Safe appliances rely on design, build, and user awareness
A Safety overview notes three core factors for safe home appliances design, workmanship, and consumer use. Groups like AHAM, Underwriters Laboratories, and the American National Standards Institute push for clearer safety guides, independent testing, and revised wiring rules to reduce injuries and misuses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Association of Home Appliance Manufacturers
AHAM
Underwriters’ Laboratories
American Gas _ Association
American National Standards Institute
Bureau of Product Safety
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
National Electrical Code Authority
Clean Water Derby to Promote Kayaderosseras Creek Derby winds through Ballston Spa
Ballston Spa Jaycees lead the Second Annual Kayaderosseras Clean Water Derby on April 17 aided by tri city environmental groups. Ten thousand spectators are expected for canoe races with traffic control by Ballston Spa. Schaefer Brewing supports with trophies and race IDs. event is a Schaefer Circle of Sports. Two person canoes compete in expert and novice classes. pre registrations aim to exceed 110 teams from 1970.
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Ballston Spa
Jaycees
Tri-Cities
Kayaderosseras Creek
F. M. Schaefer Brewing Co
Schaefer Circle of Sports
Contest Set For Student Mechanics in Albany May 5
The 1971 Plymouth Trouble Shooting Contest for auto mechanics students will be held in Albany on May 5. Schools across the region select top students to form teams for regional competition, part of about 100 contests nationwide this spring. Winners earn trips to the National Trouble Shooting finals in Indianapolis June 14–16 with over $125,000 in scholarships and awards. Plymouth dealers sponsor to promote education and careers in auto mechanics. Schools scheduled include Troy High, Rensselaer County BOCES, Stillwater Central, Mechanicville High, Columbia High, East Greenbush, Saratoga Springs High and F Donald Myers Educational Center, among others.
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Plymouth Trouble
Albany
Indianapolis
Plymouth
Troy High
Rensselaer County
BOCES
Stillwater Central
Mechanicville High
Columbia High
East Greenbush
Saratoga Springs
F. Donald Myers
Burnt Hills
Ballston Lake
Ballston Spa
Warrensburg
Niskayuna
Shenendehowa Central
Elnora
Colonie Central
Jackson joins Schenectady Chemicals as development chief
Joseph C. Jackson has joined Schenectady Chemicals Inc. as commercial development manager for the electrical division. Allen C. Shears says Jackson will lead new product marketing and development for wire coatings and insulating garnishes. He also becomes long range planning coordinator guiding future marketing.
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Joseph C. Jackson
Schenectady Chemicals, Inc
Allen C. Shears
Electrical
Jackson
Table Tennis Rules Described By UPI Details
United Press International outlines the game using a hollow white celluloid ball with a 4.4 inch circumference struck with a paddle over a net, on a dark nonreflecting table measuring 9 by 5 feet, placed 30 inches high.
Social Security Q M D Troy Answers on Disability and Benefits
Questions from Troy residents cover eligibility for disability benefits after age 65, timing of full retirement benefits at age 72, and spousal benefit rules. The guidance clarifies no extra disability payment after 65 with a retirement benefit, full-year entitlement at 72 if already reached, and how a wife may file on the husband’s record if it yields a larger payment.
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Troy
Kmart Area Staff Hires About 150 In Watervliet
The second Kmart in the Albany area on Route 7 opposite Delatour Road has employed about 150 local residents with more to join seasonally. Training is underway as the store prepares to open and announce an exact date.
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Kmart Discount
Albany
Delatour Road
Watervliet
Donald W. Skinner
Kmart
Skinner
K Mart
Kresge
Jupiter
S. S. Kresge Company
Detroit
GE Silicone Unit Lists Changes
Richard F. Pike is appointed market development specialist for the Rubber Product Section in Waterford. The April 5 appointment was announced by Thom as M Birdwell. Ferrigan is named programs and administration specialist, and Richard J. Crotteau is appointed manpower development specialist for the Industrial Sales Operation.
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Richard F. Pike
General Electric Company
Waterford
Thomas M. Birdwell
Paul J. Ferrigan
Clarkson College
Ferrigan
General Electric
International Harvester Company
Vencor, Inc
Richard J. Crotteau
Silicone Products
Crotteau
Soviets Hint U.S. Space Cooperation
The Soviet Academy of Sciences president says the USSR has worked with other nations on space projects and hints at cooperation with the United States. A salute to Yuri Gagarin marks 10 years since the first space flight, with calls from cosmonauts for broader international collaboration.
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Moscow
Soviet Academy of Sciences
Soviet Union
United States of America
Mstislav V. Keldysh
Kremlin Palace of Congresses
Leonid I. Brezhnev
Keldysh
Yuri Gagarin
United States
U.S
Communist Party
Pravda
U.S.S.R
U.S.A
Boris Petrov
Youth Have Perception Of Dignity
The Rev. Theodore M. Hesburgh urged Catholic educators at a National Catholic Educational Association convention to guide youths toward a new perception of human dignity. He noted rapid change since 1950 and said young people today show promise despite vast societal shifts.
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Minneapolis
Minn
Theodore M. Hesburgh
Father Hesburgh
University of Notre Dame
National Catholic Educational Association
Hesburgh
Blackboard Supplied For Graffiti Writers
Auburn AP report says Curley’s Restaurant installs a pair of chalk boards in men’s and women’s rest rooms to deter graffiti by providing writable surfaces. Management hopes the boards cut repaint costs by channeling messages.
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Auburn
Curley’s
On This Day History April 13 1971 and notable events
On this day April 13 1971 the 103rd day of the year marks events such as Union General William Sherman’s Raleigh capture in 1865 Civil War, Harry Hopkins welfare report in 1934, Russia Japan neutrality pact in 1941, Sidney Poitier Oscar in 1964. Notable births include Frank Woolworth born 1852. Thomas Jefferson quote about counting to ten.
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Venus
Mars
Jupiter
Aries
Frank Woolworth
William Sherman
Raleigh, N.C
Federal
Civil Works
Harry Hopkins
Russia
Japan
Sidney Poitier
Model Plane Crash Disturbs Aylesbury Onlookers
In Aylesbury England a radio controlled plane spiralled toward the ground prompting a passerby to call for help. Within minutes five fire engines and emergency vehicles arrived to find Michael Watts with a damaged toy aircraft.
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Aylesbury
England
UPI
Michael Watts
Watts
Navy drops charges against wounded Vietnam veteran
The Navy withdrew charges of striking an officer against Lance Cpl. Charles Stewart, a 19-year-old double amputee from Connellsville, Pa., and dropped additional accusations of disrespect after he admitted striking a nurse. The base commander chose medical and psychiatric treatment over a special court martial.
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Philadelphia
U.S. Navy
Lance Cpl
Charles Stewart
Connellsville
Vietnam
Cmdr
Rosemary Geraghty
Navy
Philadelphia Naval Base
Stewart
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Margaret Dana
Research Center
Doylestown
WSNY
Radio
Wsny 1240
Schaefer
Clean Water Derby
Robert S. Henry
Wast-Tv
William F. Kraemer
Mr. Henry
Bald Mountain
Brunswick
Bald Mountain Lab
Carolyn E. Shafer
United Press International
America
Menthol
FTC
U. S
GE Silicone
University of Pittsburgh
Rensselaer Polytechnics Institute
Pike
Barbara
Clifton Park
St. John’s-St. Paul’s Federated Church
U.S. Space Cooperation
Earth
Lunokhod
Lunokhods
Petrov
Ogonyok
Thomas Jefferson
American Automobile Association
AAA
Troy Automobile Club, Inc
Broadway, Troy, N.Y
The
Wildman Agency
Troy, N.Y
LeRoy Wildman
Elwood Hacker
F&t
Fe Insurance
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