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Year 2000 Will BringShorter Work Days(SptcUi t* TIm DKnocr«f)By the year 2000. both the housewives1 and the breadwinners' workwiU be reduced significantly. There will be no dirt or smog;people will live 290 and 300 miles place for people to Live innon-oxidizng, and non dust collect; ing.High speed ground trarvsporation 'will be a reality by the 21st Century. making it easy and common-sub-from the cities and commute dai-l.v; a ml the head of. the house will devote only Unit or five hours aday to his job.These predictions are made by Sidney Epstein, President, A. Ep stein and Sons, Inc., Chieago-b’as ed firm. They are logical exten sions of trends* already emerging New Materials For example, new materials anti techniques will elimiate dirt auto* matically, he explains. Construction materials wiil receive negative static charges to repel dirt j ;while positive-charged air ducts throughout buildings will pick up I and deliver dust directly io atomic disposal unils. Buiiiling exteriors of plastic, aluminum, stainless steel or glass will be smooth.ger of relapse./ Infectious hepatitis is a disease that definitely requires hospitalization. No reliable immunization has been developed, but gamma globulin may provide temporary pro tection where a person is thought to have been exposed. For best prevention, your Christmas Seal as sociation suggests strict attention to hygiene on the part of persons who prepare or serve food.urbs” as tar irom cities as 200 or 300 miles. They uiti commute...to the cities, however, because industry will have returned there to . tap the more abundant labor force.And, by 1000 A.D., fwer people will be performing routine pro- * duction duties in factories. Instead, automation will relieve the ma verity of personnel For aclininistralii.n, engineering and pr.jduct design., - , AutomationiAutomation also will bring about a shortened work day of four or five hours. This wiil mean that*-'5' employees will no longer IttPch !r,^ during the work day. but on their personal lime.Another effect of advancing technology in this field will be the changing concept of lighting and healing,Epstein |oints out that by 2000 the walls of buildings will take over these functions, becom i n g-more than enclosures to contain conditioned climates. The walls will be made of new plastic-like materials that will bring in sunlight' during the day a ml radiale aui*fical light in (he evening. The wallsalso will control temperature withbuilt-in radiation devices.i»
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Emmetsburg Democrat
Emmetsburg, Iowa, US
Thu, Mar 16, 1967
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