Barefoot waiters spark debate at Pan American hotels
New York based Pan American Airways Inter-Continental chain faces cultural and logistics problems as managers wrestle with barefoot service in tropical and Moslem regions. Issues include local customs, civilizing mission, hiring quirks, and calendar differences impacting staffing across 62 hotels in 42 countries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
UPI
Tropics
Barefoot
Henry Ogden Barbour
Pan American Airways
Inter-Continental
Tahara
Inter- Continental
Tahiti
Barbour
Michigan State University
School of Hotel and Restaurant Management
Karachi
Philiippines
Social Security report due April 15 Rutland
Rutland opens with the April 15 deadline for filing annual Social Security reports. The report applies to beneficiaries who earned over $2,100 in 1973 and received any Social Security benefits, with an age 72+ exception for the full year. It explains earned income, months with low wages or no substantial self employment, and an estimate for 1974 to guide payments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rutland
Social Security Administration
Robert E. Normandie
Normandie
Bennington
Frank H. Mudgett
Department of Employment Security
Bennington County
Unauthorized phone devices spark legal questions nationwide
Roger Field, a New York radio science specialist, installed a $219 telephone answering device and a second phone at his apartment, later told by the Bell System his setup was unauthorized. The FCC weighs a certification program. AT&T files suit against device makers. Field says his rebuilt gadget does not connect by wires and thus is not illegal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Roger Field
WINS
New York Telephone Company
Field
Bell System
American Telephone and Telegraph Company
Federal Communications Commission
At&t
FCC
Tensor Corporation
Grandcom Inc
Arrow Electronics
Saxton Products
Arrow
Bennington Real Estate Transfers Recorded Feb 1–15
Bennington town clerk records show transfers including Robert and Marie Dempsey to Philip and Jean Danforth for a Union Street residence with garage at 6 000 dollars, and John Gygax to Kenneth and Elma Corey for 4 2 acres on East View Drive at 12 500 dollars. Other deeds include Francis Woodward to Irving and Mary Gardner for a Butter Road residence at 23 572 dollars, and Victor and Rita Austin to Andrew and Priscilla Crawford for Foster Drive residence at 7 500 dollars. Additional transfers cover Prospect Street residence valued at 10 000 dollars, Harwood Hill acres for 7 600 dollars, a Cyr Court residence for 27 572 dollars, Jewett Drive vacant land at 5 950 dollars, Harwood Drive residence at 22 700 dollars, Cutler and Norton streets residence at 36 200 dollars, Rice Lane residence at 21 500 dollars, and Harlan Road residence at 43 000 dollars.
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Bennington
Robert T
Marie Dempsey
Philip F
Jean Danforth
Union Street
John W. Gygax
Kenneth N
Elma K. Corey
Shaftsbury
East View Drive
Francis B. Woodward
Irving
Mary E. Gardner
Butter Road
Victor L
Rita M. Austin
Triangle
Andrew A
Maud M. Mcisiney
Perry J
Anne M. Hamilton
Williamstown
Mass
Prospect Street
Lester E
Pearl B. Harwood
San Marcos
Calif
Charles E. Dewey
Harwood Hill
Charles M
Marie E. Hawkins
Cyr Court
John J
Catherine C. Dermody
Leo
Betty Toine
Elmwoodark
N.J
Jewett Drive
Frederick W
Mary J. Marwood
Frederick W. Jr
Shelly Harwood
Harwood Drive
Geroge E
Norma L. Worry
Mark A. Ed Barret Cole
Boston
Mays
Minority businessmen gain GSA contracts in 1973
Boston reports that black owned firms secured 327 contracts totaling over 24 million dollars under GSA minority provisions in fiscal 1973. An extra 119 black firm contracts valued at 19 million were awarded July through December. The latest 8(a) award went to Sherman Disposal Company of Roxbury for refuse removal at the JFK Federal Building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
GSA
Gammal
Sherman Disposal Company
Roxbury
John F. Kennedy Federal Building
Boston
Vogue and Vanity changes hands after 35 years
Bennington shop Vogue and Vanity is sold to Henry and Ruby Plummer of Williamstown, Mass. Alfred and Grete Hertz will stay on to assist. The Williamstown store opened in 1951 and both shops will keep staff and operation unchanged while the Hertzes remain nearby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth Dwyer
Bennington
Alfred
Grete Hertz
Vogue & Vanity
Putnam Square
Henry and
Ruby Plummer
Williamstown
Mass
Colonial
Hertzes
Plummers
Western Union
New York City
Germany
Vogue
Vanity
Estes Paint
Fifth Avenue
Women’s Wear Daily
Main Street
WWD
Alfred Hertz
Bennington Rotary Club
YMCA
Merchants’ Bureau
Bennington Chamber of Commerce
Georgia Tech
Plummer
University of Wisconsin
Bradford College
Mt. Greylock
Helen McGurn
Anne Pisto
Barbara Knights
Caroline McGurn
Gloria Watson
Mary Jane Thurber
Rose Boni
Marie O’brien
Vermont
Colonial Gardens
Alfred and
Mrs. Hertz
Henry Plummer
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Union Carbide
Paradise Restaurant
Conrad Hoffman
Louis Morin
Alice Davis
Herb Dunham
Therese Reardon
Ing
Bali
Morse & Butler
North Street
Robert J. Cole
New York Times News Service
Eagle Square
Paul Harris
Francoise Matte
Gilbert Mattison
Clark Harwood
Paul J. DeConnick
Ernest Harwood
Nicholas Oldham Jr
Priscilla J. Crawford
Foster Drive
Federal General Services Administration
Nixon
Albert A. Gammal Jr
New England
Feasey
Che
Alhee
Firestone
Main St. Bennington
Thurs
DIAL
Pratt Street
National Weather Service
Wickes
Aluminum
Lennox
JH Wwinslow
Southern Vermont
Depot Street
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