BCIC votes against abandoning Hoosick Junction spur
Bennington County Industrial Authority members oppose DOT backed plan to abandon the North Bennington to Hoosick Junction rail spur. Atty. R. Paul Wickes framed the issue after ICC hearing while William Eastler Jr. urged keeping the seven mile track for local materials and jobs. BCIC plans a 30,000 sq ft speculative shell building financed by VIPA with VIDA transition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kelton Miller
North Bennington
Hoosick Junction
N.Y
White Creek Crossing
Bennington County Industrial Authority
BCIC
Paradise
Atty
R. Paul Wickes
William E. Eastler Jr
Economy Graphics Inc
Eastler
Rutland
Whitehall
Wickes
Interstate Commerce Commission
ICC
Pittsfield
Mass
Boston and Maine Railroad
John Simpson
Fred Phillips
Globe Union Co
Bennington
George Serrigo
Vermont Association of Rail
DOT
Mack
Arlington
Globe Union
U.S. Railway Agency
Congress
Jard Inc
Vermont Industrial Park Authority
VIPA
Mileage saving devices selling like hotcakes
New York reports a brisk market for gasoline mileage devices. The range includes catalytic carburetor screens and other fuel efficiency aids. Buyers seek ways to stretch gasoline mileage amid rising fuel costs and economic concerns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
UPI
National Life Insurance raises salaries and adds benefits
National Life Insurance Co announces a 4 percent pay increase for most of its 747 home office staff effective June 1, with merit-based future raises. Dental insurance will be added to the group plan at no extra cost, vacations will improve on July 1, and flexible year round work schedules are approved. The article also mentions retrofitted engine tech and a separate note on vapor injection devices and a Piscataway inventor's business pivot.
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National
Department of Defense
Automobile
Motor Trend of
Los Angeles
United States
J. Byron Hicks
Piscataway
N.J. Hicks
Detroit
Mobile Industries, Inc
F. D. Farnum Co
Lyons, Ill
Chicago
1974 Job Output Slips Signal Recession Risks
UPI reports 1974 first quarter shows output per man hour down 5.5 percent with farm and nonfarm sectors slumping, signaling recession. economists note not worker inefficiency but declining demand, while farm output drop hints at possible future food price relief depending on weather and harvests.
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Washington
UPI
Labor Department
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Arthur M. Okun
Brookings Institution
Council of Economic Advisers
Agriculture Department
Landry
Goldfinger
Afl-Cio
Okun
Plush Stratton West resort proposed in Vermont
Winhall Trust seeks Act 250 permits for Stratton West, a $12 million year round 351 room inn and conference center on 28.1 acres fronting Stratton Mountain. The plan targets a 1976 bicentennial opening with underground parking, energy recovery, and extensive leisure facilities.
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Winhall
Stratton West
Vermont
Winhall Trust
Elmer F. Argast
Stratton Mountain
Argast
Greenbrier
White Sulphur Springs
W. Va
Bennington Transfers Record of May Property Deals
Transfers filed in Bennington town clerk notes on May 3 131 Jefferson St Bennington transfer from Richard A Sleeman and Isabell R Sleeman to Keith J Libbey and Linda R Libbey for 22000 dollars. May 6 128 Putnam St Bennington transfer from J Joseph Cunning and Mary A Cunning to Howard B Waine and Doris Waine for 27000 dollars. May 6 Lot 74 Cyr Court southerly side transfer from William H Morse to Francis B Woodward for 3000 dollars.
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Bennington
Richard A
Isabell R. Sleeman
Keith J
Linda R. Libbey
Jefferson St
J. Joseph
Mary A. Cunning
Howard B
Doris Waine
Pownal
Putnam St
William H. Morse
Francis B. Woodward
Cyr Court
Oot Jr. Elected President of Vermont Society of Engineers
Albert P. Oot Jr., president of Northeastern Culvert Company of Westminster Station, was elected president of the Vermont Society of Engineers at its spring meeting in Ludlow Fox Run. He has served as director of the society and the Associated General Contractors of Vermont and is a director and vice president of the National Corrugated Steel Pipe Association. Oot attended Cornell on an American Foundry Co. scholarship, earning honors in metallurgical engineering in 1951, and previously worked as a Dow Chemical sales executive before leading Northeastern Culvert in 1956.
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Ludlow
Albert P. Oot Jr
Northeastern Culvert Company
Westminister Station
Vermont Society of Engineers
Fox Run
Oot
Society
Associated General Contactors of Vermont
National Corrugated Steel Pipe Association
Cornell University
American Foundry Co
Dot
Dow Chemical Co
Northeastern Culvert
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White River Jct
Veterans Administration
John Butler
Bill Hamilton
VIBA
VIDA
Vermont Industrial Development Authority
Butler
VIAB
Vermont Industrial Aid Board
Walker
Mastercharge
Bankamericard
Durham Furniture Inc
ELM Street
Nathan Goldfinger
Richard S. Landry
U.S. Chamber of Commerce
U.S
Hot Springs
Providence Partnership
Providence
R.I
Dufresne-Henry Corp
North Springfield
Saratoga Associates
Saratoga Springs
Living Enterprises Corp
Marblehead
Hennington
Ossor
Morse & Butler
North Street
Nos Mothe
Monument Plaza
Sylvania
Savings & Loan Association
Main Street
Royal Housing Lender
North Bennington Boyd Bennington, Vermont
Apple
Bilco
America
Progressive Building Supply Center
Depot Street
Bennington VT
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