Dodge Industries Helped Apollo 8 Space Effort From Hoosick Falls
Hoosick Falls company Dodge Industries Inc. produced Teflon and Teflon coated fiberglass materials used in space program gear. Their Fluorglas fabric shields protected IBM equipment from rocket fuel, while other Dodge products wrapped wiring and provided ground friendly shielding. Employees take pride in contributing to Cape Kennedy missions.
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Dodge Industries Inc
Hoosick Falls
Oak Electro- Netics Corp
Dodge
Teflon
Anders, Borman
Lovell
Dodge Industries
Owens’ Corning Fiberglass Corp
Rhode Island
Maryland
IBM Corp
IBM
Hoosick Falls National
NASA
Cape Kennedy
Wilson Pratt
Best Department
Seven Industries Use Old Rutland Rail Line
Jay Wulfson, president of Vermont Railway Inc., says seven major industries now use the old Rutland Railway tracks between Burlington and Bennington. The state bought the right-of-way for 1.85 million dollars, leased it to Vermont Railway, and collects 7 percent of gross income. The firm owns 400 freight cars, 1000 piggyback trailers, four locomotives, and a large snowplow, with its first 1964 freight run on January 6. The piggybacks haul groceries, steel, bakery goods, paper, milk cartons, and plywood, and about 15 per year carry maple syrup to distant terminals. An IBM computer links with the national IBM/ARA system to locate any Vermont Railway car or piggyback nationwide. The company began with 60 employees, hauled 225,000 tons in its first year, and more than 300,000 tons last year. 1964 gross revenue was 530,000 dollars, with 1968 forecast at 750,000 dollars. Future plans include western Vermont expansion and buying more piggyback rigs, with no expansion beyond 12.25 miles of track.
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Burlington
Jay Wulfson
Vermont Railway Inc
Rutland Railway
Bennington
State of
Vermont
Rutland
Vermont Railway
Wulfson
Burlington Free Press
IBM
Association of American Railroads
Washington
Bennington Water System Design Named for Bolles Brook Project
Lorrin M. Pittendreigh, a Springfield water works engineer formerly with Whitman and Howard, would lead the Bennington water system design when construction begins. Pittendreigh, Northeastern 1934 civil engineering graduate, has 34 years with Whitman and Howard and has been chief engineer on Bolles Brook. He is a renowned expert in ground water supplies and holds professional registrations in four New England states.
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Bennington
Lorrin M. Pittendreigh
Springfield
Dufresne - Henry
Boston Company
Whitman and Howard
Pittendreigh
Bolles Brook
Northeastern University
Dental Care In Region Surveyed by ARMP Panel
A panel of dentists is named to aid Albany Regional Medical Program staff in improving dental and medical care across 24 New York, Vermont, and Massachusetts counties. Dr. Frank M. Woolsey Jr. chairs the group with Drs. Cook, King, Siegel, Smith, and Van Gaasbeek. The ARMP aims to boost patient care via cooperative activities and two way radio conferences for physicians and dentists, part of expanding the Albany Medical College network. Forty hospitals in the WAMC network participate in ARMP conferences, with meetings planned for February 1969.
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Albany
N.Y
New York
Vermont
Massachusetts
Frank M. Woolsey Jr
ARMP
George P. Cook
Ticonderoga
Robert C. King
Delmar
Theodore Siegel
Veteran’s Administration Hospital
William B. Smith Jr
J. Bruce van Gaasbeek
William T. Strauss
Albany Medical College
Bennington
Windham
Berkshire County
Department of Postgraduate Medicine
Medical College
Armp Dental Consulting Group
WAMC
Bubble Lift Opens at Mount Snow Enclosed Ski Lift Debuts
Mount Snow Vermont opened its new Bubble Chair on Lift Number 9 Snow Dance replacing conventional chairs. Built by Rudkin-Wiley of Seymour Connecticut the plastic bubbles enclose skiers in a transparent dome that can be raised on sunny days and closed in wind or snow. The chairs seat with upholstery and shock absorbers to prevent slamming. The colorfully painted bubbles in red yellow and blue began operation during vacation week. Lift 9 serves around 80 percent of Mount Snow 75 miles of trails and can move over 1000 skiers per hour, pairing with the 8000 foot Gondola to claim the world’s only two enclosed skis-on lifts.
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Mount Snow
Vermont
Rudkin-Wiley Corporation
Seymour
Connecticut
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