Rockwell Joins Business World Sales Team
Richard B. Rockwell has joined the sales staff of Business World Inc. to handle reprographic equipment including copying machines offset presses mimeo and Spirit duplicators. He will also market a new line of video tape gear including cameras televisions and related products. Ed Lauzon announced the hire. Rockwell, a Manchester resident, will operate from the local office supply house.
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Richard B. Rockwell
Business World, Inc
Ed Lauzon
Manchester
Rockwell
Energy Check USA Tune Ups Cut Gas Use
Bennington Chevrolet Cadillac participates in a GM sponsored program titled Energy Check USA to help owners maximize engine performance with minimal fuel use. Campaign parity expects savings in millions of gallons of gas this year if drivers keep cars tuned. Bennington shop offers a lower price on related services through May 9 including an economy check up and standard tune ups.
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Cadillac
Bennington
Bill Hogan
Chevrolet
General Motors
Energy Check USA
General Motors’ Parts Division
Hogan
Bennington Chevrolet-Cadillac
Caution urged with antifreeze in winterizing heating systems
Vermont health officials warn homeowners who winterize hot water heating with liquid antifreeze to choose safe, less toxic types and ensure an air gap or reduced pressure backflow device between the water supply and boiler. Do not use automotive radiator antifreeze. consult plumbers for safe options.
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Burlington
Harold Sargent
State Department of Health
Vermont
Sargent
Man pleads guilty to assault in domestic dispute
M Sivel, 23, admitted in U S District Court that he struck Joseph Bauman in the mouth with a machete during a dispute over removing shoes as a guest in his house. He pleaded guilty to third degree assault and received two years probation plus reimbursement of Bauman's medical expenses.
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Christiansted
Virgin Islands
UPI
M. S. Civel
U.S. District Court
Joseph Bauman
Bauman
Civel
New techniques help detect forgeries of old documents
Yale's Leif Ericson map of Vinland proved a forgery using small particle analysis. McCrone Associates lifted ink particles with tungsten needles and used polarizing microscopes, ion microprobes, and electron microscopes to confirm synthetic ink. The firm touts this method for art, crime labs, and microelectronics.
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New York
UPI
Yale University
Leif Ericson
Walter C. McCrone Associates, Inc
Chicago
McCrone
Vinland
Yale
Labrador
New Haven
Robert Johnson
Johnson
McCrone Company
Specialized salesmen thrive amid energy crisis pressure
A Porter Henry & Co. study of 498 firms finds demand rising for highly specialized salesmen while generalists fade. Firms plan to expand sales forces despite shortages in raw materials and fuel, with 75 percent of insurance and financial services and 65 percent of drug and health firms expecting growth. Companies will train dealers more and rely more on telephone calls to cut travel and territories if fuel costs rise.
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New York
UPI
Arthur Miller
J. Porter Henry
Porter Henry & Co
Henry
Decision making gets tougher for modern executives
New York based report summarizes Harvard professor Howard Raiffa’s course on decision analysis. Executives at General Electric Pillsbury DuPont Ford General Motors and others have used the method to reduce risk and avert costly mistakes. Raiffa notes data limits and warns bad decisions threaten resources and the economy.
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New York
UPI
Howard Raiffa
Harvard
Raiffa
Encyclopaedia Britannica Educational Corp
General Electric
Pillsbury
DuPont
Ford Motor Co
Arthur D. Little, Inc
General Motors
Polaroid
Procter & Gamble
Peter Drucker
Rutland Central Vermont output signals modest rise and warm week
CVPS reported 35 202 700 kilowatt hours for the week ending April 5 up 2 9 percent from a year earlier and 203 degree days in Rutland a 42 percent rise from 1973. Year to date output stood at 531 988 400 kWh a 5 46 percent decline versus 1973.
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Rutland
Central Vermont Public Service Corp
Beetles Ravage Pantry Despite Modern Packaging
Burlington households face ongoing beetle problems in food stores and homes. Dr. George MacCollum, University of Vermont extension entomologist, notes pests enter via damaged or broken market packaging and then breed in pantries.
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Burlington
George MacCollum
University of Vermont
MacCollum
Ennis Named Velco Director in Vermont Utility Move
Sailey Ennis, longtime manager of the Washington Electric Cooperative, was elected a Velco director. Velco president James E. Griffin welcomed Ennis, noting his Vermont utility experience and goal of improving service. Ennis has held multiple industry roles and resides in Barre Town.
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Rutland
Sailey Ennis
Washington Electric Cooperative
Vermont Electric Power Co
James E. Griffin
Velco
Ennis
Washington County
Governor’s Commission On Electrical Energy
Vermont
National Rural Electric Cooperative Association
Northeast Electric Wholesale Power Cooperative
Northeast Public Power Association
Vermont Electrical Association
United Data Processing Association
Northeast Association of Electric Cooperatives
Vermont Cooperative Council
Marshfield
Barre
Griffin
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Burr and Burton Seminary
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Milton and
Marion Rockwell
Washington
American Institute of Arhitects
Robert Burley
AIA
Institute
Commission On Environment and Design
Burley
Waitsfield
Subcommittee On Transportation
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Sylvania
Monument Plaza
Mtuttle
Progressive Building
Depot Street
Bicycle Institute of America
Equitable Co
Equitable Life Assurance Society of
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J. Henry Smith
Equitable
Smith
Greenberg
Whirlpool Appliances
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DIAL
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