Sprague Elects Welch as Chairman After Shortage of Finance
Robert C. Sprague 71 resigns as Sprague Electric Co. chairman, founded 1926 in North Adams. Neal W. Welch 63 named successor. Sprague remains honorary chairman and heads a new executive committee. Company faces long decline with 7,500 workers, plant layoffs, and five straight quarterly losses despite some improvement. Welch’s rise seen as maintenance of steady operations amid market competition from cheaper foreign components. Spero Dephtereos named vice president of corporate materials as part of changes.
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North Adams
Mass
Robert C. Sprague
Sprague Electric Co
Sprague
Neal W. Welch
Welch
Bruce R. Carlson
Ernest L. Ward
New England Council
Electrical Components Management of
Bentley College
Boston
Drury High School
Clarksburg
Harriet Flood
James Maxymillian
Dalton
Peter Esposito
Spero Dephtereos
Dephetereos
Western Electric
New York
Tantalum
Concord
N.H
Barre
Repertory theatre previews six plays in nine night run
Adams Memorial Theatre in Williamstown opens a nine night repertory program featuring six plays, two per evening in the Studio Theatre. The lineup includes Father Uxbridge Wants to Marry and Line on opening night, with a mix of serious and comic works by young American playwrights. The festival runs November 12 to 20, showcasing experimental theatre and the redesigned downstairs studio.
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Williamstown
Mass
Adams Memorial Theatre
Studio Theatre
Uxbridge
Frank Gagliano
Israel Horovitz
Megan Terry
Tom Eyen
Elaine May
Murray Schisgal
Tually
AMT
Woman in critical condition after Route 22 crash
Hoosick Falls resident Mary F Offermann, 23, was injured in a one car crash north of Route 2 near Peters burg. She was treated at Putnam Memorial Hospital and transferred to Albany Medical Center in intensive care for head and chest injuries. condition listed as critical.
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Pawling Center
Troy
Veterans Hospital
Albany
North Adams Hospital
Shirley M. Howard
Petersburg
N.Y
Hoosick Falls
Mary F. Offermann
Potter Hill
Albany Medical Center
Brunswick
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Pawlet Man Hurt in Fall While Unloading Milk Truck
A Pawlet man, John Clark, remained in fair condition in the Rutland Hospital ICU after slipping from a milk truck at the old Manchester Depot creamery. He was treated at the scene by Dr. Clifford Haroond and transported by Manchester Rescue Squad. The incident occurred Monday as he unloaded into a tractor-trailer tanker.
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Manchester
Pawlet
Rutland Hospital
Dana Thompson
John Clark
Clifford Haroond
Recycling handbook outlines Vermont programs and markets
The Vermont Recycling Handbook compiled by the Agency of Development and Community Affairs offers a complete guide to statewide recycling programs and markets for wastepaper glass and metals. Joseph Newlin notes that solid waste grows faster than population and urges steps from separating to marketing to expand end markets. Copies are available from the Montpelier office with two loanable 16 mm color films also offered.
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Montpelier
Vermont
Agency of Development and Community Affairs
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Joseph Newlin
Newlin
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Electronic Industries Association
Federal Reserve Bank
Associated Industries of Massachusetts
Continental Defense
National Security Council
Eisenhower
Norshaft Lions
Dan Fager
Thomas Bluto
Art Jones
Leo Morin
Rudolph Woodcock
Bob Keough
Dennis McCarthy
Jack Cross
Stuart Preston
Leonard Powers
Gordon Kenyon
Joe Crossman
Bruce LaVigne
Lucien Hanks
Ignie
VW Economics
Monument Motors, Inc
Bennington
Repertory Theatre
Edith Beaumont
North Bennington
The
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United Counseling Service
Sodality of St. John the Baptist Church
Hopital
Pawlet Man
Bangkok
UPI
Korat
Thailand
Walker
Beaumont
Sylvester F. Currier
Real Property Tax Service
Rensselaer County
Joan G. Watrous
Jack Burke
Town of Hoosick
Bernard H. Simmons
Grafton
Robert D. Weine
Pittstown
State Assessors’ Association
Catamount National Bank
Brattleboro
Manchester Center
FDIC
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