Abbott's Boobies Threatened by Phosphate Mining on Christmas Island
Abbott's booby seabirds face possible extinction as Christmas Island's 52 square miles of phosphate deposits are mined by a joint Australia New Zealand firm. Mining may exhaust deposits in 20 to 40 years, destroying forest and nesting habitat for about 4,000 birds. Authorities urge leaving tree clusters, but the species remains at risk despite conservation pleas.
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Abbott
Christmas Island
Indian Ocean
National Geographic Society
Australia
New Zealand
Americas
Bermuda
Brewster
Walloomsac families share holiday visits across towns
The notice lists Christmas gatherings among Walloomsac residents and relatives from Greenwich Bennington Schaghticoke and Bridgeport, with families including O'Hara Guiden Hoag Herrington and Matthews. It notes Terri Cottrell helping at Putnam Memorial Hospital and several social club activities plus a naturalist’s 1967 sighting of boobies.
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Terri Cottrell
SUNY
Plattsburgh
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Bennington
Book edited by Washburn on coping with complexity
North Adams Mass Dr Donald E Washburn chair of the English department at North Adams State College sees a new Gordon and Breach book Coping With Increasing Complexity a collection of papers by general semantics and general systems theory scholars It argues for reorganizing knowledge and a holistic approach to managing human affairs Contributors include Elwood Murray J Samuel Boss Anthony Wilden Lee Thayes Jere W Clark Edward Haskell and Stuart C Dodd.
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North Adams
Mass
Donald E. Washburn
North Adams State College
Gordon and Breach
Elwood Murray
J. Samuel Boss
Anthony Wilden
Lee Thayes
Jere W. Clark
Edward Haskell
Stuart C. Dodd
Youth Recognition Sunday at Jermain United Methodist Church
At Jermain United Methodist Church Youth Recognition Sunday featured guest speaker Oliver Perry of Maple Shade New Jersey who urged college students to share church experiences. The service included music by Duane and Mary Robinson and Michelle Lake, a coffee hour, and the annual Christmas program led by Mrs. Robert Cook with carols and a play about Martin and Cobbler.
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Jermain United Methodist Church
Melissa Travis
Laurie George
Jimmy Lake
Earl Perry
Arnold Perry
Oliver Perry
Maple Shade
N.J
Duane and
Mary Robinson
Michelle Lake
Don Marsh
Dick Avery
James Lake
Robert Cook
United Methodist
Andrea Skaflestead
Brooke Niles
Annette White
Chad Cook
Billy
Shawn Skaflestead
Michelle Lakes
Michelle
Stephanie Case
John Case
Andrea Shaflestead
Jason Tudor
Bonnie Brace
Shawn Shaflestead
Martin
Cobbler
Jesus
Janet Marsh
Heather Niles
Chad
Marybeth Cook
Bill Shaflestead
Earl
Arnold
Jane Perry
Jane Tudor
Duane Robinson
Santa
Cambridge Area Happenings Highlight Church, 4H, and Scholar News
Community notices report visitors to Mrs. Gertrude Aiken in South Cambridge and an upcoming communion service at South Cambridge United Methodist Church led by Rev. Burdess. Area groups meet January 3 and 4, with family gatherings noted. Cambridge Central School students earn Regent scholarships incl Tony Turi Cum Laude honors, National Merit commendation, and Boys State involvement.
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South Cambridge United
Cambridge
Cambridge Central School
Regent
Carol Ann Kibling
George Kibling
West Cambridge
Bruce G. Buchana
William Buchana
Center Cambridge
Ingrid K. Jerrard
Joseph A. Jerrard
Susan M. DeMarco
Charles DeMarco
King Road
James J. Scagliane
Frank Scagliane
Anthony R. Turi
Anthony Turi Sr
South Cambridge
Washington County
Tony
Boys State
Vermont Higher Education Commission rejects single board plan
The Vermont Higher Education Planning Commission decided not to recommend creating a state board to oversee all public post secondary education. Executive director David Otis said more study is needed before any sweeping, centralized board is proposed. Currently nine separate bodies govern planning for Vermont higher education.
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Alan Weiss
Vermon t Innkeepers Poll On Tax Proposal
Vermont hotel and restaurant leaders will poll members on Gov. Thomas Salmon's plan to raise the rooms and meals tax from 5 to 6 percent. Association President Ralph DesLauriers said directors will seek member views before taking an official stand. Salmon estimates the increase would add about 1.2 million dollars annually to state revenues. current intake is around 6.2 million dollars.
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DesLauriers
Vermont to place 100 public service workers in federal program
Vermont officials plan 100 federally funded public service jobs by Jan 10 and within two weeks more, totaling 600 new positions for the year. The $730,000 program follows Ford's signing of CETA funds and will place about 275 Vermonters next month, evenly split between municipal and nonprofit/private placements.
St Albans Police Chief Hebert Announces Retirement
Police Chief George Hebert of St. Albans, 63, will retire July 1 after 39 years on the force. He was named chief in 1942 after starting as a patrolman in a three-man department and helped found Vermont Police Chiefs Association in 1960. He aided the statewide law enforcement training program.
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ST. Albans
UPI
George Hebert
Vermont Police Chiefs Association
Jury decision clears officer in Albany Thruway shooting
The death of 17 year old Keith Ballou on the New York Thruway in Glenmont was ruled justified by an investigating officer who said Ballou was armed when he fled a state police lieutenant. Ballou, unarmed, was shot in the back after a car inquiry tied to a January 1974 jail mistreatment probe.
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Albany
Glenmont
Keith Ballou
Colonie St
J. F. Taylor
N. G. Lecakes
State Police
Ballou
Albany County
Niagara Mohawk to cut 1000 jobs by March
Albany Niagara Mohawk Power Corp will trim about 1000 jobs by March through voluntary retirement and layoffs. Executive VP James Bartlett said up to 500 workers aged 60 to 65 may retire by January end under a new program, with overall staff reduced by 10 percent and no expected impact on consumer service due to higher interest rates slowing construction.
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Albany
Niagara Mohawk Power Corp
James Bartlett
Bartlett
Unemployment up 28 percent in North Adams in November
Berkshire city clocks 8.3 percent jobless rate in November, driven by layoffs in manufacturing and retail. Aggravated inactivity for construction workers, outpacing Pittsfield and Great Barrington increases. Thanksgiving week layoffs cited. In Salem, Gordon F. Haas's March 3 trial set for murder of wife Shirley Haas and two children.
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North Adams
Department of Employment Security
Pittsfield
Great Barrington
Salem
Gordon F. Haas
Shirley
Gordon Jr
Melissa
Haas
Ipswich
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Bob Roy
John O’hara
Thomas O’hara Jr
Mrs. Matthews
Bridgeport
Conn
Edwin Lennon
Glens Falls
Mrs
Terry Hoag
Mike
Mark
Robert Herrington
Schaghticoke
Hoosic Area
Senior Citizens Club
Bertha’s Angels
Hoosick Falls
Donald Gilden
Harold Guiden
Williamstown
Arthur Guiden
David Simon
Highland
N.Y
Kenneth Buck
David
Schenectady
Charles Buck
Jim Hoag Sr
Champ and
Kiki Cutter
Bromley Ski Club
Miss Cutter
Bromley Mountain
Erik Johnson
Scott Palmer
Manchester
Hart Ski Company
NASC
Eleanor Niles
Fis
Temple Stuart and Hale CO
Jasper
La-Z-Boy Sofette
By Conover
Mastercharge
Bankamericard
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ELM Street
Margaret Aiken
Gertrude Aiken
Donald Legacy
Nels Jacobson
Paul E. Virtue
Lois A. Virtue
Dorothy
Coila
Gregory Moon
Shaftsbury
Pleasant Valley Granges
Kenneth Aiken
Kenneth
Gerald Aiken
Dale T. MacNeil
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