Connecticut's first moose dies after tranquilizer shooting ends it
A lone moose, first confirmed in Connecticut over a century ago, wandered across the state for months before being cornered near a gasoline storage area in East Hartford. Police and Game officials attempted to save it with a tranquilizer gun, but the animal died, apparently worn down by its long journey. Sightings had occurred in Niantic State Forest and Groton, with prior records in Athol, Ware, and Greenfield.
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Connecticut
East Hartford
State Board of Fisheries and Game
Niantic State Forest
Groton
October Mountain Moose and Public Forest History
The Berkshire piece recalls Old Bill the moose from the William Whitney game preserve on October Mountain, his death in 1920 after a hunter wounded him, and Wardens Sargood and local collectors preserving the antlers for the Berkshire Museum. It then moves to October Mountain’s public access, neglected lands, and the 1921 public fundraising leading to state forest acquisition with gifts and sales, highlighting conservation and public ownership.
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Berkshires
Old Bill
William C. Whitney
October Mountain
William W. Sargood
Lee
Mr. Whitney
Bronx
Bill
Warden Sargood
Sargood
Berkshire
Wild Animals
Lenox
Pittsfield
Farnham Reservoir
Richard T. Auchmuty
P. Augustus Schermerhorn
Buckleyism and Birchism divide the GOP cannibalizing it
In a 1964 House records entry William F Buckley of Stamford contributed 50 dollars to liberal Democrat Donald Irwin. Buckley aims to undermine Republican moderates like Lindsay in New York and Sibal in Connecticut, signaling factional rupture within the party. Nixon called Buckleyite strains a greater threat than the Birchers.
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U.S. House of Representatives
William F. Buckley
Stamford
Conn
Donald J. Irwin
Irwin
Connecticut
Fairfield County
New York City
National Review
New York
John V. Lindsay
Buckley
Lindsey
Congress
Republican Center
Yale
Abner Sibal
Sibal
Wild Jackass
Americans For Democratic Action
ADA
Barry Goldwater
Goldwater
San Francisco
Bill Buckley
Lindsay
Ab Sibal
Richard Nixon
Ray Bliss
John Birch Society
Nixon
Nixon Described the Buckleyites
Birchers
Emergence of Hope Transforms Viet Nam War Effort
A newly returned reporter notes a shift in Vietnam from brinkmanship to guarded optimism as U S forces near full deployment by December. Improvements in Vietnamese army morale, VC demoralization, and cross-branch strategy show promise, with Ky government stabilizing and Maoist base-area warfare guiding the plan.
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Viet Nam
United States
Pacific Fleet
Yankee Station
Mao Tse-tung
Viet Cong
Vo Nguyen Giap
Mao
Johnson
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Massachusetts
Athol
Ware
The
Greenfield
Moose
Gene Moran
Gene
Knightville Dam
Huntington
Ted Cooke
South Carolina Ave
Hawthorn Circle
Riche
Pleasantville
N.Y
Vermont Fish & Game Department
University of Vermont College of Medicine
Vermont
Fish and Game
John F. Decker
Stockbridge
Council of
Sportsmen’s Clubs
Worcester
Francis D. Brainard
Beverly
Henry J. Colombo
Ashland
State Fisheries and Game Board
Roger Williams
Lazy Ike Corp
Fort Dodge
Iowa
Irak Walton League of America
Lawrence Barbieri
Seekonk Road
Great Barrington
Bill Hickey
Greg
Inside Report
By Rowland Evans
Robert Novak
Washington
Elizabeth Dwyer
Bennington Banner
Catnce
Sunbeam
Rootes
Foreign & Sports Car Center
Lyman
Joseph Alsop
Nguyen Cao Ky
Ngo Dinh Diem
Columbus Ave
Berkgiviré
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