Paperhangers cost retailers millions in bad checks
A 1940s profile explains paperhangers as professional check forgers who blitz towns, rob stores, and vanish. Telecredit and security firms deploy cameras, fingerprints, and databases to deter and catch amateurs, with supermarkets bearing the steep losses and benefits from reduced bad checks.
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POPE
Wester
New York
Telecredit
Acoder
Lee Aut I
Telecredit, Inc
Los Angeles
Qalifumia
Realoe
Wagner outlines Vermont policy priorities and funding aims
The Vermont candidate Wagner advocates studying reforms, preferring a statewide, uniform appraisal system and stronger environmental controls. He supports a statewide land use plan, education reform with professional input, consumer protection, a merged state colleges University system, deer management by the state, flood plain zoning, a statewide building code, and tailored local adaptation. He opposes gun controls and stresses living wages and job creation amid inflation.
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Wagner
Alt
State Education Board
State Teachers' Association
VEA
Vermont
University of Vermont
UVM
State Flai & Came
Bennington
Allen Seeks Re election On Vermont Legislature Platform
Bennington candidate Allen emphasizes administrative law aims to limit bureaus. He credits a three percent surcharge cut, backs repeal, and supports lowering minimum age for office to 18. He touts taxation, unemployment, and conservation study and his floor presence as key strengths. He aims for voter accessibility and response to correspondence.
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Allen
Vermont
Hevals
Senate
Hom
House
Bennington
Montpelier
Vermont orchardists seek 1200 apple pickers statewide
Vermonit's orchardists need about 1200 pickers for the apple harvest in six to eight weeks. The Department of Employment Security will refer workers from its 12 offices, with 280 foreign workers imported to meet demand. Most hires will be Vermonters, and orchards have agreed to hire unemployed domestic workers who apply.
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Montpelier Vermonit
Department of Employment Security
DES
Te State
Vermont
Employment Security
Stella B. Hackel
Seniba
Department
Hewitt Seeks Zoning and Welfare Reforms in Vermont
Hewitt presses for Act 250 support and flood plain zoning, favors buffer zones around lakes, and endorses open meetings. He backs higher minimum wages to federal levels, resists new interstates but supports Route 7, and cites past service as a farmer, state senator, and public official while outlining welfare work programs and open government principles.
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Hewitt
Vermont
Deane C. Davis
Toots Takes Charge Of Bennington Computer Center Office
Computer Results Corp of West Springfield announces Mrs Eliza Toots Krumins as manager of its Bennington office. President David H Bass states Toots is trusted by United Data Centers to uphold service standards. Fre Keppler is no longer associated with United Data Centers per mutual agreement.
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Computer Resurts Corp
West Springfield
Mass
Bennington
Eliza “Toots
Krumins
David H. Bass
Southern Verrmont Computer Center
BanMont Avenue
Touts
United Data Centers
Bass
Fre Keppler
Toots
Renee Eet
Springfle
Vermont
Computer Results Corp
Riverdale St
United Data Centers, Inc
Caracciola Seeks Open Government and Elderly Tax Relief
Vermont legislator Caracciola discusses tax plans favorable to the elderly, favors open meetings and a strong right to know, and rejects a bid for higher office. He teases reforms to the criminal code and notes a potential NH-VT prisoner swap cost, while reaffirming district service over advancement.
Vermonters Discuss Land Use and Farm Protection Plan
In Bennington veteran leader Wagner advocates stronger code enforcement and a land use tax plan to help farmers keep land open. He says Vermont has funding, but much is unsuitable for living, and supports aiding anyone who wishes to prevent development on rural land. He lives in Bennington since 1944 with wife Mildred Stinson, has two married children, belongs to local church and fraternal groups.
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Vermont
Wagner
Boston University
UVM
Benington
Mildred Stinson
Second Congregational Church
Bennington
Blazing Star Lodge
F.G A.M
Townshend
Candidate's Vermont platform focuses on taxes and transparency
The candidate proposes property tax rebates for the elderly via local credit slips to reduce state transactions, criticizes secret board meetings and executive sessions, and pledges action on natural resources, welfare, taxation, gun control, and corporate taxation. He urges simpler forms, better outreach, and stronger local governance.
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Massachusetts
Montpelier
Vermont
Fort Landa
CVPS earnings rise amid July 1972 results
Central Vermont Public Service Corp. Chairman L. Douglas Meredith reported the company earned 93 cents per share for the seven months ended July 31, 1972, up from 50 cents in the prior year's period. For the 12 months ending July 1972, earnings were $1.78 per share, versus $1.30 in 1971, based on average common shares outstanding.
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Rutland
Central Vermont Public Service Corp
L. Douglas Meredith
Central Vermont
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Joe Caracciola
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Mastercharge
Bankamericard
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Watchdog Service
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