Construction Contracts Level Off in June
NEW YORK June contract values for future construction totaled 5.59 billion dollars, up less than one percent from a year earlier, with the Dodge Index sliding to 160 from 172 in May. For the first half of 1968, contract values were 12 percent higher than a year earlier, yet the Dodge Index stayed near the second-half 1967 level, signaling little growth over 12 months as credit conditions tightened and residential building gains slowed.
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New York
F. W. Dodge
McGraw-Hill Information Systems Company
Dodge
Economist
Christie
Rupert Native Promoted As Utility Executive
Rupert Native of Rutland has been promoted to general manager of the Southern Division of Connecticut Valley Electric Company in Claremont NH, succeeding A J Maranville who retires after 46 years with Central Vermont Public Service. Tobin, a North Rupert native, will relocate to Claremont with his wife and two sons.
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Rutland
Francis J. Tobin
A. J. Maranville
Connecticut Valley Electric Company Inc
Claremont
N.H
Meredith
Central Vermont Public Service Corporation
Maranville
Central Vermont
Vermont Hydro Electric Corporation
Windsor
Vermont Hydro
Connecticut Valley Electric Company
Tobin
North Rupert
Navy
University of Vermont
CVPS
Phyllis
Regional Employment Increases In New England
New England nonagricultural employment reached 4,456,700 in mid June, up 88,600 from May and 66,300 higher than June 1967, driven by service and trade hiring to support recreation, with construction payrolls rising to meet highway and building activity. Government and financeSee notes.
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Boston
New England
Wendell D. Macdonald
U.S. Department of Labor
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Control of Biting Flies on Dairy Cattle
Burlington brieflet from the University of Vermont outlines safe chemical controls for biting flies in barn and pasture. It covers fogger and bait spray usage and rubbing devices, with application timings and a burlap backrubber diagram prepared by Dr. George Mac Collum, Extension entomologist.
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Burlington
Morrill Hall
University of Vermont
George MacCollum
Union Carbide Posts Modest First Half Sales Rise
Union Carbide Corp reports six month sales of 1 290 million, up 3 percent from 1 247.4 million last year. Earnings drop 11 percent to 80.0 million, or 1.32 a share, due to a 10 percent surtax and rising costs. Second quarter sales rise to 661 million, 5 percent from 632.6 million. Earnings after surtax total 40.2 million, 66 cents a share, vs 46.2 million, 76 cents previous year. First quarter figures restated to 39.8 million, 66 cents, because of the surtax. Mason cites broad demand and strong consumer product gains, but notes heavy start up charges and rising labor costs. Taft complex start up costs remain high but show improvement. full-year gains expected, contingent on economy, prices, and new facilities coming online.
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NEW York — Union Carbide Corp
Binny Mason, Jr
Mason
Taft
Union
Sprague Earnings Drop in 1968 Half-Year Report
Sprague Electric Co of North Adams Massachusetts reports weaker earnings for the first half of 1968 despite higher sales. Net sales reach 69.54 million with net profit 1.06 million or 31 cents per share on 3.39 million shares. Second quarter earnings fall to 7 cents per share on 34.25 million in sales, down from 21 cents per share on 32.47 million in 1967.
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North Adams
Mass
Sprague Electric Co
Robert C. Sprague
Worchester
West African Students Visit Williams College
Twenty nine West Africans will spend five days at Williams College in August for orientation on American government social structure and urban affairs before a 45 day coast to coast tour. Two groups funded by the State Department via the National Student Association include 20 students aiming at business careers and seven teachers or fine arts students.
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Williamstown
Mass
Williams College
U.S. State Department
National Student Association
Africa
State Department
Williams
Nicholas Fersen
Gordon C. Winston
Harvard
Yale
Washington
Poor People’s Campaign
Congo
Togo
Ivory Coast
Gabon
Morocco
Senegal
Tunisia
Cameroun
Dahomey
Burundi
Mali
Rwanda
New York City
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Pittsburg
Washington, D C
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Detroit
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New Orleans
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Little Rock
Houston
Albuqurque
Denver
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Seattle
Sioux City
Iowa
Paris
Ill
Worthington
Minn
Portland
Ore
Vermont Insurance Company Plans To Create Mutual Funds
National Life Insurance Company aims to win SEC approval in fall to create two mutual funds a growth oriented and an income oriented fund. Shares may go on sale by midsummer next year. Four new corporations will manage investment, distribution, and funds with National Shawmut Bank of Boston as custodian and Lybrand, Ross Bros. & Montgomery as auditors.
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Vermont Insurance Company
Manchester
National Life Insurance Company
Securities Exchange Commission
John T. Fey
SEC
Fey
National Life Investment Management Co, Inc
National Life Equity Services Inc
National Shawmut Bank of
Boston
Lybrand, Ross Bros. & Montgomery
New York
Gaston, Snow, Motley & Holt
Noted Pediatrician To Speak in Vermont
Dr. Dorothy V. Whipple of Arlington Virginia will speak on Saturday August 10 at 10 45 am at Johnson State College Vermonts first International Conference on Early Childhood Education She is pediatrician of the year 1967 author of Dynamics of Development Ethnic Pediatrics and is writing textbooks on sex and health education she graduated from Johns Hopkins Medical School and is a clinical associate professor at Georgetown Medical School UCSD
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Johnson
Dorothy V. Whipple
Arlington
Vermont
Johnson State College
John Hopkins Medical School
American Board of Pediatrics
Academy of Pediatrics
Georgetown Medical School
Bennington Transfers Record of Town Clerk July 25 to Aug 1
Mary Hodeck reports transfers in the Bennington office during the week ending August 1. Listings include Sun Valley to Kathleen Harney and Madelaine St Amand on Main Street, and several Bennington to Bennington transfers on North Street West Side Frost Road Town Road 101 and McCall Street. Other moves involve Lincoln County residents to firms and neighbors to relatives.
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Bennington
Mary Hodeck
Sonja Tarnay
Sun Valley
Idaho
Kathleen Harney
Madelaine St. Amand
Frances F. Gibney
Hanover
N.H
Oscar C. Fienberg
North Street
Mab D. Cockrell
Frost Road
Warren E
Elizabeth T. Harmon
Poultney
Leo E
Aldona E. Guilmette
Town Road
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Union Carbide
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First National Stores
North Bennington Road
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Winhall
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Lawrence F
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