Federal bureau cites defects in 1959 to 1962 school buses
The Department of Transportation warns owners of 1959 to 1962 Chevrolet and GM school buses about a safety risk where the exhaust tailpipe may strike a rear axle brake hose, risking total loss of service braking. A simple bracket guard is advised, with GM estimating 28,900 buses affected.
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Federal Bureau
Washington
Department of Transportation
Chevrolet
General Motors Corp
Department
National Highway Safety Bureau
General Motors
Safety Bureau
Bureau
Gelco Toy and Sporting Goods opens in Bennington
A new Gelco Toy and Sporting Goods Specialty Store opens next Wednesday at Bennington Plaza Center on Vermont Route 67A. The 10 am to 10 pm venue features discount prices on branded toys from Playskool Fisher-Price and sporting goods from Wilson Spalding Coleman Columbia Garcia South Bend and Heddon. Larry Truchero is named store manager. Gelco operates 23 specialty stores and 113 toy and sporting goods departments in a broad regional network.
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Bennington
Gelco Toy and Sporting Goods
Bennington Plaza Center
Vt. 67A
Gelco
Playskool
Fisher-Price
Parker, Bradley
Wilson, Spalding
Coleman
Columbia
Garcia
South Bend
Heddon
S. Gellis & Co. Inc
Newington
Michigan
Gellis Company
New England
Seaboard
Texas
Midwest
Larry Truchero
Truchero
The
Gellis
Vermont
Massachusetts
Fishman reports sales up across Mason's and Centers stores
New York based M. H. Fishman Co. operator of Mason's, Fishman and Centers discount stores reported 39 week sales of $40,638,278 ending Sept 26, 1970, up 14 percent from last year with estimated earnings of $283,000, or 26 cents a share. Higher costs and weak economy trimmed profits despite store expansion, including a new Mason's unit opening Nov 11 in Adrian, Michigan.
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New York
M. H. Fishman Co
American Stock Exil
Mason’s, Fishman and Centers
M. L. Polk
Mason’s
Mason’s Discount
Adrian
Michigan
American Banking Institute offers courses in area
The American Bankers Association and the Foundation for Full Service banks through its public information division The American Institute of Banking has announced a regional set of courses. In Rutland area Maurice Diette and Miss Mary Bostwick will instruct on bank operations and data processing while Richard L. Hill covers commercial law. In Windsor White River area Philip L. Blanchard teaches Principles of Bank Operations with Ronald Bean on commercial law. Brattleboro Liliane Brown teaches Principles of Bank Operations. Keene area offers Principles of Bank Operations with plans for cooperation with Keene State Teachers College and potential future programs with Castleton State College.
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American Institute of Banking
Southern Vermont
La.b
Rutland
Maurice Diette
Howard National Bank
Richard L. Hill
Kinney, Carbine and Jeffords
Mary Bostwick
Rutland High School
Windsor
White River
Philip L. Blanchard
Ronald Bean
Guarino
Brattleboro
Liliane Brown
Vermont National Bank
Princ Arnold Blackstone
Vermont Bank and Trust
Bennington
Keene
A.I.B
Keene State Teachers College
High school equivalence tests scheduled in Vermont
Vermont residents aged 18 or older may take five two hour tests to qualify for a Vermont Secondary School Equivalence certificate. Tests run in Burlington, Newport, Rutland, and Montpelier with additional centers at Barre Bennington Brattleboro St Johnsbury White River Junction. Applications must be filed with the state Department of Education before testing.
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Montpelier
Burlington
Newport
North Country Union High School
Rutland
Vermont
State Department of Education
Division of Instruction
Madeline Findsen
Barre
Bennington
Brattleboro
St. Johnsbury
White River Junction
Synthetic bacon eyed by investors and dieters crowd
New synthetic bacon strips made from soy and wheat proteins with corn oil cost 69 cents for 32 strips, about one third fewer calories and no cholesterol. Marketed since September 1968 in Fort Wayne, it is now in South Bend and Washington area, with early sales showing 4 percent share, then 1.3 percent after promotional pullback.
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New York
UPI
Fort Wayne
Ind
South Bend
Tacoma Park
Washington, D.C
Phil Dwoskin
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Phone wires off limits for hunting season warning
Misguided marksmen are warned that shooting at overhead telephone cables can damage military or civil defense lines and interrupt service. Wm Swartzbaugh Jr of New England Telephone notes federal offenses and civil liability for accidental damage, with police and FBI involvement for interstate cases.
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Wm. Swartzbaugh Jr
New England
Cable
Swartzbaugh
Civil Defense Agence Cco
FBI
Cushman Corp names Johnson production head at Cushman Mfg
Merle A. Johnson of Bennington has been named production manager of the H. T. Cushman Mfg. Corp. of North Bennington. Thomas P. Fetters, the general manager, announced the appointment. Johnson joined Cushman in January 1969 as a product engineer. He will oversee manufacturing, quality control and product engineering. He previously worked at Crawford Furniture Mfg. Corp. Jamestown New York and Hale Co. East Arlington. He is married to Mary Horan of Jamestown and they have three daughters Debbie Stephanie and Leslie.
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Merle A. Johnson
Bennington
H.T. Cushman Mfg. Corp
North Bennington
Thomas P. Fetters
Johnson
Cushman
Fetters
Crawford Furniture Mfg. Corp
Jamestown, N.Y
Hale Co
East Arlington
Zoning Permits Issued in Bennington October
Ned F. Winslow Bennington zoning administrator lists October permits. Justin McCarthy at 1 Morse Drive receives a storage house permit with an estimated cost of 150 dollars.
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Ned F. Winslow
Bennington
Justin McCarthy
Morse Drive
Department of Transportation seeks research talent for highway safety work
Washington officials announce job opportunities within the Highway Safety Bureau for faculty on sabbatical from accredited colleges and universities. Applications and forms are handled by the National Highway Safety Bureau, Washington DC. Include inquiries to the Personnel Management Division. Also listed are local cost estimates for home upgrades and a Vermont electric output report for late October 1970.
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Washington
Department of Transportation
Department
National Highway Safety Bureau
Office of Administration
Washington, D.C
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van Dykes
Los Angeles
Jerry van Dyke
Carol van Dyke
Fishman
Swayze
American Banking Institute
American Bankers Association
Foundation For Full Service Banks
Castleton State College
Dwoskin
Frigidaire
North Street
First National Stores
North Bennington Road
Bennington, Vermont
Finast
Gurveying
Gerald E. Morrissey
Beech St
Bennington, Vt
Robert J. Honiker
Washington Avenue
Elks
Pratt ST
Monument Roofing & Sheet Metal CO
Cushman Corp
Mary Horan
Debbie, Stephanie
Leslie
Merle Johnson
James Lasher
Kenneth Corey
Corey Lane
Randall MacDonald
Anthony
Francis Woodward & Sons, Inc
Tel Road
Edward H. Holden
West Road
Francis Woodward & Sons Inc
Central Vermont Public Service Corporation
St. Lawrence
Save-Way
Mammoth Mart
Winslow
J.H. Winslow
Are.ane
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