Tropical Forests Imperiled by Unchecked Expansion
New York Botanical Garden curator Dr. Bassett Maguire reports tropical forests in South America are being destroyed by expanding land use and farming. He notes Brazil's Brasilia hub and road spokes penetrate wilderness, burning scars visible in dry seasons, risking vast biodiversity and underscoring the need for urgent inventory of tropical flora across four nations.
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New York
South America
New York Botanical Garden
Bassett Maguire
Dr. Maguire
Brasillia
Brazil
Andes
British Guiana
Surinam
Venezuela
Maguire
New World
Pest Control Conference Opens At University Of Massachusetts
Starkey and Heselton of Abalone Pest Control Service attend the four day Eastern Pest Control Operators Conference at UMass. New chemicals techniques and equipment will be discussed. Federal and state officials from health agricultural fish and wildlife and food and drug inspections will be represented.
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Dermest Starkey and
Corys Heselton
Abalone Pest Control Service, Inc
Tyler St
University of Massachusetts
Fxam Scheduled For City Position
A Civil Service examination will be held Feb. 29 for promotions to diesel power and pumping plant operator in the Pittsfield Department of Public Works. Minimum salary for the job is 4 024, with a maximum of 35 304. Deadline for applying is Feb. 10.
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Pittsfield
Department of Public Works
Hamburger drive ins double UPI report Chicago
A UPI report from Chicago notes Americans now eat twice as many hamburgers as 23 years ago. Hamburger seating has doubled to 314 burgers a week on average since pre-war years. The average American consumed 182 hamburgers in 1963.
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Chicago
UPI
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John A. Barry
Adams Court
Frank W. Ciamini
James Doheney
Great Barrington Court
Edmund Ef, McBride
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