Harold S. Lows rise from debt to vast travel empire
Newton Mass based Harold S. Low built American International Tours into a $48 million business after bankruptcy and a crippling court injunction. With 25 investors funding a $150000 comeback, AITS expanded to Hawaii tours, overseas carnivals, a $12 million Waikiki hotel, subsidiaries in ads PR printing and catering, a Washington DC office, a large limousine fleet, and plans for a new vessel.
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Low
American International Tours, Inc
AITS
Rte. 9
Newton
Chestnut Hill
Jiminy Cricket Travel Service
Boston
Miami
Hawaii
South America
Orient
Waikiki Beach
Oahu
Travel Consultants, Inc
Washington, D.C
Trust Officer Wilcox Thesis Accepted for Library Archives
Brattleboro Vermont National Bank vice president and trust officer Robert C. Wilcox has learned his National Trust School thesis Estate Planning The Unauthorized Practice of Law Controversy was selected for inclusion in the American Bankers Association and Northwestern University libraries. The 1968 Northwestern graduate details estate planning history roles of attorneys and trust officers and argues for ongoing cooperation to serve the public.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brattleboro
Robert C. Wilcox
Vermont National Bank
Gordon A. McLean
National Trust School
American Bankers Association
Northwestern University
Wilcox
Casco Bank & Trust Co
Portland
Maine
Evanston
Nursing Home Chain Buys Guthrie Unit in Woodstock Vermont
Healthcare Corp. president Louis I. Kane announced the purchase of the 22 bed Guthrie Nursing Home in Woodstock Vermont from Mr and Mrs Clifford S Guthrie for an undisclosed amount. He credited Henry T Bourne chairman of Ottauquechee Regional Planning and Development Commission for outlining the facility and praised regional planning efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Louis I. Kane
Healthcare Corp
Guthrie
Woodstock
Clifford S. Guthrie
Kane
Henry T. Bourne
Ottauquechee
Massachusetts
New Hampshire
Connecticut
Vermont
Weekend Food Buys Guide to Abundant Meat and Produce
A UPI summary from the Agriculture and Interior Departments reports ample stocks of meat poultry and fresh produce for the weekend. Beef pork and poultry remain abundant with broiler fryer chickens and turkeys prominent. Fresh vegetables include cabbage celery lettuce onions potatoes while apples bananas grapefruit and oranges lead fruit supplies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UPI
Agriculture and Interior Departments
United Press International
Consumer and Marketing Service
U.S. Department of the Interior
Five Day Forecast for Boston From UPI
The five day outlook from Saturday to Wednesday shows above normal temperatures. Daytime highs will run in the 30s in northern areas and in the 40s to the south. Overnight lows range from the teens in the north to the upper 20s and lower 30s in Massachusetts and Rhode Island. Temperatures are expected to rise into early next week before a turn to colder conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
UPI
U.S. Weather Bureau
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Concord College absorbs computer education assets
Hanover New Hampshire Concord College part of Computer Environments Corp announces acquisition of assets from H G Technical Services and Electronic Computer Programming Institute of Vermont and New Hampshire. The deal strengthens New Hampshire’s computer education centers and positions CEC as a leading regional provider in the field.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hanover
N.H
Daniel J. McCarthy
Computer Environments Corp
Concord College
CEC
H & G Technical Services
Electronic Computer Programming Institute of
Vermont
New Hampshire
Manchester
Computer Environments Education
Time Share Corp
New 3.2 Million Chemistry Building At RPI
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute awards Hanson Construction Corp. a 3.2 million contract for a three story 72 500 square foot chemistry research building on the south side of the Troy campus. Groundbreaking this month with completion targeted for fall 1970. The project expands graduate education and chemistry research, consolidates activities from four buildings, and enhances interdisciplinary cooperation with nearby science facilities.
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Troy
N.Y
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Hanson Construction Corp
Scotia
Rensselaer
University
Materials
Jonsson and Rowland Science Laboratories
United States
National Science Foundation
Office of Education
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
HEW
Donald J. Stephens
Shaftsbury Transfers Properties to Several Recipients
Shaftsbury transfers include E and Dorothy C. Jones to Eleanor B Dernier of Greenwich Conn for 14.08 acres on Highway 54. Madeline E Cerillo of Shaftsbury sells land on West Mountain Road to Henry and Patricia Brant in Bennington. Roy G Whitman of Shaftsbury transfers to Arthur L and Kathy Whitman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E, Francis
Dorothy C. Jones
Shaftsbury
Eleanor B. Dernier
Greenwich
Conn
Madeline E. Cerillo
Henry
Patricia Brant
Bennington
West Mountain Road
Roy G. Whitman
Arthur L
Kathy Whitman
Horton Hill
Stephan Lorant
Lenox
Mass
Hoy Manufacturing Company
North Shaftsbury
Merritt S. Jr
Shirley Hewitt
Marion Heron
Harvest Hills
William H. Morse Construction Co., Inc
William H
Marion Morse
Center Shaftsbury
Leonard
Lillian M. Fortin
Ralph G
Catherine M. Wright
St. Johnsbury
Hawks Avenue
Francis Jr
Alice H. Neylon
Bellmore
N.Y
Florence E
John McCarten
Bradford T. Percey
Largest City In Nation Is Jacksonville
Jacksonville Fla leads U S city by land area with 752 square miles, per The American City study via William S Foster. Oklahoma City is second at 630. Honolulu third at 598. Nashville 532. Los Angeles 455. New York 315. Expansion to absorb suburbs noted as unlikely for New York and other older cities.
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New York
UPD
Chicago
Los Angeles
William S. Foster
Jacksonville
Fla
U.S
Foster
American City Magazine
Oklahoma City
Honolulu
Nashville
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Middlebury College
Middlebury
Harold S. Low
By David Haskell
Civil Aeronautics Board
CAB
Jordan M. Friedman
Friedman
Low Criefly
Culligan
Water Conditioning, Inc
Bennington County
Sennington
Pownal
Call Enterprise
Save Way
Mammoth Mart
John M. Moore
Arlington
Hodgson
Jeep’ Universal
Leo’s Motors
Jeep
Manchester Ctr
Nursing Home Chain
New England
RPI
George J. Janz
School of Science
Walter H. Bauer
Arlie E
Bessie A. Greene
Arlie F
Esther J. Greene
Prospect
Holy Smoke Road
James J., Jr
Susan L. Moore
North Bennington
Josephine E. Eddington
William T
Deborah S
Harry J
Carolyn Eddington
Lake Shaftsbury
Winslow
J.H. Winslow
Bennington, VT
Pratt ST
Roofing & Sheet Metal CO
Oneida
Main ST
A.J. Dewey & Sons
Mnckinley Street
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