Fantastically inefficient glass reshapes Manhattan skyline
The sealed glass box era in New York architecture wanes amid energy worries. Architects like Richard Stein and Norman Kurtz push for efficiency, proposing 75 percent energy cuts with redesigned facades and systems. They warn that current tower design wastes vast energy, and advocate passive lighting, better insulation, and varied materials to curb consumption.
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N.Y. Times News Service
New York
Empire State Building
Manhattan
Richard Stein
Stein
Fred Dubin
Sulting
Norman D. Kurtz
United States
Kurtz
IRS sets rule to cap deductions on presidential gifts
IRS proposes a depreciation based deduction rule for gifts like Nixon's La Casa Pacifica. Under current life expectancy rules, the deduction would be about 264,525 for 1973 income, but the new method could lower it to 241,267 after applying property depreciation and age factors. The proposal, retroactive to 1969, would apply to gifts declared before 1974, with the Nixon case used as an example of potential impacts on high profile donors and other life gifts to public entities.
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Washington
UPI
Internal Revenue Service
Nixon
San Clemente
Theodore Roosevelt
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Lyndon B. Johnson
Pacific Ocean
IRS
la Casa Pacifica
Banks eye checkless cashless system at supermarkets
First Federal Savings & Loan in Lincoln trials Transapple Micro TMS at Hinky Dinky stores using an IBM 370 computer and card reader to let customers deposit or withdraw. The plan aims to attract cash-based workers by routing paychecks into savings, eliminating per-check fees, and enabling 24 hour access at checkout.
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Leroy Pope
New York
UPI
Nebraska Savings and Loan Association
Transmatic Money Service
TMS
First Federal Savings & Loan Association of Lincoln
Hinky Dinky
John E. Dean
First Federal
Dean
Promotions at Vermont National Bank Elevate Two Executives
John Hunter Jr announces Russell E. Stephens promoted to assistant vice president for branch administration. He continues as assistant to Thomas P. Johnson, head of branch administration overseeing 15 regional offices and new facilities. David M. Fitzgerald named manager of the Bankamericard department overseeing credit card operations for Vermont National and nine agent banks in Vermont and Massachusetts. Stephens began career in 1953, joining Vermont National in 1955 and helping establish Canal Street office. Fitzgerald joined in 1970.
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Brattleboro
John Hunter Jr
Vermont National Bank
Russell E. Stephens
Thomas P. Johnson
David M. Fitzgerald
Bankamericard
Vermont
National
Massachusetts
Stephens
Vermont Savings Bank
Vermont National
Canal Street
Fitzgerald
BCIC elects officers debates policy at annual meeting
Bennington County Industrial Corporation stockholders elected William E Dailey Jr as president and Larry Arsenault as vice president with Armand Lampron as treasurer. Directors named to the 1974 executive committee included Peter Donavan Jr Norman Greenberg and James D Williams. The group discussed dissolving BCIC assets and Route 7 highway support while planning a 30,000 square foot speculative building to start in spring pending a state loan.
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Bennington County Industrial Corporation
Vincent Pizzano
Pizzano
William E. Dailey Jr
Larry Arsenault
Armand Lampron
Peter Donavan Jr
Hamilton Shields
Norman Greenberg
Richard Bower
Clement P. Gilchrist
James D. Williams
Paradise
BCIC
Wells River
Ben Mont Paper Company
Bennington Sisters
Board of Civil Authority
Jard Co
Vermont Industrial Building Authority
Dailey
YMCA
Bennington Friends of Retarded Children
John Williams
The
Bennington
Wilbur Rice
Greenberg
Robert Condon
Bennington County Industrial Authority
Bowen Road
Jard Inc
IRS Urges Early W-2 Distribution for Speedy Refunds
The Internal Revenue Service asks employers including state and city governments to issue employee W-2 forms sooner this year. While the final distribution date is January 31, the IRS urges earlier completion to speed processing of refunds in 1972, noting changes involving First National Stores and the VNB Americard department in 1973.
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Burlington
Internal Revenue Service
IRS
First National Stores
VNB Americard Department
Environmental chief Webster speaks to regional realtors and lawyers
Donald V. Webster secretary of the state Agency of Environmental Conservation drove through a snowstorm from Montpelier to Arlington to address a capacity crowd of Bennington area lawyers and realtors. He outlined land subdivision rules and the agency role in permits and deferrals with Robert Brown as the Bennington Rutland contact. John deBrun presided the meeting for the South West Board of Realtors.
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Manchester
Donald V. Webster
State Agency of Environmental Conservation
Montpelier
Arlington
Bennington County Bar Association
South West Board of Realtors
South Central Board of Realtors
Webster
Bennington
Rutland
Robert Brown
Merchants Row
John deBrun
Bennington Property Transfers Dec 28 to Jan 11
Property transfers filed in Bennington town clerk show multiple deeds. Transactions include Francis B. Woodward Inc to Dennis and Nicolle Woodward for part of Lot 50 on Butter Road, $1,000. Sun Oil Co to Swanton Co for Sunoco station at Union and South streets, $45,000. Hutchinson to Dunnican residence at 316 North Branch St, $13,000. Smith to Katz 10.08 acres on Silk Road with no new consideration. Morse to Woodward lots on Butter Road and Cyr Court, $3,000 each. Darlington to Putnam Memorial Hospital gift of residence at 88 Monument Ave. hospital to Eugene and Margaret Grabowski residence at 88 Monument Ave, $69,000. Payson estate to Kensaston Jr. and Twitchell residence on Fairview St, $50,000. Reed to Loveland lot on Chapel Road, $2,500. Sleeman to Vermont Electric Power Co for small parcel near East Main Street, $3,000.
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Francis B. Woodward Inc
Bennington
Dennis and
Nicolle C. Woodward
Butter Road
Sun Oil Company of
Pennsylvania
Swanton Company
Burlington
Sunoco
Union and
South Streets
Fred S
Edna A. Hutchinson
William H
Linda M. Dunnican
North Branch St
Roland W. Smith
Ronald L. Katz
Beverly Hills
Calif
Silk Road
William H. Morse
Francis B. Woodward
Cyr Court
Caroline Craig Darlington
Old Bennington
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Monument Ave
Eugene W
Margaret B. Grabowski
Dorothy N. Payson
Portland
H. Kensaston Jr
Lydia B. Twitchell
Middlebury
Fairview Street
Luther J
Hazel W. Reed
Marvin L
Barbara M. Loveland
Chapel Road
Richard A
Isabell Sleeman
Vermont Electric Power Co
Rutland
East Main Street
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Benen Y Bennington
Herrmidifier
Bank
Morse & Butler
North Street
BY Kelton Miller
White River Jct
Veterans Administration
Williams
Norman
Executive Committee
Pratt Street
Yorktown
Triangle Pacific
Progressive Building
Depot Street
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