Vermont botanist outlines local flora and New England contrast
Frank C Seymour of the University of Vermont, 75, asserts Vermont harbors five times as many plant species per square mile as New England. He cites Vermont’s 1,927 species in 9,609 sq mi and New England’s 2,882 species in 66,608 sq mi, noting varied conditions create this richness. He details alpine to lowland habitats across the state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burlington
Vermont
New England
Frank Conkling Seymour
Pringle Herbarium
University of Vermont
Gardiner’s
Ferrisburg
Lake Champlain
Atlantic Ocean
E. J. Dole
Seymour
Medicare denounce as hoax triggers nursing home revolt
The American Nursing Home Association denounces Medicare as a cruel hoax on the elderly and withdraws official support for extended care. The stance, voiced at a New Orleans meeting and sent to Vermont officials, urges reassessment by its 7000 member homes and criticizes SSA rules. The article also notes Vermont tuition funding debates and other Medicare criticisms.
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Washington
D.C
American Nursing Home Association
ANHA
Mary Peck
Burlington
Vermont Nursing Home Association
National Association of Nursing Home Proprietors
New Orleans
Association
Nursing Home
Mosher
Buckley named president of Conn. Risdon Manufacturing
CHESHIRE Conn Christopher H Buckley was elected president and chief executive officer of the Risdon Manufacturing Company at a recent board meeting in Naugatuck He joined Risdon in 1962 and has served as executive vice president since 1965 Buckley is a Yale graduate and former head of Pepsi Cola Bottling New Haven Hartford and has held senior posts at Kaiser Aluminum Knox Glass and Continental Can He is married to Margaret Elaine McKeon and they have four children including Christopher Buckley Jr and Francis McKeon Buckley is a member of several clubs and associations including the Yale Club of New York
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cheshire
Mr. Buckley
Risdon
Albany
N.Y
Albany Boys Academy
Yale University
Pepsi Cola Bottling Company
New Haven
Hartford
Continental Can Company
New York City
Kaiser Aluminum Company
Knox Glass Company
Kerson
Harrison
Christopher Buckley Jr
Covington and
Burlington
Washington, D.C
Francis McKeon Buckley
U.S
Connecticut
Mark Gerard Buckley
Buckley
Waterbury Club
Quinnipiac Club
New Haven Country Club
Waterbury Country Club
Mary’s Association
Yale Club of
New York
Vermont school boards urged to lobby for more aid
The Vermont State School Directors Association executive secretary urges school boards to press for higher state aid. Charles B. Nichols asks directors to write to the 11 member House Appropriations Committee, detailing district needs and the consequences of insufficient funding. Gov Davis seeks 27.2 million for fiscal 1972, about 7 percent below 40 percent of funding level.
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Vermont
Bennington Property Transfers Filed in Clerk’s Office
Property transfers filed in Seewa Clerk Mary Hod’s office list transfers from Corp to Suburban Propane Gas Corp on Main Street north line January 19 and multiple other deeds. Names include George E. Corey and Norma L. Corey to Concetta and Joseph Mintrone on Putnam Street January 22. Alfred J. Spinner and Evelyn Spinner to Joseph and Nancy Losee on Tel Road January 26. Carl C Centerbar and Aretha Centerbar to James J Moore Jr and Susan L Moore on College Road January 27.
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Seewa
Mary Hod
Corp
Suburban
Propane Gas Corp
Main Reet
George E. Corey
Norma L. Corey
Joseph A. Mintrone
Concetta Mintrone
Putnam Street
Louis W. Beveir
Treva K. Beveir
Jay
Zwynenburg
M. Joan Zwynenburg
Bank Street
Alfred J. Spinner
Evelyn Spinner
Joseph M. Losee
Nancy H. Losee
Tel Road
Carl C. Centerbar
Aretha Centerbar
James J. Moore Jr
Susan L. Moore
College Road
Beverly Hospital names Dr Greenslet chief of emergency care
Beverly Hospital appoints Roger F. Greenslet M D as chief of emergency service with full-time physicians to staff the unit. The Bennington native aims for accurate diagnoses in a pleasant atmosphere, stressing the service is for emergencies not a substitute for family physicians and plans to expand to three full-time doctors.
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R.F. Greenslet
Bennington
Mass
Beverly
Roger F. Greenslet
Francis J. Greenslet
Burgess Road
Beverly Hospital
Craig S. Slater
Slater
Greenslet
University of Vermont Medical School
Manchester
Beverly Times
Massachusetts General Hospital
Green Mountain College adds bound era copies to library archives
Poultney editor Edward A. Rockwood donated bound copies of the Fair Haven Era from 1951 to 1955. The college has microfilmed extra Era editions from 1956 to July 23, 1963. Other regional titles on microfilm include the Poultney Gazette Northern Spectator Poultney Journal Rutland Herald and Vermont Era. The microfilms are in the archives for public use. Horace Greeley learned printing on the Northern Spectator before leaving Poultney in 1831 to found the New York Tribune.
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Poultney
Edward A. Rockwood
Fair Haven
Green Mountain College
Douglas W. Durkee
Poultney Gazette
Northern Spectator
Horace Greeley
New York
New York Tribune
Bennington CAMPS committee links programs to create jobs
The CAMPS effort in Bennington coordinates state and federal programs to train and hire disadvantaged workers. Chaired by Anthony Masso with State CAMPS Coordinator Philip J. Pugliese, the group links services from Labor, HEW, HUD, and other agencies to offer integrated training, childcare, housing support, and health care, aiming to connect unemployed Vermonters to available jobs.
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Bennington
Philip J. Pugliese
Vermont
Pugliese
Department of Labor
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Department of Commerce
Office of Economic Opportunity
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Department of Agriculture
Department
of the Interior
Civil Service Commission
Anthony Masso
Social Welfare Department
Montpelier
Marge Galvin
Department of Employment Security
Robert Houle
Mt. Anthony Union High School
Marion Harris
Vermont Extension Service
Joseph LoPiccolo
United Counseling Service
William Dolt
Department of Probation and Parole
Peter Ayersbach
Department of Social Welfare
North St
Vermont State Employment Service
Department of Em
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Dorothea Wood
Leon W. Eldred
Mt. Anthony
Eastern Star
Masonic Temple
Rose Mattison
Wood
Helen Atwell
Eldred
Marion Beecher
Lucy Lowe
Elizabeth Berry
Violet Cross
Pownal
Beatrice MacDougall
Pittsfield
Nicaragua
Medicare
National Nursing Home Group
Congress
David R. Mosher
St. Petersburg
Fla
Social Security Administration
America
SSA
Rural Fire Auxiliary
Anna Krawczyk
Sharyll Bushee
Mary Sauer
C.H. Buckley
Conn
Margaret Elaine McKeon
Robert E
College Park, Md
UPI
University of Maryland
Argus
Middle America
Bably
Car
E. Bruce Nelson
John T. Atwood Jr
Henry K. Svenson
Sedges
Ane
Wickes
Frigidaire
North Street
Viemonts Cancer Ome & Building Supply Center
Greenberg
Pam
Green Mt. College
The
Poultney Journal
Rutland Herald
Vermont Era
Ployment Security
P.O
Winslow
H. Winslow
Pratt ST
Roofing & Sheet Metal CO
Gerald
Morrissey, Inc
Beech St
Bennington, Vt
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