House Doctor on cutting home heating costs and repairs
The House Doctor advises insulating fully including storm windows and lowering daytime heating to 68 and nights to 63. Get a qualified pro to tune burners and check drafts, then maintain systems with radiator reflectors or foil, clean or replace filters, purge air from hot water radiators, drain rusty boiler water, and use approved woods for storage spaces.
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Federal pushes flood insurance expansion in towns nationwide
The flood insurance program created to aid homeowners after disasters expands eligibility for communities and homeowners. HUD overseen by FIA seeks mandatory participation for areas identified as flood prone with July 1 deadlines for federal aid eligibility. Coverage exists for homes, businesses, religious and agricultural buildings with subsidized rates and higher nonsubsidized options.
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Leonard Sloane
N.Y. Times News Service
New York
Rapid City
Black Hills
South Dakota
National Flood Insurance Program
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Federal Insurance Administration
HUD
FHA
Artificial trees gain ground as 1974 market shift
About 5 million Christmas trees came from PVC forests while natural trees reach 22 million. Zi Spiegel of American Technical Industries cites safety reuse and fertilizer costs raising evergreen prices as drivers. Ecologists note most naturals are plantation grown and wild harvesting is negligible.
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UPI
Zi Spiegel
American Technical Industries, Inc
Orient
Spiegel
Stone named VNB veep for operations in Brattleboro
John W. Stone is named vice president for operations at Vermont National Bank. President John Hunter Jr. notes Stone led expansion and automation across 17 area offices with three daily shifts and same-day processing via courier. He also provides payroll services for local businesses.
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John W. Stone
John Hunter Jr
Vermont National Bank
Hunter
John Stone
Vermont National
John
VNB
Stone
Essex County Bank of
Lynn
Mass
Mount Herman School
Northfield
Denison University
Williams School of Banking
University of New Hampshire Business of Banking
American Institute of Banking
International Business Machines Co
Noted economist studies world monetary patterns
Milton Gilbert, a leading monetary economist, is directing a three year study for the Twentieth Century Fund on international finance. He will analyze postwar policies from the Marshall Plan to the OECD, exchange rate regimes, and options to restore a more orderly monetary framework.
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New York
Twentieth Century Fund
Milton Gilbert
Bank For International Settlements
Basel
Switzerland
Gilbert
Organization For European Economic Cooperation
Edward
Filene
United States
U.S. Department of Commerce
Organization For Europea Economic Cooperation
Per Jacobsson
Central Vermont Power Output Dips Yearly Total RUTLAND
Electric output of Central Vermont Public Service Corp for the week ending December 20 stood at 38,936,600 kilowatt hours, down 6.64 percent from 1973. Year to date generation reached 1,711,370,800 kilowatt hours, a 1.84 percent decline versus the previous year.
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Rutland — Electric
Central Vermont Public Service Corp
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