Consumer Affairs Books List Highlights Helpers and Hazards
Virginia Knauer presents a selection of consumer topic books spanning food drugs cars and fraud. The titles cover shopping budgeting housing insurance safety and legal rights with notes on library availability and government publications.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia Knauer
White House
Office of Consumer Affairs
Beatrice Hunter
Consumer Education
Government Printing Office
Washington, D.C
Ruth Mulvey Harmer
Ralph Nader
Sidney Margolius
Pauline G. Garrett
Ruth Winter
Toni Stabile
Eater's Digest
Michael Jacobson
Great American Auto
Donald A. Randall
Arthur S. Glickman
Elinor Bruce
Lesa
Max Fogiel
Paul Crown
Catherine Crook de Camp
Lssue
Consumer Reports
Consumers Union
Consumer Union
All Claims
David Sanford
Barrows Named Arlington Branch Assistant Cashier at County National Bank
D. Barrows of Burlington joins County National Bank as assistant cashier and Arlington manager succeeding Edward J. Wansbury who left after 18 years with the bank. Wansbury moved to Boca Raton Florida after a Christmas party send off and will continue in banking. Arthur B. Murphy is promoted to vice president for loans with 32 years at the bank.
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Stanley D. Barrows
Burlington
The
County National Bank
Arlington
Barrows
Edward J. Wansbury
Shaftsbury
Wansbury
Dee, Jr
Boca Raton
Fla
Joan
Bank
Arthur B. Murphy
Murphy
New Australian steam engine aims to power future economy
Australian engineer Howard Pritchard demonstrates a steam car engine in California claiming U S anti pollution standard compliance for 1975 models. The .2 double acting uniflow engine weighs 150 pounds and delivers about 19 miles per gallon kerosene with a 40 mile per gallon water range per Captain Alexander’s assessment.
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Leroy Pope
New York
APT
Australia
Howard Pritchard
U.S
Thousand Oaks
Cali
Pritchard
Pancoastal, Inc
Hartford, Cont
William Lear
Las Vegas
Thermo- Electron Corp
Waltham
Mass
Ford Motor Co
Ford Falcon
Stanley
Richard Alexander
USN
Rat
Alexander
California
Rent Watch Formed to Help Tenants Under IRS Plan
The IRS and the Sen nington Rutland Opportunity Courtel announce Rent Watch to protect Social Security beneficiaries and audit housing for older persons. Tenants may learn if a proposed rent increase is allowable after a 30 day notice, with landlords to justify increases under the Economic Stabilization Program.
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U.S. Internal Revenue Service
Sennington-Rutland Opportunity
IRS
Bennington Federal Building
Bob Sourcliffe
Bennington-Rutland
Hutchinson names sales head Irv Dahlberg
Irv Dahlberg of North Adams Mass has been appointed sales manager of Hutchinsons Garage Mobile Home Sales on North Branch Street. A Midwest native, he has long worked in New England mobile home sales and led Wheel Estates in North Adams until recently. Dahlberg formerly lived in Bennington and taught at North Bennington School. He was featured in Mobile Home Dealer Magazine for Wheel Estates achievements, and owns Malco which markets a factory built modular mobile laundromat for mobile home parks, designed by Dahlberg with orders from Florida.
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Irv Dahlberg
North Adams
Mass
Hutchinson
North Branch Street
Dahlberg
The
Midwest
New England
Wheel Estates
Bennington
Willows Mobile Home Sales
North Bennington
Mobile Home Dealer Magazine
Malco
Florida
McKibben elected NAM director at New York meeting
Glen M. McKibben president of Green Mountain Power in Burlington was elected director of the National Association of Manufacturers during NAM’s 7th annual meeting at the Waldorf Astoria in New York on December 78. He joined Green Mountain Power as vice president in 194, later becoming president the next year, and holds several directorships including Vermont Electric Power Co Inc and New England Power. McKibben is an IEEE and NSPE member with engineering credentials from Oregon State University and NYU.
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New York
Glen M. McKibben
Green Mountain Power Corp
Burlington
National Association of Manufacturers
NAM
Waldorf-Astoria
McKibben
Green Mountain
Oregon State University
New York University
Vermont Electric Power Co., Inc
Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Corp
Electric Council of New England
Burlington Federal Savings and Loan Association
Cynosure Inc
New England
Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers
National Society of Professional Engineers
Vermont Society of Engineers
Eta Kappa Nu
Frederick A Smith Named General Manager at Cornish Wire
Lawrence Kern of General Cable Corporation announces Frederick A Smith as general manager of Cornish Wire Products. He will oversee manufacturing and marketing of the Cornish line from Williamstown Massachusetts with plants in North Adams and Pownal. Smith brings experience from Royal Electric and Kaiser Aluminum. He holds a BS from Providence College and an AMP from Harvard Business School. The family will move to Williamstown.
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New York
N.Y
Lawrence Rt. Kern
General Cable Corporation
Specifl Products Group
Frederick A. Smith
Smith
Williamstown
Mass
Mr. Smith i
North Adams
Pownal
General Cable
Royal Electric
International Telephone & Telegraph Corp
Kaiser , Aluminum and Chemical Corp
Providence College
Harvard School of Business Administration
The
Wire Association
Lynne Conway Joins The Real Estate Group in Keene
Lynne P. Conway is employed as a sales associate at The Real Estate Group in Keene New Hampshire. She joins the firm after a year in real estate sales and has lived in Keene since 1565. previously resided in Greenfield Massachusetts with Clifford J. Airey Insurance Agency experience.
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Keene, N.H
Lynne P. Conway
Keene
West St
Gladys O Neill Wins Real Estate Awards in Vermont
Gladys O Neill of Wilmington received two Real Net awards from the Vermont Real Estate Network at the Cortina Inn Mendon during the annual meeting and Christmas party. Walker Kimball Jr and Jack Berkley announced her top year, with a sales volume over 1.3 million dollars and the largest single unit sale at 310000. She has been with Berkley Weller’s Withington office for two years and is the firm’s leading sales producer.
Bank predicts 1973 growth and rising employment
National Commercial Bank and Trust projections forecast above average growth for 1973 with 3.8 percent real GDP growth, to 1.26 trillion, and employment reaching about 84 million. Consumer spending on durable goods and business investment are expected to rise, though housing starts may ease from 1970 highs.
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Albany
National Commercial Bank and Trust Company
Trust Division
James O'K. Connell Jr
National Commercial
William H. Girvin Jr
Peter Farrell
Durshde
Vermont October Construction Contracts Rise 28 Percent
Construction contracts signed in Vermont during October rose 28 percent from October 1971, totaling 10.732 million dollars. Nonresidential jumped over 100 percent to 2.657 million, residential up six percent to 6.395 million, and nonbuilding up 18 percent to 1.68 million. Year to date totals show a 35 percent rise to 149.121 million, with nonresidential up 12 percent to 42.891 million, residential up 45 percent to 104.345 million, and nonbuilding increasing.
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Celal
Vermont
McGraw-Hill
Dodge Reports
Sweet
Algo
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Consumer Reading List
D. Barrows
County
Stanley BD. Barrows
Ra Pan
Wickes
Ralph Tewksbury
AL Dalton ED
Cutler Neg Percy Joan James
Betty Croft
John Towell
Joe Monroe
Bor Renaud
Williams
Pennsylvania
US Department of Transportation
America
Daelberg
Rutland
Central Vermont Public Service Corporation
Glen M. McRibben
Fred A. Smith
New Cornish Wire
Lynne Conway
Progressive Building Supply Center
Depot Street
Gladys O'Neill
Real Estate
Triangle Press
W. Mun
Mery
Cassia
General Cable Corp
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