New frontiers in animal rights and signs of intelligence
Koko the 117 pound gorilla communicates via sign language with over 300 signals and is said to have an IQ like a five year old. Legal questions loom about animal rights as Koko is sold to the Gorilla Foundation for 12500. A separate Hawaii dolphin case tests whether freed research dolphins are conscious beings entitled to rights as Congress weighs the Endangered Species Act. Environmental advocates point to growing animal rights laws and a possible national bill of rights for living things.
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Koko
San Francisco Zoo
Stanford University
Francine Patterson
United States
U.S. Supreme Court
The
Gorilla Foundation
University
John F. Schwigert
University of Hawaii
Kenny Levasseur
Louis M. Herman
Theodore Sager Meth
Newark
N.J
Congress
Senate
Tennessee
Tellico
Environmental Law Institute
Michael J. Bean
U.S
President’s Council On Environmental Protection
Academy of Natural Sciences of
Philadelphia
Fishing trip near Lake St Catherine with Benedict Cone Ellsworth
Officers Benedict and Cone along with James Ellsworth fished Lake St Catherine reporting an average catch. Reports from New York City suggest Williams College President Tyler Dennett will resign soon and be replaced by a Harvard educator. Elm beetles cause extensive damage to Bennington area elms as Wayland Lloyd, a local tree surgeon, notes increased activity this summer.
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George Benedict
Francis J. Cone
Lake St. Catherine
James Ellsworth
New York City
Williams College
Tyler Dennett
Harvard
Bennington
Wayland Lloyd
Ben
Mont
Montpelier
Historic Sites Preservation Officers
A-95 Review Board
Bennington County Regional Commission
District Environmental
Shaftsbury Fights EDA Reallocation After Denied Funds
Shaftsbury denounces a $886,000 EDA grant denial with Bennington set to receive the round II funds instead. Local leaders appeal for a Round III to honor original offers, citing deadlines met and extensive town effort to upgrade Shaftsbury Elementary School amid cost concerns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shaftebury
EDA
Bennington
Jimmy Carter
White House
Shaftsbury
U.S. Department of Commerce, Economic Development Administration
Philadelphia
Bennington School
MAU
Hawk Lion and Skunk Joke Ends With Bear Pun
A national magazine humor piece features a hawk, lion, and skunk arguing over who is the toughest. A grizzly bear arrives and swallows them, delivering the pun hawk lion and stinker. Earl Wilson era humor as quoted in Hale Joy’s Ellsworth American column.
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Lion
Stinker
Hale Joy
Ellsworth
Maine
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By Clayton Jones
Washington
Madkour
Fairdale Farms
Gardner
Viking
Elm Street
Vermont
Fischetti
EDA Funds
Nington
Depot St
Frank R. Lanagan
Bennington Center
George Frederick Miller
Georgia
Whittier, Sargent, Webster, Crenshaw and Folley
Vermont House of Representatives
Sen. Stafford
Corrigan
Paul Maskella
Bennington County
Neal Noyes
Selectmen and School Board
Harvey Carter
Edwin A. Colvin Shaftsbury
Robert T. Stafford
Patrick J. Leahy
James M. Jeffords
Richard Snelling
Mr. Corrigan
Hoosick Falls Central School
Anthony Altobell
Darcy Miller
HFCS
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Mary A. Baker
Joan Hoff
Justus Taylor
Mt. Snow
West Dover
FDIC
Earl Wilson
Bennington Pool Supply
eSales
Morgan St. Ext
Bennington Free Library
Maharishi Mahesh Yogi
Silver St
Vermont Tubbs
Old Bennington Woodcrafters
West Road
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