U S subcompact surge shifts market as imports wane
Detroit’s Vega Pinto and Gremlin have spurred a rapid rise in U S subcompact sales since 1970. The dollar devaluation is credited with boosting domestic demand while imports face higher costs. Ford predicts strong Vegas sales, with Pinto leading subcompact totals, and Toyota Datsun forecast mixed effects amid price adjustments.
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Ernest Holsendolph
N.Y. Times
New York
N.Y
Detroit
Ford Motor Company
Volkswagen
Pinto
Hospital reports lower cost for new building
Putnam Memorial Hospital administrator Robert D. Staut announced the total construction cost for the new hospital building is 5 258 000, a reduction of 400 000 from earlier estimates due to favorable subcontract rates with Gilbane Building Company. He added that architect fees furnishing and equipment will bring the total to about 6 900 000.
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Robert D. Staut
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Gilbane Building Company
Stout
Dartmouth opens center for small cities and towns
The Thayer School of Engineering at Dartmouth College opened an engineering resource center to aid small Vermont and New Hampshire communities. Five students will spend 20 weeks working with Keene and Hanover officials on flood control and snow production projects, funded by multiple charitable trusts and foundations. Dean Carl F. Long notes benefits include affordable professional aid for communities and real-world problem solving for engineering students.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hanover
Manchester
Cognwell Benevolent Trust
Markem Co
Keene, N.H
Thayer
Alfred P. Sloan Foundation of
New York
Dean Long
Dartmouth
Veterans Job Effort Shows Improvement in Vermont
Vermont veterans job placements for the first eight months of the fiscal year are 24 percent higher than the same period last year, despite a 27 percent drop in new veteran applications. Veterans Employment Service says local offices prioritize veterans services and that increased job development by staff boosted personal employer visits by 20 percent. Healy urges unemployed veterans to contact their nearest Department of Employment Security office where a veterans employment representative is based.
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Toyota
Fiat
Fist
Datsun
Detroit
Montpelier
Vermont
Veterans Employment
Charles E. Healy
Healy
YSES
Department of Employment Security
State Employment Service Division
DES
Veterans Employment Service
U.S. Department of Labor
Maontpelier
Bags or belts the choice for safety in 1974 cars
Detroit report notes GM will offer air bag options on 1974 models with all bags possibly sold below cost. A seat belt interlock will be required on cars, adding about 50 dollars, delaying start until belts are fastened. Government plans push passive restraints by 1976, while driver complaints are anticipated.
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Detroit
UPI
General Motors
Douglas Tems
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
George Elges
Buick
American Motors
Bennington Property Transfers March 7 to 15
Bennington town clerk records show property transfers for March 7 through March 15 including David L and Patricia Hoofer transferring Weeks Street residence to John R and Gaye M Hughes of Roseland New Jersey. Tara M Tollison estate transfers to James A and Judith P Kieslich of Lee Massachusetts. Buckley transfers Buckley Drive land to Robert J and Pachine A Svitak of Bennington. Extended forecast notes for Boston: NWS calls for a chance of rain Sunday and fair weather Monday and Tuesday.
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Bennington
Robert J. and
Pachine A. Svitak
Buckley Drive
Boston
UPL
National Weather Service
New England
New head of household category could cut taxes
IRS Vermont District Director says thousands may pay less taxes by qualifying as head of household. The new table sits between single and joint rates. To qualify, taxpayer must be unmarried or separated, provide over half the cost of maintaining a household for a qualifying relative, and meet listed relative criteria. Further details appear in Publication 626 and tax forms instructions.
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Burlington
IRS
Vermont
Titernal Revenue Service
Elmwood Ave
Coogan Co. Wins National Accreditation
Worcester based Owen C. Coogan Inc has been accredited by the American Association of Fund-Raising Counsel Inc after a unanimous board vote. The firm founded in 1980s serves religious, educational, youth, United Fund and health clients across New England and the East Coast, with a professional staff tied to major national and local campaigns.
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Worcester
Masa
Owen C. Coogan Inc
United States
American Association of Fund-Raising Counsel Inc
Fifth Ave
New York
John J. Schwartz
National Association
Corgan Organization
Association Board of Directors
Owen C. Coogan
Association
United Fund
New England
East Coast
Coggan Group
Summer Dominates Vermont Tourism Jobs in 1971
A Vermont report from the Department of Employment Security shows two thirds of 13,625 tourist-generated jobs in 1971 occurred in summer, with winter at one fourth. Summer jobs rose 11 percent since 1969, while winter grew 7.3 percent. Autumn fell from 700 to 400, and year-round tourism jobs reached 850, many at ski resorts, as businesses increasingly stay open year round.
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U.S
Ford
General Motors Corporation
Lordstown
Ohio
Vegas
Zere
Gerviile Langiois
Marcia Russell
Union Carbide
Cue
Publyk House
Conrad R. Uoffman
Russell
Langlois
Julio Parisi
Gerald E. Morrissey
Jil Beech
Bariington
R. K. Miles Lumber Cov
Arlington
Long Island
Octave Gisquet
Gesrald Mattisane
Antil
William Squires
Shaftsbury
Jule Benedict
Maillion
Pratt Street
Stark Paper Company
North Deanington
Coogan Co
Marshfield Apts
Charles Dewey
Bennington’s
PROGRESS/VE
Depot Street
Bennington, VY
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