Glass drilling guide from the House Doctor column
The House Doctor advises on drilling glass with special drills or improvised tools, noting risks for amateurs. For small lamp-bottle holes a triangular file in a hand brace with kerosene cooling works. larger holes use a brass pipe in a drill press with dam and valve grinding compound. Guidance on floor leveling, noisey floors, paint removal, and a home repair bench plan follow along with publication info.
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Z. U
M. G
W.A.H
Ford profits dip in Q4 as energy crunch hits auto maker
Ford Motor Co reports a 76 percent drop in fourth quarter profits to 57 million on 5.6 billion in sales, while 1973 yearly sales reach a record 23 billion and full year profits total 907 million. Chairman Henry Ford II expects a recovery later in 1974 with more small car production if oil embargo eases.
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Detroit
UPI
Ford Motor Co
Ford
Henry Ford II
No. 2
Sprague Co profits jump to record 1973 sales
Sprague Electric Co reports 1973 net sales of 194.64 million, up 33 percent from 1972. Pre extraordinary earnings reach 8.24 million, or 2.41 a share, versus 666,834 or .20 in 1972. Net earnings total 11.62 million or 3.40 a share, including a 3.381 million extraordinary gain from loss carry.
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North Adams
Mass
Sprague Electric Co
U.S. Customs Service
Sprague Electric
Icamex
Mostek Corporation
U.S
Hamburger king Ray Kroc speaks at Dartmouth in business talk
Ray A. Kroc chairman of McDonald's and new Padres owner visited Dartmouth Amos Tuck School to share his rise from a paper cup seller to a $400 million entrepreneur. He urged persistence and warned that education alone cannot replace effort, praising graduate study but stressing hard work over money.
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Hanover
N.H
Hamburger King
Ray A. Kroc
McDonald’s Inc
San Diego Padres
Dartmouth
Amos Tuck
Kroc
Tuck
Padres
Horatio Alger
U.S. Army
Navy
Florida
Lily Tulip Co
San Bernardino
Calif
McDonald Brothers
Richard
Maurice
Manchester
California
Harry Sonneborn
Fedeli
John Gosnell
Paul Revere Life
John Bristol
New York
Bristol
Sonneborn
New IRS form helps farmers and fishermen avoid penalties
The IRS announced new provisions on the 1973 tax forms to correctly identify farmers and fishermen for estimated tax penalties. A special box on schedule EF allows reporting of two thirds income from farming or fishing, guiding whether to use Form 4835. Copies of 4835 and toll free help are available.
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Burlington
Internal Revenue Service
Carolyn K. Buttolph
IRS
Vermont
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Mason’s Hammer
P.D
E.E.D
House Doctor
House Doctor Books
Emerson Ave. South
St. Petersburg
Fla
Grim
Anthony
Stephen M. Hysek
Washington, D.C
Union Carbide Corp
Congress
Conrad Hoffman
Bennington
Elinor
Walter
John
Billy Hyjek
Armstrong Floor
Armstrong
Dunham Furniture Inc
Elm ST. Bennington
Triple ‘‘S
Grand Union Empire
Tuttle I Bennington
Progressive
Depot Street
Benningston
N.E. Tel
New England Telephone
James Wooster III
Wooster
Washington
Consumer Product Safety Commission
Kelsey-Stuart Inc
Cimatic Company of
Chicago
Sylvania
Monument Plaza
Pratt Street
Mammoth Mart
New England
Lennox
Plumbing & Heating Supply CO
Southern Vermont
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