Vermont expands Operation Hitchhike statewide
Outreach program Operation Hitchhike grows beyond northern Vermont to cover the entire state. Initiated July 1972 as a rural manpower effort, 13 aides in 12 offices will continue job placement, counseling and referrals, with cooperation between the Vermont Department of Employment Security and the University of Vermont extension service. The first-year pilot logged over 3,000 employer contacts, 1,600+ jobseekers served, and 399 placements in six northern counties. Aides will work with local offices. contact county extension or employment security offices for information.
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Montpelier
Vermont
Madelyn Davidson
High food prices rise from demand and disasters
Dianne Hall notes food costs climb as demand outpaces supply. Global trends, rising meat consumption, convenience foods, and wages drive prices, with disasters like floods and droughts tightening supplies. The piece references youth nutrition programs and the NFO controversy in Vermont, dated October 19, 1973.
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Rutland
Aline Coffey
AVM Extension
Japan
U.S.S.R
U.S
Dairy coop protests rising import quota increase
Eastern Milk Producers Cooperative in Syracuse denounces a 78.6 million pound rise in U S butter and butter substitute imports through December 1973. General manager John C. York warns the action will depress milk prices, threaten dairy farmers in the Northeast, and reduce production if kept. The group, with about 8500 members, calls for congressional action to halt further quota liberalization.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Syracuse
N.Y
Eastern Milk Producers Cooperative
United States
U.S
Eastern Milk Producers
York
Northeast
Eastern Milk Products
Eastern
Nixon
Congress
Bananas Yield Found Cash Return in Sicily
In Caltanissetta Sicily Luigi Bocca a baker found a 3120 dollar dividend in his bananas. He returned the banknotes to fruit seller Salvatore Carc ofolo who said he had mistakenly placed Bocca’s deposited funds in the plastic sack used to hide his bananas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caltanisetta
Sicily
UPI
Luigi Bocca
Bocca
Salvatore Carcofolo
Honey Prices Rise Sharply Amid Global Shortage
Albany reports a worldwide honey shortage driven by organic eating trends and strong demand in Japan and Eastern Europe. Prices have surged from 15 to 46 cents wholesale since 1971, with retail jumps near one dollar in Hudson, and experts warn the shortage could worsen and threaten New York apple pollination.
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Albany
N.Y
State College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
Cornell University
Roger A. Morse
Cornell
Hudson, N.Y
Sam Miller
Sam’s
Prof
Morse
China
United States
California
Deadly brain worm may be affecting moose in New York regions
The Conservationist reports the brain worm nematode ingested via snails and slugs may infect moose, elk, and caribou, causing loss of fear and vulnerability to predators. Sightings around Rensselaer and Columbia counties trace Ferdinand the moose, with uncertainty about his fate. Vermont dairy cows set milk and butterfat records, surpassing national averages.
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East Dover
Conservationist
New York State
Conservation Magazine
New England
Rensselaer
Columbia County
N.Y
Ferdinand
Chatham
C.W. Severinghaus
Burlington
UPI
Vermont
Marydale Roka Rusty B
Marydale Farm
Martha Dunsmore
Swanton
Milaway Rubiat
Vermont Agricultural Experimental Station
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Department of Employment Security
David Baroudi
Barre
Claire McDonald
Bennington
Donald Chase
Brattleboro
Tim Bessett
Everett Boyce
Morrisville
Terry Harper
Middlebury
Betty Niles
Newport
Bob Dorman
Kay Sizen
Milton Hemmingway
St. Albans
Lawrence DeForge
St. Johnsbury
Lois Nichols
White River Junction
Barbara Woodruff
Springfield
Dianne Hall
UVM
University of Maine
The
Banner
Miss Hall
Federal
Newport Daily Express
Farm Bureau
N.F.O
Irasburg
Yankee
National Farmers Organization
Farms Bureau
Yankee Milk
Yves Brasseau
N.F.O. Farmer
Newport Center
Lane
Chittenden Trust Company
Chittenden
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
South
Union Streets
Boston
Two Center Plaza
Massachusetts
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporations
Hilton A. Wick
Gerald Stevens
State Department of Agriculture and Markets
New York
Rosasgos
Berkshire Plaza
North Adams
Mass
Enterprise
Trofen
Swifts Premium
Daisy Ham
Severinghaus
Canada
North Woods
Crisco Oil
Oge
Scottissue
Spic & Span S
Randolph
River Valley Orange Juice
Dover
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