Northern Plains Paralyzed By Second March Blizzard
A second March blizzard in 20 days paralyzed the Northern Plains, stranding motorists and causing at least seven deaths. Nebraska roads were drifted shut, power outages and school closures occurred, and the storm reached Minnesota. Authorities urged night workers to stay on duty and opened shelters in West Omaha for stranded motorists. Governor Morrison barred nonemergency traffic on highways.
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Nebraska
Minneapolis
St. Paul
Minn
Twin Cities
Hennepin
UVM Dean Attacks Proposed State Fund Cuts
Washington UPI reports Dr. Thomas W. Dowe dean of the University of Vermont College of Agriculture criticizes proposed cuts to land grant funding. He argues the laws creating the college and its extension service were among Congress's most important enactments and testifies for the National Association of Agricultural Agencies.
Aiken Bill Assures Milk Credit for Servicemen Off Base
The Senate passed a 13.1 billion defense bill with a provision guaranteeing milk allowances are credited to servicemen who drink off-base. Senator George D. Aiken led the push, noting Vermont’s dairy strength and previous eight-ounce rations. He could not specify how many would benefit. Aiken criticized food shipment increases abroad paired with cuts to agricultural research funding.
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APS
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George D. Aiken
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Aiken
Vermont
Defense and Agriculture Departments
Agriculture Department
Bureau of the Budget
Defense Department
California woman bears two non twin babies in separate births
In Pomona a 23 year old woman with a double uterus gave birth to Lisa Michelle on Feb 18 and Eric Norman later the same month, each from distinct pregnancies five weeks apart. The doctor notes double uteruses cause such rare births about once in 160000, making them nearly as uncommon as quadruplets. The couple has an older child Glenn. the father works at General Dynamics while studying at California Polytechnic College.
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UPI
Irby Pugh
Lisa Michelle
Eric Norman
Pugh
Glenn
California Polytechnic College
Engineering Department of
General Dynamics
Civil Air Patrol Resumes Search For Missing Plane
Civil Air Patrol planes resume searching in New Hampshire for Melvin Seymour, 50, of Creston Iowa, and his missing plane from a Burlington Vermont to Portland Maine flight. Col George Gibson notes the White Mountains terrain is among the worst for search and wreckage can be buried by snow. The CAP expanded the search on Tuesday to account for a possible diversion toward Augusta Maine after Seymour was last heard Saturday around 5 30 p.m. Seymour is married with two children.
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Iowa
George Gibson
White Mountains
Melvin Seymour
Creston
Burlington
Portland
Maine
New Hampshire Cap
Seymour
Augusta
Gibson
Bennington Banner contact and subscription rates
The Bennington Banner lists telephone numbers for business newsroom and advertising and explains its publication schedule and location at 425 Main St Bennington Vermont. Subscription rates are shown for Vermont within a 50 mile radius and elsewhere in the U S with three months six months and one year options.
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Bennington
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Banner Publishing Corporation
United Press International
UPI
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U.S
Water Resources topics at UVM symposium Thursday
Vermont and New Hampshire water conditions and future problems lead a full day at the University of Vermont. Morning sessions cover rainfall runoff and forest hydrology, with experts from ARS Sleepers River, Hubbard Brook, and state highway and consulting groups. An evening talk by Rol and Renne of Interior’s Water Resources Research focuses on regional solutions.
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New Hampshire
University of Vermont
Roland R. Renne
Office of Water Resources Research
U.S. Department of Interior
Engman
Agricultural Research Service
Sleepers River
Danville
Robert S. Pierce
Northeast Forest Experiment Station
Durham
N.H
Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest
Sheldon Miller
Department of Highways
Montpelier
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Webster - Martin Associates
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