Population outlook for Bennington County and Vermont by 1990
Vermont professors project Bennington County population rising from 25 000 in 1960 to 27 130 by 1990. Statewide growth from 389 881 to 441 745, with urban areas outside Chittenden County increasing 12 percent and Chittenden County urban growth at 55.7 percent, while rural Vermont declines outside Chittenden County.
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Bennington County
Vermont
Bureau of the Census
United States
Chittenden County
Widhe
Oreleans
Essex
Caledonia
Green Mountain
Grand Isle County
Champlain Valley
Burlington - St. Albans
Vermont Heart Fund Hits New High In 1964 Drive
The Vermont Heart Association reports 1964 contributions totaled 95,683.89, the best in 12 years. Memorials reached 9,185.28 and bequests 16,294.55, while 20,477.81 funded statewide heart research. Vermont scientists Bland Duarte Collins Couch Stahl Thomson Schroeder received grants. the national American Heart Association program drew 11,128 more. The drive also funded physician education and scientific sessions.
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Vermont Heart Association
Vermont
American Heart Association
University of Vermont
John H. Bland
Cristobal Duarte
Richard A. Collins
Rex D. Couch
William M. Stahl
Karl J. Thomson
Henry A. Schroeder
Brattleboro
Rhodesian Missionary to Speak at Second Congregational
The Rev. John C. Heinrich, United Church of Christ missionary in Southern Rhodesia since 1951, will preach at the Second Congregational Church this Sunday morning December 13. He is a language teacher for new missionaries at ChiKore mission station and serves as minister of the mission church and editorial secretary translating a 15 volume African Sunday school curriculum into Shona. A Missions Committee supper at 6 p.m. Saturday offers a chance to meet him, followed by an 8 p.m. meeting for those unable to attend the supper.
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John C. Heinrich
United Church of Christ
Southern Rhodesia
Second Congregational Church
Heinrich
Chikore
Church
Heinerich
Plant Origin of Poinsettia Traced to America
Washington reports the poinsettia originated in tropical America. U.S. minister to Mexico in 1825, Joel Robert Poinsett, admired the scarlet plant and brought the first specimens to the United States, per National Geographic.
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Washington
Tropical
America
National Geographic
Joel Robert Poinsett
U.S
Mexico
United States
Font Fall Near Poole Traps Infant at Baptismal Font
Nineteen month old Tina Williams slipped into a three foot baptismal font at a new Mormon church in Poole England but was rescued quickly. Her mother had just been baptized moments before.
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Poole
England
UPI
Tina Williams
New Mormon Church
Meteor Showers Next Week Seen From Geminids Event
Bennington astronomer Paul Bohne on Harwood Hill says a large group of meteors will travel through space and create the Geminid shower over three nights starting Monday. The Geminids come from Gemini and may yield about 50 meteors per hour, with the full moon slightly hindering viewing.
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Paul Bohne
Bennington
Harwood Hill
Bohne
Far East
Geminid
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Economics and Business Administration
Norwich University
State Central Planning Office
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Scheele
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Voluntary Health Agency
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Hollywood
Gary Lockwood
Cynthia Pepper
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