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Newspaper
Berkshire Eagle
Location
Pittsfield, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1965
Page
9
The American Home Improvement Institute maps a future home where four day weeks and six week vacations alter living. Walls glow with electroluminescent panels, furniture descends from ceilings, and rooms reconfigure via rail tracked seating and automatic presence lights.
Reference maps are mounted for wall display and decorative use. Use tempered laminate panels from lumber yards, glue size both sides, apply wheat paste, and smooth with a wallpaper brush. Add kraft paper backing and even coats of white shellac on both sides if desired.
Allendale Shopping Center in Coltsville unveils a new lighting system boosting brightness with six 1,000-watt fixtures atop 38-foot poles. Old lights moved to the rear. canopy fixtures feature acrylic globes and 216,000 lumens total. Phoenix Mutual Insurance Co. plans further upgrades and a new facade.
Moving tips urge using post office for change of address. Forms 3378 3573 and 3575 available free to notify publishers friends and for post office records. Forwarding and hold options offered with mass delivery timing. Plus color tips from National Paint association advise lighter colors to enlarge rooms and careful color balance.
Nearly $14 billion will be spent on home remodeling and repair in 1966 as homeowners upgrade existing properties rather than move. Bathroom renovations, new baths, powder rooms and mud rooms lead the list, followed by kitchen remodeling and new heating systems. Mobility of families drives remodeling as resale value and plumbing costs, each about 10 percent of home value, shape the spending.
The idea of a fixed 68 to 72 degree home is outdated. Settings should reflect occupant comfort, activity, clothing, humidity, wind exposure, and age. People may lower temps overnight and raise them in the morning. Modern thermostats offer precise control within one or two degrees. A heating contractor can install optimal controls.
A urethane foam formed by a batter of chemicals fills gaps between inner and outer walls of refrigerators. It rapidly hardens into a light rigid substance, allowing thinner walls and more interior space while boosting insulation efficiency.
Maurice Read of Berkeley. Calif. predicts rising competition in housing as production shifts to families seeking improved housing. He cites new HUD act programs enabling private or nonprofit housing for low income families with insured mortgages and rent supplements. Read says these tools offer the private sector a historic challenge and chance.
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