House Doctor: All you wanted to know about rollers
Public advice column discusses choosing paint rollers and accessories. It explains roller material options Mohair Wool Frieze Polyester polyurethane foam and Rayon limitations for different paints, nap lengths from 1/16 to 1/4 inch, and tool use tips. It advises using brushes for cutting in and ceiling work with extension handles and describes common expansion gadgets and a W pattern application technique.
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D.D.R
Gift stock with tax aware choices in gifting
Robert Cole explains stock gifting choices from the donor and recipient viewpoints. Donors may avoid taxes by selecting blocks with the lowest cost, or by selling loss stock and gifting cash to maximize deductions. Prentice Hall notes that gift tax rules let donors give up to 3000 annually without tax, while recipients face capital gains based on the giver’s cost or the stock’s value at receipt.
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Robert Cole
N.Y
New York
WYZ
Prentice-Hall
Prentice- Hall
Shaftsbury Property Transfers Through May 24
Shaftsbury Town Clerk records show transfers including Browe family one acre and mobile home on North Road to state of Vermont for 8000 dollars. Estate of T Kennedy Stevenson to Caroline Pullman contains 238 acres with three houses on Trumbull Hill Road. Several other transfers involve parcels on Lake Shaftsbury and Route 7, with amounts from 3000 to 135000 dollars, reflecting gifts, wills, and sales among residents and out-of-state buyers.
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Shaftsbury
Cathleen Harwood
Thomas R
Darlene S. Browe
North Road
Madeleine E. James
Lake Shaftsbury
State of
Vermont
State of Vermont
John B. James Sr
Lillian M. Bromley
Las Cruces
N.M
Airport Road
Robert R
Charlene A. Babson
Bennington
Arthur L
Frieda M. Carman
Twitchell Hill
Stephen L
Constance I. Vince
Merritt S. Hewitt Jr
Shirley Hewitt
North Bennington
Hewitt Drive
Joseph George
Sara Brooks
Westhaven
Conn
Marion C. Smith
Louis
Rose Montibello
Lake Mahopac
N.Y
Eagle Street
Emma Berrian
Lola B. Galusha
West Mountain
Spare tires may vanish with new tire tech
Detroit reports new tire advances could end spare tires as essential. BF Goodrich adds a puncture sealing tire, Firestone touts a tire that can run about 50 miles when flat. Energy crunch spurs lighter cars and room for growth in four tire reliance amid consumer resistance to dropping the spare. A Firestone test drove 245 miles on a flat front tire in a Pinto to prove capability.
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Detroit
OPI
B.F. Goodrich Co
Firestone Tire & Rubber Co
Firestone
Akron
Ohio
Clarkston
Bump
Richard A. Riley
Riley
Goodrich
Shaftsbury resident wins $25 award at NE Telephone plant
A Shaftsbury resident, Andrew E. Crosier of Circle Drive, an installer at New England Telephone in Bennington, won a $25 award under the company’s employee suggestion plan started in 1966. The plan also offers merit awards up to 1200 dollars for suggestions with high value, decided by a cross-department committee.
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Shaftsbury
New England Telephone
Andrew E. Crosier
Circle Drive
Bennington
Bennington Property Transfers List May 16 30 1960s Style
Transfers show Bennington and Shaftsbury residents exchanging homes and land from May 16 to May 30. Notable deals include Raymond Bolton from Shaftsbury to Bennington for 3000 at Greenview Drive and Vilions on Route 7 for 52000, plus multiple Bennington transfers involving families and local firms.
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W.A.W
M.W
R.B
T.D.M
A.C
S.L
Des Moines
Iowa
Donna Strong
Stanley Tools
Eagle Square
Stephen H. Cook
Donald B. McKenna
Duoteane A Furniture Inc
Elm ST
Beshara’s Market
Park St
Monument Plaza
Sylvania
NET Employe
U.S. Patent Office
Ratland
Central Vermont Public Service Corp
Bnnington
Richard L
Rosanne C. Beauchamp
Raymond G
Rachella Bolton
Greenview Drive
Gerald F
Pricilla L. Butler
James
Mary Ellen Longton
Fillmore St
Bennington Ford Inc
Alan Morrison
Tony
Ursula Feng
Pownal Road
Jay P. Jr
Marjorie Ward
Larry R
Kathleen M. Griffith
Water Street
Francis B. Woodward
John N
Helen C. Nikitas
Cyr Court
James J. Jr
Susan L. Moore
Michael E
Catherine E. Brady
Winter Park
Fla
Frost Lane
Jeanne M. Chapman
Warren W
Gail C. Robinson
Jane Bell
Morse Drive
Oakes Street
Barry
Joan Lazarus
Cesare M
Judith B. Olivieri
Grandview St
Halve Pss
Ryugk
H.P. Briggs & Stratton
Economy Auto Stores, Inc
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