Arlington Service Garage Changes Hands After 26 Years
Arlington Vermont reports the Service Garage, long run by Robert C Benedict of Batten hill Road, has been sold to Douglas A and Nancy A Tschorn of Cumberland. The transfer ends Benedicts 28 years at the site and wraps a 40 year career in mechanical work including a government training program, a portable welder, and a machine shop. The new owners plan a grand opening with a paint stripping method for wood and metal, and will reside in Sandgate with their three preschool children.
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Arlington
Robert C. Benedict
Battenhill Road
Douglas A
Nancy A. Tschorn
Peacedale Road
Cumberland
Charles Cole
Manchester
Benedict
Thomas Mattison
Chanics
Great Pond
Johnson Pulp Company
Arthur
Wilcox Dairy
Betty
Vt. Transit
Tschorn
Arington
Vermont 1968 Truck Roadeo Opens In Burlington
The Vermont Truck Driving Roadeo kicks off at the Burlington Air Port today with many drivers entered to compete for prizes and the chance to represent Vermont at the national event in Cincinnati in September. Registered drivers must have clean records and face tests including obstacle navigation, parallel parking, and a safety written exam.
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Vermont
State Signs Agreement With Car-Crushing Firm
Vermont announces its first statewide contract to remove junked cars via crushing, with Hodgdon Brothers of Weathersfield handling South Burlington and Colchester sites. About 7,000 hulks expected eliminated, with completion targeted by August 8 to August 23.
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Montpelier
Richmond K. Karr
Vermont
State Highway Board
Hodgdon Brothers
Weathersfield
Burlington
Colchester
Karr
Everett
South Burlington
Patchen Street
Vermont Department of Highways
Vermont SBA Office Cited as Regional Office of the Year
The Vermont Small Business Administration office in Montpelier led by Regional Director William P. Geary received the Northeast Area Regional Office of the Year award for outstanding performance. The certificate, presented by Area Administrator Thomas J. Noonan in Boston, cited high productivity without more staff, strong financial and management assistance, and excellent staff morale. The Montpelier office, smallest among regional offices with 12 staff, accounted for twice its share of SBA production for Vermont.
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Montpelier
Vermont
Small Business Administration
William P. Geary
Northeast
New England
SBA
Geary
Northeast Area
Boston
Thomas J. Noonan
Washington
Hoff
George Aiken
Montpelier Office
Russia to speed housing with mass production drive
In a Spring meeting of the President's Business Advisory Council UPI reports Under secretary Howard W. Samuels urged corporate leaders to back city housing solutions. He compared Soviet mass production to U.S. output, noting Russia builds 3.25 million units yearly while the United States reaches 1.5 million. He argued prefabrication and standardized designs could lift U.S. housing, but warned archaic codes and zoning plus funding hurdles block progress, urging use of mass production tools to close the gap.
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Hot Springs
UPI
Howard W. Samuels
Business Advisory Council
Samuels
Russia
Moscow
Manhattan
United States
Soviet Union
National Life Directors Meet in Manchester
National Life Insurance Company reported nearly 45 million dollars paid to policyholders and beneficiaries in the first half of 1968, with death benefits up 1.8 million to 13.5 million, annuity payments up 2.6 million to seven million, and investment earnings up eight basis points. Life sales rose slightly to 242 million. The board honored Edward S. French, longtime director who died June 9. Directors met at Mt Equinox, the home of Dr. Joseph G. Davidson.
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Manchester
Insurance-Inforce
Edward S. French
Springfield
Mt. Equinox
Joseph G. Davidson
Shortage of All Housing Drives Rentals Upward
Washington reports a National Association of Real Estate Boards survey showing rising rents and falling vacancies across the nation in 1967. Single family homes rose in 82 percent of markets. garden apartments up in about 70 percent. vacancies declined in most housing types as demand pressures bite.
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Washington
UPI
National Association of Real Estate Boards
William C. Hass
NAREB
Institute of Real Estate Management
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API
Frank Hula
By James L. Srodes
U.S
National Life Directors
Chicago
Laurance Jeffries
Daniel Creamer
Artery Arcade
North Adams
Triple ‘‘S
HENAY
Tuttle CO
Depot ST. Dial
Bennington, VT
Greenberg
Main Street
U.S.7
Willow Road
Charles Rice
Pittsfield
Gerald E. Morrissey Inc
John M. Moore
Hodgson
U.S. Savings
New Freedom
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Treasury Department
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