Impact of Home Building Highlighted at Hearing
At congressional hearings in Washington D C Perry E Willis president of the National Association of Home Builders outlined the 1964 economic impact of housing noting that one dollar in every eighteen spent in the United States related to home building. He said three million jobs arose from home construction and associated industries with $35 billion in goods and services generated by home use and purchasing power.
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Washington, D.C
United States
Perry E. Willis
National Association of Home Builders
Willits
Nahb Economics Department
Old Log Cabin Converted to Electric Heat
In Roanoke Virginia power men from Appalachian Power Co designed an all electric heating system for a 138 year old log cabin in the Blue Ridge Mountains of West Virginia. The package includes radiant wall heaters an all electric kitchen water heater lighting and a 150 amp service entrance. The cabin is owned by Dr and Mrs Lyle Gage whose father was born there.
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Roanoke
Appalachian Power Co
Blue Ridge Mountains
West Virginia
Lyle Gage
URI Plans 1.2 Million Expansion at Narragansett Bay
Kingston Rhode Island URI will add two new buildings costing 1.2 million on its Narragansett Bay campus. Groundbreaking for a 950000 dollar lab office building funded by a National Science Foundation grant and a 250000 dollar library data processing center financed by a state bond issue.
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Kingston
R.I
University of Rhode Island
Narra- Sansett Bay
URI
National Science Foundation
Bay
C. J. Fish Laboratory
Coast Artillery
Villa living takes hold in Florida growth boom
The Florida housing trend shifts from trailers to villas as a middle ground between cooperatives and condominiums. Villas offer individual land with shared maintenance funded by a central fund while maintaining clear title. Prices run around $13,000 including lots as Florida adds 3,900 new families weekly during peak season.
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Marcel &. Peltier
Eagle
Florida
Peltier
Marco
New Ideas Abound in Buildings and Modern Architecture
Leading architects and civic leaders praise a national surge in luxury high rise living and glass curtain wall offices. The Royal Towers in Arizona exemplify flexible, human centric design with balconies and outdoor spaces. Cities from Phoenix to Denver push modern, parkland integrated buildings signaling a Renaissance in American urban life.
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Gotham
Royal 77
Phoenix
Aviz
New York
Chicago
Lever House
America
Mies van der Rohe
Mies
Seagram
Park Avenue
Royal Property
Royal Towers
Arizona
Lawyers Title
Royal
Arizona Title & Trust
Union North
Fort Worth
Pittsburgh
New Haven
Denver
T. EB
Nelson Jr
Royal Properties
Scott
Beesley Jr
Union National Bank of
The Office Opens In Coltsville At 881 Dalton Ave
Rob ert F Powers to launch a new cocktail lounge and bar named The Office at 881 Dalton Ave in the former Katherine Fanning residence. The Buccaneer Restaurant supplies food, with banquet facilities for up to 60 and a limited on site menu.
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Robert F. Powers
Dalton Ave
Coltsville
Powers
Buccaneer
Katherine Fanning
Atlantic
Esso
Dalton Avenue
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Ine
Cheshire Rd
Bay State
National
Better Heating Cooling Council
R. M. O'Connell, Inc
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Dial
M. A
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William E, Bagg
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Ken Shepard
Harry McGinnes
Bill Gazan
al Chapman
Ed Bushey
al Mitchell
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Texaco
Spaulding Golf
Goodyear
Texaco “Fire Chief
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