Salmon restoration eyed for Connecticut River runs
About 47,000 two year old Atlantic salmon were moved by truck from a Bethel federal hatchery to Massachusetts and Connecticut as part of a cooperative program to restore anadromous fish to the Connecticut River. The effort involves Vermont New Hampshire Connecticut and Massachusetts with a planned half million smolts released annually into the White River and fishways planned to extend upstream reach. Carlin tags will identify each tagged fish and guide growth data for the restoration program. Federal coordinator George Divine leads the effort with hopes of historical spawning migrations resumed.
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Montpelier
Vermont Yankee
Vermont Fish and Game Department
Connecticut River
Bethel
Massachusetts
Connecticut
Federal Fish and Wildlife Service
Vermont
New Hampshire
Massachuetts
White River Junction
Bethel Hatchery
White River
Sweden
Fish and Game Department
George Divine
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Tests Across Strafford Probe Copper Mine Potential
In Strafford Vermont a Canadian firm Canwest directs a deep diagonal drill near Ralph Robinson farm to core test earth for copper. The Thetford Mines Spirational Drilling crew bore to 1000 feet to assess copper content and depth as part of a county wide exploration following Vermont's earlier copper mining era.
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Strafford
Orange County
Candian Mining
Ralph Robinson
Stratford
White River Valley Herald
Thetford Mines
Canada
Corinth
Vermont
Canwest
Randolph
Elizabeth
Dartmouth sees record 7,760 applicants for 1,050 openings
Dartmouth College in Hanover New Hampshire reports a record 7,760 applicants for 1,050 places in the entering Class of 1978. Admissions director Edward T Chamberlain Jr notes the rise follows coed status and year round operation, with 5,680 men and 2,080 women among applicants.
Mallary bill advances consumer protection agency
The House Government Operations Committee approved Rep. Richard W. Mallary’s bill to create a federal consumer protection agency. The agency would represent consumer interests before federal bodies, study products, publish information, and advise Congress and the President on protections. Funeral services were held in Bethel for Alton J. Blow, a former game warden born February 12, 1904, who died at his Bethel home.
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Washington
House Government Operations Committee
Richard W. Mallary
Consumer Protection Agency
Congress
President
CPA
Mallary
Government Operations Committee
House
Senate
Bethel
Alton J. Blow
Forrest W. Rouelle
St. Anthony’s Catholic Church
Fairview
Mr. Blow
Grand Isle
Burlington
Albany symposium on drug reactions set at Albany Medical Center
Albany Medical College sponsors a symposium on drug interactions and reactions at Albany Medical Center on April 4 with invited physicians and pharmacists from Bennington and surrounding areas. The program covers epidemiology detection cardiovascular renal drugs anticoagulants antibiotics psychoactive drugs and drug laboratory interactions.
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Albany
N.Y
Bennington
Department of Postgraduate Medicine
Albany Medical College
Albany Medical Center
Hoescht Pharmaceuticals
Donated items sought for unit for disabled
A Bennington program for developmentally disabled adults opens soon once furniture and equipment are collected. The new Work Activities Center at the former Southern Vermont Computer Center seeks tables chairs kitchen pieces wall hangings a piano clocks bookcases rugs and fiberglass draperies. Donations contact Michelle Kimball 442-5429 or Hope Godkin 362-3950.
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Bennington
Mary Jane Rounds
United Counseling Service Board of Directors
Southern Vermont Computer Center
Ben Mont Avenue
UCS
Nancy Ferguson
Michelle Kimball
Hope Godkin
Manchester
2,109 Vermont veterans take GI Bill training
Vermont veterans and servicemen totaling 2109 pursued GI Bill training in the last semester. 968 studied at college level, 591 at below college level, and 550 in on job programs. 4712 Vietnam era veterans have completed GI Bill training in Vermont as of Nov 30 1973.
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White River Jct
W.A. Yasinski
Veterans Administration Regional Office
Vermont
Yasinski
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Fishways
Turners Falls
Dartmouth
Mammoth Mart
New England
Mallary Consumer-Aid Agency
Bill Advances
American Legion
Fienberg
Husky
Main ST
Bennington, VT
Monument Plaza
Heritage House
Northside Drive
Bennington VT
SUN SE Se
F.E.T
Firestone
Field & Road
Traction Field & Road
Bers St
Aiso
BOF Trade Ice & F.E.T. Charge
Firestone Tires
Tropical Gardens
Marshall ST
North Adams
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