Starting a consumer co op a guide by Sol Stember
Practical, step by step tips for forming a voluntary consumer cooperative. It covers recruiting members, hosting initial meetings, defining goals, assigning roles, drawing up bylaws, organizing committees, and budgeting. Emphasizes shared work and expenses, careful planning, and legal compliance with incorporation, taxes, and financing options.
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Coop
Cooperative League of the USA
L Street NW
Washington, D.C
FDA Orders Recall of 20000 Distilled Water Pamphlets
The FDA orders Pure Water Society Inc of Lincoln Nebraska to recall 20000 pamphlets distributed nationwide. The material promotes home water distillers by claiming medical benefits and warnings of polluted water while the FDA deems the claims false and misleading.
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Washington
UPI
Food and Drug Administration
Pure Water Society Inc
Lincoln
Neb
FDA
Coffee price outlook points to higher costs into 1978
Industry analysts predict coffee prices will rise through early 1978 and may hit four dollars a pound as retailers pass higher green bean costs to consumers. Futures rallied after a brief drop as world supply tightens from natural disasters and export taxes rise in Colombia.
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New York
United States
Grand Union
A&p
U.S
Elinor Guggenheimer
Folger Coffee Company
Proctor & Gamble Company
General Foods Corp
Maxwell House
Colombia
Brazil
Department of Agriculture
Frederick Richmond
Brooklyn
House Agriculture Committee
Organization of Petroleum
Brazilian Coffee Institute
First Commodity Corp
Boston
Golden Age Passports for Senior National Park Access
The Golden Age passport program issues lifelong, free-entry passes to U S citizens aged 62 and older for federal parks monuments and recreation areas with 50 percent facility fee discounts. Under-62 buyers can obtain a Golden Eagle pass for 10 dollars per year covering entrance fees. Applications require in person proof of age at National Park Service or Forest Service offices.
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Washington
UPI
America
National Park Service
Regional Park Service
Forest Service
Blue Cross Blue Shield Board Forms for NH and VT
New Hampshire and Vermont Blue Cross Blue Shield consolidated into a single nonprofit health plan. A 40 member board, 20 from each state, includes 22 public members and 18 health care professionals. Frank Whaland approved the board. policy decisions will move to Concord and Montpelier as filings proceed.
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Concord
N.H
Blue Cross
Blue Shield
New Hampshire
Vermont
Health Care Service Corporation
New Hampshire Insurance
Frank Whaland
Oliver R. Fifield
Fifield
Whaland
Salvatore T. Torrisi
Inhouse
Joseph Stewart
Russell Holden
Robert C. Nydegger
Joel Walker
Berlin
Walker
New Hampshire-Vermont Health Service Corporation
Blue Cross and
Plan
Watch
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Sol Stember
Green Mountain Addition
Green Mountain
North Bennington
Rona Cherry
N.Y
Times News Service
Mexico City
National University
Biology Institute
Julieta Elorduy de Conconi
Mexico
Merillat
Haas
Ixl
Brammer
Excel
Htuttle
Bennington
Progressive Building
Depot Street
Monument Plaza
Bennington, VT
Chamber OF Commerce
The
Elks Club
H. Greenberg
Herculon
Home Furniture CO
Main ST
Bennington, Vermont
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