House Doctor Tips On Soundproofing Apt Noise
A reader asks how to quiet a new condominium with noisy neighbors. Solutions include building a new partition wall on 2x6 studs with staggered framing and insulation, creating a parallel insulated wall, or adding a soundproof ceiling with vibration hung joists. Weatherstripping and door refinements help.
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Kemp Renames Bill to Jobs Creation Act in Push for Jobs
Washington veteran Rep Jack Kemp of New York reintroduced his Capital Formation Act as the Jobs Creation Act. It drew more than 100 co sponsors and an interested Senator, with mail postage and a newspaper submission noted. Also included are reader questions and House Doctor answers on marble stain removal carpet painting basement waterproofing and home safety guides with mail in bulletins and prices.
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Washington
UPI
Jack Kemp
New York
Kemp
Public's ear and business eye caught by CB radios era
In Tulsa housewives trade tips on meat bugs via Citizens Band radios while in Boston CBs are used to coordinate anti-busing protests. Nationwide buyers, firms like RCA and Motorola enter the field as sales surge past 4 million sets in 1975, with prices 60 to 250 dollars. FCC relaxes rules, licenses rise, and observers debate highway safety impact and law enforcement challenges.
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Public
Business
Ernest Dickinson
N.Y
New York
Tulsa
Ohlia
Fort Lauderdale
Fla
Revsputin
Beaver
Boston
iAnd
New York City
Bruce Brewster
Hardy & Compainy
Douse
Electronic Industries Association
General Motors Corp
Chrysler Corporation
Federal Communications Commission
FCC
Commission
Arlen van Doorn
Safety and Special Radio Services Bureau
Cbers
United States
E.F. Johnson Company
Waseca
Tandy Corporation of
Fort Worth
Radio Shack
Lafayette Radio and Electronics Corporation
Syosset
Long Island
SBE Inc
Pathcom Inc
New England NOW accounts push reshapes regional banking
The New England region leads a sweeping move to interest bearing checking accounts known as NOW accounts across banks and thrifts. Growth shows 82,871 NOW accounts in New Hampshire with 96.74 million dollars in balances and Massachusetts reports 24,056 accounts at Charlestown Savings Bank. The trend aims to extend NOW accounts nationally pending federal action, with leaders like Ronald Haselton and Wilson Brunel backing broader access and equal rate rules.
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Boston
New England
Washington
Savings and Loan Associations
Massachusetts
New Hampshire
United States
Congress
New York
John G. Heimann
Consumers Savings Bank
Worcester
Mass
Ronald W. Haselton
Haselton
Federal Reserve Bank of Boston
John E. Stewart
Charlestown Savings Bank
Mutual Savings Bank
Stewart
Charlestown
Brighton
Mary H. Kean
Insurance Company
Paul J. Mitchell
First National Store
Mitchell
Miss Kean
Jon E. Gormley
St. Eliizabeth’s Hospital
New Hismpshire
Matine
Vermont
Rhode Island
Connecticut
Brunel
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S.S.S
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P.O
Japan
RCA Corp
Motorola Inc
General Electric Company
Motorola
Matsushita Electric Industrial Company
Panasonic
Smokey the Bear
R.A. Schmidt
Resdel Industries
Travis Marshall
Citizens Radio
Federal
Department of Transportation
Bristol
India
Calif
Smokey
Bennington
Main Street
Dinette
Home FurNiture CO
Main ST
Hotpoint
H. Greenberg
Douglas W. Cray
NOW Accounts
State Bank Commissioner’s Office
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
ST. Bennington
Red Cross
Jim Horrigan
Catamount National Bank
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Monument Plaza