Tired Business Man Weary From Over Long Lunch Hours
Chicago 1966 survey by Marcel Lutwak shows most businessmen spend about 1 hour 10 minutes for lunch, pay around $2, and tip 15 percent. About 73 percent dine at $2 with 15 percent tips, many dine with companions, roast beef is a favorite, and formal lunches exceed two hours.
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Chicago
Marcel Lutwak
Essex Inn
Ascot House
Avenue Motel
Acres Motel
Lutwak
Walloomsae 4-H Club Meets in West Hoosick
Walloomsae 4-H Club met February 14 at Donald Sutton home West Hoosick with Jo Ann Harrington presiding. Members worked on spring demonstrations as Edward Cottrell 11 underwent surgery February 17 at Putnam Memorial Hospital. Hoosac Home Makers held a lesson on cooking. Scott Wilson celebrated his sixth birthday February 12. he and family members were guests. Scott is ill with grippe and Robin Baldwin also ill. Lisa Luke returned to school after fracturing her right leg. Jim Colver replaced a wooden gate in Wigston England. council ordered restoration of the wooden gate due to noise complaints.
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Northern Livestock 4-H
Donald J. Sutton
West Hoosick
Jo Ann Harrington
Edward Cottrell
George Cottrell
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Baptist Memorial Hall
Hoosick Falls
Eleanor Calhoun
Burton Luke
Big Housing Boom Seen in 1967
Eli Broad predicts the largest U S housing boom will begin in late 1967 and run through 1969. He cites Kaufman & Broad’s 1966 rebound with $43 million in sales and profits near $2.45 a share, and says demand tops two million homes while starts total about 1.3 million. Broad says housing should be treated as manufacturing, with larger firms like Levitt & Sons and Kaufman & Broad driving growth and smaller developers fading.
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New York
UPI
Eli Broad
Kaufman & Broad
Broad
Detroit
Chicago
Phoenix
Los Angeles
Donald Kaufman
United States
Levitt & Sons Inc
Savings and Loan Associations
Bonds Sales Rise in Vermont in 1966 Under Eddy
Thomas W. Eddy announced Vermont U.S. Savings Bonds sales for 1966 at 5,556,811 dollars, up 611,036 from 1965. Series E grew 557,036, Series H 54,000, with tax deferral benefits highlighted for acccrued interest and benefits of exchanging E for H bonds.
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U.S
Thomas W. Eddy
Vermont
Eddy
Canadian Battery May Aid Appliance of Entangling Cord
Canadian defense scientists unveil a coulometer to enable battery operation of portable home devices. Dr Ian Henderson of Halifax developed the device for fast, safe recharging of nickel cadmium cells. Proposed uses include cordless vacuum cleaners, belt-mounted drills, hospital power, and emergency energy for ships and cities. Nickel cadm ium batteries recharge quickly and last longer, now costing about 250 dollars down from 600.
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Ian Henderson
Halifax
Sheffer
Federal Health Department
Transport Department
R. L. Haines
Fredericton
Jehovah's Witnesses plan circuit assembly in Middlebury
Jehovah's Witnesses Harvey Hiatt will preside over the Bennington congregation as about 600 delegates from 16 congregations across Vermont New York and New Hampshire gather for a semi annual circuit assembly March 3 5 at Middlebury Municipal Auditorium College Street A feature will be a technicolor film God Cannot Lie shown at 3 p.m. Sunday March 5
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Harvey Hiatt
Bennington
Jehovah’s Witnesses
Middlebury
Vermont
New York
New Hampshire
Middlebury Municipal Auditorium
College Street
Area Unemployment in January 5.1 Percent for Bennington
Insured unemployment in the Bennington area averaged 5.1 percent in January, higher than the statewide 4 percent. State initial unemployment claims rose to 329 from 285 in December, with apparel, construction, wholesale and retail trade, and private services driving most filings. Weekly volume averaged 373, benefiting from short term layoffs in apparel manufacturing. Benefits under Vermont law allow up to 26 weekly payments for total unemployment.
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Bennington
Frank H. Mudgett
Department of Employment Security
Vermont
Plates On Sale February 24 In Vermont Pleasures
Commissioner James E. Malloy urged motorists to mail registration applications for 1967 pleasure car plates to the Department of Motor Vehicles in Montpelier. 1967 plates must be affixed by March 1. late Feb. 25 submissions risk missing the deadline. DMV will host Operation Outpost in Bennington February 24 from noon to 7 p.m. at village offices. The Montpelier office operates February 20 through 25 to process applications.
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James E. Malloy
Department of Motor Vehicles
Montpelier
Bennington
Malloy
Vermont Posts Third Straight Year of Economic Expansion
The Department of Employment Security reports December 1966 closes the third consecutive year of growth in Vermont. Employment rose from a low to a high in the postwar period with only the 1950 to 1953 span surpassing it, as Stella Hackel notes the early boom’s gain pales beside current totals.
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Montpelier
UPI
Department of Employment Security
Vermont
Stella Hackel
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E.A. Garneau
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FHA
Ottawa
Harry Sheffer
Defense Research Board
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ST. Michael’s College
Jeremiah K. Durick
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Liberal Arts College
St. Michael’s
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