Vermont bogs highlighted as fragile natural laboratories
Vermont abounds in fragile bogs with over 2,800 identified in the Vermont Natural Areas Inventory. Speakers Anne Webb and Rep. Jane Gardner described bogs as rare ecosystems, noting the Franklin Bog is a large quaking bog where surface ground trembles. The talk covered plant life, including pitcher plants and orchids, and the effort to purchase Franklin Bog for protection under the American Land Trust and Nature Conservancy.
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Anne Webb
Arlington
Vermont
Seward Weber
Vermont Natural Resources Council
Weber
Arlington Garden Club
Fisher School
Jane Gardner
D-Arlington
Garden Club
Franklin
Franklin County
Franklin Bog
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Vermont Federation of Garden Clubs
American Land Trust
Nature Conservancy
Future of racing in Vermont at stake in routine meeting
Vermont racing faces a grim outlook as Green Mountain Race Track in Pownal reports no winter harness season. The Racing Commission held a routine session in Montpelier, adopting minor greyhound rule changes while track officials assess the 1977 season. Green Mountain’s Laughlin says no further concessions are sought. Gov Snelling has declared end of concessions with track losses surpassing $1 million.
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Montpelier
Vermont
Green Mountain
Pownal
State Racing Commission
Alan H. Morrison
Bennington
Morrison
Daniel R. Laughlin
Richard A. Snelling
Laughlin
Jobless rate in Vermont falls to 3.2 percent
Vermont's insured unemployment rate dropped to 3.2 percent, its lowest since October 1973. The decline follows three weeks at 3.4 percent, with Burlington regaining lowest-area status and St. Albans remaining the highest. District readings show several areas easing while some rise.
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Montpelier
UPI
Vermont
Employment Security Department Today
Burlington
DES
St. Albans
Barre-Montpelier
Bennington
Brattleboro
Middlebury
Morrisville
Newport
Rutland
St. Johnsbury
Arlington girl hurt in car bicycle crash
State police say on Friday at 11 45 a m a 1976 Honda Civic driven by Gary Sweet 38 of East Arlington hit a bicycle ridden by Heather Jones 11 of East Arlington Road Arlington Miss Jones received cuts and bruises and was treated at Putnam Memorial Hospital and released The Honda had windshield and hood damage On Sunday at 4 49 p m a 1973 Oldsmobile driven by Hilda F Sullivan 47 of Glens Falls N Y collided with a 1976 Chrysler Newport driven by Brian Christiansen 20 of East Arlington No injuries reported
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Gary Sweet
East Arlington
Heather Jones
East Arlington Road
Arlington
Miss Jones
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Arlington Rescue Squad
Hilda F. Sullivan
Glens Falls
N.Y
Brian Christiansen
High school drink problem shocks Carter aide
In the U S high schools about half of 29 million students have tried alcohol with five percent drinking weekly. Dr Peter Bourne cites soft drink like wines peer pressure and parental excess as key causes while noting higher alcohol use among non students and similar rates for girls and boys. In Mexico City a woman paid for surgery then found two sets of forceps left inside her abdomen. Two doctors were arrested.
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Radnor
UPI
Carter
Peter Bourne
TV Guide
Bourne
Mexico City
Gloria Pulido Cruz
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