony Orchestra
Banjo Dan and the
Midnight Plowboys
Chittenden
Green Mountain Boy
Peter Isaacson
Pine Island
Dan
Faded Prints
Coco & Lonesome Road Band
Satin Doll Johnson Jazz Ensemble
Sapbeer John Cassel
Vermont Symphony
Johnson College
FDIC
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