Christmas Catalogs Transform Holiday Shopping in 1977
New York reports that Christmas 1977 centers on glossy catalogs from major retailers. Stores fund a 15 percent rise in production costs but expect catalogs to lift sales across price tiers from token gifts to luxury items like Neiman Marcus’s $130,000 lynx coat or Sakowitz’s $1.12 million Discojet II. Bloomingdale's promotes its catalog in national magazines and Sunday newspaper inserts. The Broadway in Los Angeles.
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New York
UPI
Neiman-Marcus
Dallas
Sakowitz
Houston
Bloomingdales
United States
Dematteis
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Met
Rembrandt and
Rubens
Bloomingdale
North
Direct mail boom grows as shoppers buy by mail
Buyer tips note life insurance for kids may be costlier long term than saving early premiums. Heating repairs urged by J H Winslow Plumbing. A vivid look at the 1976 77 growth of mail order catalogs from Neiman Marcus to Bergdorf Goodman, Dr Joyce Brothers and Burt Reynolds, with the Met Museum predicting 75 percent of 1977 sales via mail.
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Neiman-Marcus
Bergdorf-Goodman
Bergdorf
Joyce Brothers
Burt Reynolds
Julia Child
Direct Mail Marketing Association
New York
Richard Dematteis
DMMA
Greenberg
Grover elected vice president of Connecticut Bank & Trust
Douglas E. Grover has been elected vice president of the Connecticut Bank & Trust Company. He joined the bank in 1959, is a Williams School of Banking graduate, and has completed American Institute of Banking courses. He serves as vestryman at Church of the Holy Trinity and led the Middletown Parent Teachers Organization.
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Middletown
Conn
Douglas E. Grover
Connecticut Bank & Trust Company
Williams School of Banking
American Institute of Banking
Church of the Holy Trinity
Parent Teachers Organization
Grover
Clifford Grover
Frances Ennis
East Arlington
Rocky Hill
River House opens with record dinner push in Williamsport
The Garveys and Kaufmanns transformed River House on Water Street in one night to double capacity and serve 117 dinners in its first Saturday. Twanette Garvey led design, Harry handled bar duties, and Alain Midiere was hired to manage the expanded River House, a project born from their shared ventures in construction and local redevelopment.
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Robert E. Kaufman
Twanette Garvey
Harry Garvey
New River Street
Williamstown
Mass
Kaufmanns
Garveys
Harry
Bob
Sandra Kaufmann
River House
Water Street
Williams College
Moorland St
River Street
Kaufmanns and Garveys
New York
New Jersey
Uld Record Store
Twanette
Sandra
Alain Midiere
North Bennington
Gas price not deter drivers in Vestaur survey
In Philadelphia a Vestaur Corp survey of business and financial leaders found 20 percent would not change commuting plans despite higher fuel costs. Most said they would pay more than $2 a gallon before considering other transportation options to get to work.
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Sandra
Twanette
Twyla Tharp
Bob
Philadelphia
UPI
Vestaur Corp
Symphony underwriting for ETV fall season at Vermont
ETV Symphony series underwrites Evening at Symphony with John T. Carpenter of Chittenden Trust presenting a check to John W. Dunlop of Vermont Educational Television. Boston Symphony led by Sieji Ozawa, airs Sundays at 8 p.m. through Feb. 19. Handel Messiah Parts I III set for Dec 18 19, and a complete 6:30 to 9 p.m. broadcast on Christmas Day. program notes available from the bank.
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John T. Carpenter
Chittenden Trust Co
John W. Dunlop
Vermont Educational Television
Symphony
Boston Symphony
Sieji Ozawa
ETV
November 1977 Building and Zoning Permit Summary
Building and Zoning issued 19 permits totaling 2,350,565 dollars with Omega Shopping Centers at Route 7 Kocher Drive as the major project. New water and sewer hookups ended Nov 30, and city officials plan to draft septic and road specifications for spring action.
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Omega
Route 7
Kocher Drive
Water Department
Highway Department
Department of Health
Gus Ayers
Department of Highways
Bowen Road
Stuart A. Hurd
Mt. Anthony Country Club
Bank Steet
John Lyons
Pageant St
Dennis Woodward
Vail Road
Bill Thomson
DeMarco
Sporting Goods
Northside Drive
Stephen Cainter
Autumn Acres
John & Lada Moxley
Safford St
A.R. Willard Jr
Applehill
Jack Sweet
Chapel Road
Old Foundation
Marvin Loveland
Fred W
Janet Harwood
Dewey St
Bennington
Willow Park
The
Vermont Corp
Adams St
Pauline Andrews
Omega Shopping
Rte 7
Gary Murphy & Wilkinson
Setlers Road
Beatrice Fair
Corey Lane
Frank & Jean Hogel
Westside Drive
F.B. Woodward & Sons
East Street
Abe Moss
Elm St
Check Social Security records and time limits
Rutland district manager Robert E Normandie explains a statute of limitations on correcting earnings in Social Security records. Changes can be made within 3 years 3 months and 15 days after the year wages were earned unless specific conditions apply. Regular checks help ensure accurate benefit eligibility and amounts.
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Rutland
Robert E. Normandie
Social Security
Normandie
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No. Adams, Mass
Hal
Hal March
Record
Big Mt. Snow
Vermont
Boston College
Twanelte
Arlington
California
Midiere
Michere
Williams News
Bennington, Vermont
Building & Zoning Report
R.D
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