Sequential numbering may soon replace people’s names
Millions of Americans face requests for social security numbers from longtime business partners. Travelers Insurance explains using numbers to simplify policy identification across life auto homeowners and liability lines. The shift aims to fit data into smaller spaces and streamline accounting and correspondence.
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New York
UPI
Travelers Insurance Co
Hartford
Daphne Pafufnik
Internal Revenue Service
EPA and Union Carbide fund two year plant wastewater study
The EPA and Union Carbide announce a two year joint study on treating and recycling petrochemical wastewater at Union Carbide’s Ponce Puerto Rico plant. A $231000 EPA grant funds part of a $550000 project, with a pilot plant to be built at Union Carbide’s South Charlestown technical center and tested in Ponce.
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New York
US Environmental Protection Agency
Union Carbide Corp
Union Carbide
Ponce
Puerto Rico
EPA
South Charlestown
W. Va
U S Energy Use Rises 4.8 Percent in 1973 Despite Crisis
Secretary Morton reports 1973 energy demand reached 75 561 trillion BTU with growth driven by electric utilities and transportation. imports of natural gas and oil rose 33.1 percent while coal and crude petroleum totals fell. Per capita use climbed 3.5 percent to 358 million BTU, and energy intensity eased to 90.2 thousand BTU per dollar of GNP.
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Washington
United States
Rogers C.B. Morton
Morton
Department
Bureau of Mines
Pennsylvania
Bureau
U.S
Federal Power Commission
Pitfalls and benefits of joint savings accounts
The piece outlines how joint accounts offer ready access for co-owners in sickness or emergency but risk secret withdrawals and tax liabilities. It cites a Illinois case where Father Joseph Taggart and his niece opened a joint account, deposits were uneven, and the niece learned of the balance only after his death, highlighting potential perils of joint ownership.
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Elizabeth M. Fowler
N.Y. Times
Illinois Appeals Court
Joseph Taggart
Pellegrini
Father Taggart
Sled Revenue Service
Stanley Works promotes two executives in New Britain
In New Britain Connecticut the Stanley Works announces March 1 promotions for Arthur E. Gledhill and Thomas T. Gately. Gledhill becomes group vice president of builders products divisions and Gately is named president and general manager of the Stanley hardware division. Both backgrounds and career paths are outlined along with regional moves and qualifications. A separate note discusses a legal case on joint bank accounts and inheritance implications. The board also declares a quarterly dividend of 24 cents a share payable March 29 to stockholders of record March 4, marking the 390th consecutive dividend.
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New Britain, Conn
Stanley Works
Donald W. Davis
Arthur E. Gledhill
Albert F. Clear
Gledhill
Door Systems
Jed-Venico Products Inc
Stanley Door Systems Ltd
Stanley- Taymouth Ltd
Stanley- Bumeda Ltd
Thomas T. Gately
Stanley Hardware Division
J.F. Bates
Stanley
Stanley Drapery Hardware
Stanley Works of Canada Ltd
Stanley Hardware
New Britain
West Hartford, Conn
University of Connecticut
New York University
Syracuse University
West Hartford
Gately
Hamilton
Ontario
Conn
Rutland CVPS reports week ending March 1 power down 8.17 percent
Central Vermont Public Service notes 39,494,200 kilowatt hours used for the week, an 8.17 percent drop from 1973, with 260 degree days in Rutland down 15.9 percent. Conservation by customers aided the decline, while a note on joint accounts warns of potential complications. Burlington IRS guidance explains how Vermont homeowners may defer tax on home sale profits if they buy and occupy another residence within a year, with conditions and references to IRS Publication 523 and a toll free number.
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Burlington
Carolyn K. Battolph
IRS
Vermont
Rutland
Central Vermont Public Srvice Corp
Central
Internal Revenue Service
Carolyn K. Buttolph
U.S
Bank installment credit climbs says financier
Bank installment credit in the Boston Federal Reserve District stood at over 2.6 billion at 1973 year end, up 345 million from 1972. Vermont National Bank’s Robert J. Kurtyka said U.S. consumer credit by banks rose 9.7 billion in 1973, with about 70 billion in credit at the start of 1974. Direct auto loans led with 31+ billion, up 4+ billion from 1973, while personal loans including check credit topped 14 billion, up nearly 1.4 billion.
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Brattleboro — Bank
Boston
Kurtyka
The
Bankers Association
ABA
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Carbide
Sharon Ryan
Thomas P. Salmon
Luther F. Hackett
Sol Friedman
Atlantic Control Systems, Inc
Brooklyn
Friedman
William A. Force & Co
District of Columbia
Bureau of the Census
U.S. Department of Commerce
Social and Economic Statistics Administration
Washington, D.C
Lennox
Depot
St. Bennington, Vt
Southern Vermont Appliance Center Inc
Main St
Bennington
Wilmington
Cy Bluto
W. Main St
Stanley Works Ince
Stanley Tools
Cranston R.I
Brown University
Amos Tuck School of Business Administration
Dartmouth College
Ont
Connecticut
Sylvania
Monument Plaza
Wickes
VIA
North Street
Carvey
Gerald E. Morrissey
Bennington, Vt
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