Christmas bird count in Pittsfield area reports 50 species
Fifteen participants tallied 3117 individual birds across 50 species in the annual Christmas count the Saturday after Christmas. The Hoffman Bird Club organized the census, noting fewer juncos and only one robin, with many sparrows and starlings observed. A slip misread “white winged” juncos as slate-color juncos in Bennington.
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Pittsfield
Mass
Bennington
Hoffman Bird Club
Johnson tightens dairy import controls to curb imports
President Johnson ordered tighter U.S. dairy import limits aiming to cut 1969 imports to about 1.3 billion pounds of milk from 1.9 billion in 1968 and 2.9 billion in 1967. Officials say the move shields U.S. dairy markets from a flood of low priced overseas surpluses, particularly in western Europe.
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Washington
UPI
Johnson
U.S
Europe
U.S. Tariff Commission
Ice Capades Tour Coming Tips on Stain Removal
Ice Capades tour on April 9 sponsored by the Home makers' Extension Council costs 11 dollars covers bus fare dinner and Ice Capades ticket at RPI Field House Troy. Bus leaves Manchester with pickups in Arlington Shaftsbury and Bennington. reservations deadline March 1. Also includes tips on removing candlewax gravy cranberry stains and general stain removal for textiles and carpets with practical methods and home cleaning solutions.
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Homemakers’ Extension Council
RPI Field House
Troy
Manchester
Arlington
Shaftsbury
Bennington
Walter Jones
Dorset
Betty Crocker attacked as violent cookbook icon
A provocative satirical piece accuses Betty Crocker of promoting violence through cooking metaphors. It imagines punitive images like beatings and poison parlance, urges readers to reject her propaganda, and calls for nonviolence in kitchens and society.
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Betty Crocker
Betty
Blanch
Rose
Daisy
Lily
America
Troop 353 Plans Annual Turkey Supper at Church
The Boy Scout troop plans its largest project of the year with a turkey supper on February 11 at the Second Congregational Church. About 700 tickets will be issued by the troop committee, with dinner served family style and adult tickets priced at 1.50 dollars.
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Troop 353
Second Congregational Church
Woodford
Fay Fuller
Bennington Armory
Bennington
Bruce Fuller
Bruce
Steve Grover
Bob Burgess
George Kerbs
Singers Needed By Chorus In Brattleboro
Brattleboro Music Center Chorus seeks new members for its 17th annual May Festival Concert on June 1 featuring Bach's St Matthew Passion. Open to amateurs from Brattleboro area. men especially needed. Rehearsals begin Jan 12 Sundays 7:30 pm at Green Street School Auditorium. Contact Mrs. Blanche Moyse or attend.
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Brattleboro
Blanche Moyse
Green Street
School Lunches Weekly Menu Highlights
Monday to Friday meals listed with soups, sandwiches, meats, vegetables, desserts, and milk. Items include sloppy joes, grinder, orange chicken, tomato soup, tuna macaroni salad, beef stew, pizza, and more across two weeks. Credits show standard portions and beverages.
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Hamburg
Pvt Farrar Completes Army Repair Course
Pvt Richard A. Farrar aged 19, son of Mr and Mrs Franklin Farrar of Benninton, completed a 12 week fuel and electrical systems repair course at the Army Ordnance School Aberdeen Proving Ground Md on December 6 He trained in operation and repair of fuel and electrical systems for the M 60 tank and M 113 and M 114 personnel carriers The school notes his completion and specifies the course content
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Richard A. Farrar
Franklin Farrar
County St
Bennington
Army Ordnance School
Aberdeen Proving Ground
Army
Alice Miller to Speak on Education for the Disadvantaged
Miss Alice Miller Brattleboro director of a Head Start follow through program will speak on Education for the Dis advantaged at the Bennington Unitarian Fellowship meeting. She will discuss work with 120 disadvantaged children and how to guide youth from tough homes into today’s world.
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Alice Miller
Brattleboro
Bennington Unitarian Fellowship
Bennington Free Library
Miss Miller
Brattleboro Program
Fire chief says crew quits cat rescues after month of calls
Monona Wisconsin Fire Chief Robert Brettell says six firefighters and $50,000 worth of equipment answered six calls to rescue cats from trees in the past month and the department will no longer respond to such requests.
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Monona
Wis
UPI
Robert Brettell
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