MAU Book Talks Books for winter firesides
MAU highlights two outdoors books, Birds of Prey by Michael Everett and The Flight of the Snow Geese by Des and Jen Bartlett, for winter reading. Bartletts’ narrative follows a 5000 mile geese migration with photography of wildlife, nests, and the young geese learning to fly.
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Michael Everett
Birds of Prey
Des
Jen Bartlett
Arctic
Gulf of Mexico
Cataracts and amblyopia explained for readers
The article outlines cataracts causes including aging and disease, symptoms such as blurred vision and night blurring, and notes that surgery is reserved for ripe cases with advances yielding high success. It also explains amblyopia or lazy eye, its prevalence in children, and treatment through patching and glasses with emphasis on early detection. It highlights school nurses’ role in screening and lists signs warranting eye exams.
First Americans Seen as Last as Carter Era Opens
Nation notes that AIM leaders urge radical reform of Indian policy with a plan to abolish the Bureau of Indian Affairs and create an independent agency at cabinet level. They cite poverty rates and unemployment on reservations, call for zero based budgeting, and seek consolidation of Interior Labor Commerce and HEW functions.
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Carter
Dennis Banks
Vern Belacourt
Hank Armstrong
AIM
Bureau of Indian Affairs
Interior Department
Indian Agency
Indian Leaders Hope
Jimmy Carter
Walter Mondale
Interior
Labor, Commerce
HEW
Washington
Indian Affairs
Susanne Harjo
National Congress of American Indians
Joseph Browder
Browder
Harris Arthur
Carter Headquarters
Peter McDonald
Arthur
McDonald
el Paso Natural Gas Co
Dionne quintuplets film shown at General Stark theater
The Dionne quintuplets in Reunion with Dr DaFoe highlight Bennington screenings, with manager Walter Morey claiming it is the first cast appearance at any theater and that its release in Bennington may be the first in the nation.
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Dionne
Moving Picture
Dr. DaFoe
General Stark Theater
Walter Morey
Bennington
Pownal
Elijah Barber
Josiah Bennett
Michael O’grady
North Branch
Walloomsac River
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