Beech Trees Face Killer Fungus Advancing Southward
Foresters warn a beech scale insect and the nectria fungus threaten beech stands from Nova Scotia through New England to New York. The disease moves southwest and east, with no practical cure, affecting Adirondack and Catskill areas and prompting partial harvesting debates.
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Associated Press
Nova Scotia
New York State
Ava Scotia
Berkshire Mountains
Massachusetts
Connecticut
Rhode Island
Mike Birmingham
New York
Delaware County
Pennsylvania
Adirondacks
Allegany County
Halifax
Europe
Jerrmingham
Rhode Island Jobs Gain Brightens State Economy
Rhode Island's unemployment rate fell from 16.3 percent in July to 13.3 in August as the Department of Employment Security reported a 7,000 gain in available jobs, mainly in manufacturing. Officials say national trends influenced the improvement but caution that one month is not a trend. Unemployment stood at 60,000 in August, down from 74,600 in July, yet well above last year's 32,100.
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Providence
Rhode Island
Used Cars Ad Listing Various 1970s Models
Classified ad promotes several vehicles including a 1972 Ford LTD Squire wagon, a 1972 International 2 ton truck, a 1971 Oldsmobile Cutlass four door, a 1971 Toyota Corona Mark II hardtop, and a 1971 Torino 500 hardtop coupe. Details mention low mileage, R and H, automatic transmission, power steering, and gas saving features.
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Ford Ltd
Squire
Poison Produced In R I
Former Public Health Service lab in Narra gansett Rhode Island developed a deadly shellfish poison linked to CIA probes. Dr Benjamin J Pringle recalls Alaskan butter clams infected by red tide were used under a $25 000 Fort Detrick contract. Poison can cause tingling and rapid respiratory paralysis in concentrated form. Senate Intelligence Committee hearings examine CIA handling of the poisons despite a 1970 order to destroy them.
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Providence
U.S. Public Health Service
Rhode Island Seacoast
Narragansett
Central Intelligence Agency
Benjamin J. Pringle
Lansing
Ich
Northeast
The
Public Health Service
Army
Biological and Chemical Warfare Center
Fort Detrick
Alaskan
Pringle
Senate Intelligence Committee
CIA
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