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Berkshire Eagle in Pittsfield, Massachusetts

23 May 1969

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Berkshire Eagle

Location

Pittsfield, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

May 23, 1969

Page

22

Raccoon problem prompts live-trap plan at Berkshires meeting

Berkshires meeting of the Berkshire County League of Sportsmen discussed a cooperative live-trap program to reduce raccoon damage on farms and sweet corn fields. Farmers, hunters, and state officials weighed methods used in Franklin, Hampden and Hampshire counties. Estimated losses cited reached 45,000 dollars for the county, with one farmer reporting 40 raccoons killed in a single dairy barn.

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Berkshire County League of Sportsmen's Clubs Hunter State Division of Fisheries and Game Franklin Hampden Hampshire Harley F. Phelps Jr Berkshire County Farm Bureau Berkshire County Ned Bartholomew Undermountain Road Sheffield Phelps Jim Shepard Massachusetts Tim Tessier Leeds Hampshire County League of Sportsmen's Clubs Gene Moran DPG County Sportsmen’s League Lakewood Sportsmen's Club Bobby Novick Lillian St Honsac Lake Cheshire Winchester Vermont Quinebaug Latimer's Brook Thames Harold Kahn John Ottone Holyoke Connecticut River Williams DFG Shepard County League Charles L. Mclnaughlin Belchertown Mississippi River
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Raccoon Overpopulation Cited Across Massachusetts Farms

The Pioneer Valley Coon Club notes coons are not the only pests. Porcupines skunks and woodchucks also damage crops. Live-trap programs remove about 190 plus raccoons yearly. Officials discuss overpopulation and permits while farmers report heavy losses and shifting sightings near towns and fields.

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Pioneer Valley Coon Club Tessier Jerry Paul Ludlow
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To the Moon and Naples A Thirst for Arrival Purpose

A witty meditation on travel and the need for a purpose after reaching a destination. The piece contrasts voyages to Naples and a lunar mission, joking that arriving without a reason leaves travelers lost for what comes next. Relationships, cousins, volcanoes, and Atlantic City pepper the humor.

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Rebel Democracy Troubled by Empty Promises in Vietnam

Saigon profile of 20 year old Nhan Hieu, a lifelong dissident who has spent years jailed or hunted for anti-Diem and anti-Thieu activities. From Hue protests in 1955 to Dalat and Conson prisons, he rejects army conscription, advocates Vietnamese independence and democracy, and faces a life as a fugitive.

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Saigon NO Nhan Hieu Hieu Vietnam Hue Nhatrang United Front of Ngo Dinh Diem Diem Dalat University Tran van Huong Nguyen Cao Ky Hien Dalai University Dalat Ho Quang Nhut Hiey University of Ho Hieuw Chihoa Covan Hiew New York Times News Service
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Man’s power use may harm ecosystems says Purdue ecologist

Dr. Durward L. Alien of Purdue University, honored with a conservation medal in Washington, warns that humans exploit nearly every environment but risk self-defeat without insight to impose controls and secure ecosystem stability.

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Durward L. Alien Purdue University Washington
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