Extended Strike Hits Stanley Works Earnings Hard
The Stanley Works reports second quarter 1968 sales of 53.7 million dollars, down six percent from last year, due to a four month strike. Quarterly earnings were 1.394 million dollars or 0.39 per share, with a 0.04 per share tax adjustment. First half results show weak margins, but orders remained strong and Davis expects the second half to approach 1967 levels.
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New Britain
Conn
Stanley
Donald W. Davis
Davis
Stanley Works
New York Stock Exchange
United States
Canada
Two Million Families Own Second Homes Nationwide
A Commerce Department census study from 1967 shows about 1.7 million of the 59 million U S families own second homes with nearly 300,000 planning to buy or build one within two years. Most second homes are single ownership, older couples, and located within 100 miles of the main residence.
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Commerce Department
United States
Census Bureau
U.S. Forest Service
Vermont employment hits new high as June upturn leads
Vermont employment reached a new month high in June with a 3,650 gain and 3,000 above a year prior as manufacturing surged. Unemployment rose 1,250 from May with a 4.0 percent jobless rate the week ending June 15, while the unemployment reserve fund grew to 20.4 million as of June 30.
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Montpelier
Vermont
Vermont Department of Employment Security
DES Bulletin
Nigerian Forester Trains With U S Forest Rangers
Nigerian forestry student George Ogar from the University of New Hampshire joins Green Mountain National Forest for four weeks under the AID program. He has spent a month at White Mountain and will train in timber management at Middlebury Ranger District under Marvin VanderKolk before working with USFS Research Unit in Orono Me.
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Rutland — George Ogar
The
University of New Hampshire
Green
Ogar
White Mountain National Forest
New Hampshire
Green Mountain National Forest
Middlebury
USFS
Orono Me
Marvin VanderKolk
Institute on Secondary Schooling for Mentally Retarded Students at St Michael's
About 30 Vermont special educators will join an August Institute on Secondary School Programming for Pupils with Retarded Mental Development at St Michael's College. Director Sister Mary Brian leads sessions with Dr. Robert Giroux and Lewis H. Schrock guiding curriculum, evaluation, work-study, and community placement for educators and administrators.
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Winooski
Vermont
St. Michael’s College
Robert Giroux
Winooski Liberal Arts College
Division of
Vermont Department of Education
St. Michael's College
Mary Brian
Trinity College
Lewis H. Schrock
Ann Arbor
Mich
Wash
Schrock
Eastern Michigan University
Ypsilanti
New Business Service Inaugurated Here
Harry J. Eddington of Bennington and Kenneth N. Johnson of North Bennington are incorporators of a new financial service. Diversified Business Services Inc the Eddington Johnson firm will offer accounting data processing taxes investments and planning. Johnson has worked in local firms and lives with his wife and three children in North Bennington. The firm currently operates from their homes.
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Harry J. Eddington
Bennington
Kenneth N. Johnson
North Bennington
Diversified Business Services, Inc
Eddington-Johnson
Eddington
W. H. Eddington, Inc
Cadillac
Chevrolet
Arlington
Manchester
Cambridge
N.Y
Carolyn Heath
Jefferson Heights
St. Joseph Business College
Johnson
Mack Molding Co
Mary Hess
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Esso
Winslow
Ae Ag AY
Aesorth
Ennington
U.S. Forest Rangers
Lane Construction Corp
Meriden, Conn
Georgia-Swanton
Vt. Highway Dept
St. Michael’s
Lund
Ernest Harmon
Philip H. Hoff
Elizabeth Lund
Burlington
Gen. Harmon
Lund Home Board of Trustees
Gerald £. Morrissey, Inc
Beech St
First National Stores
North Bennington Road
Bennington, Vermont
Dole
Depot Street
Itr
Pratt ST
Roofing & Sheet Metal CO
London
UPC
Hampstead Heath
Joseph Richard de Haviland
Haynes & Kane, Inc
Main St
Dial
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