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...Parks and John Sharatt, urban consultant to the tenants, will represent the tenants' association in conference with Albert L. Nickerson '33, Fellow of Harvard College, and Edward S. Gruson, assistant to President Pusey for Community Affairs. They will ask that Harvard continue to repair safety hazards in present apartments at no additional cost to affected tenants...
...Location. Bremer briskly set about expanding the program far beyond its original blueprint. He established an auto-mechanics class in an auto-repair shop, a leatherworking class in a leather shop, a journalism course at the offices of the Evening Bulletin, and dozens of others that are taught on location...
PRODUCT DESIGN: Companies could design products with an eye to easier repair. Motorola now produces color TV sets in which the basic parts are tucked into a pullout drawer; a serviceman can slide out the drawer and replace the faulty parts without hauling the whole set into his shop. In addition, manufacturers could spend more on improved quality and less on annual model changes. "Planned obsolescence," says Henry Ford II. "is out the window...
...Herschel Elkins, a California deputy attorney general, sees a spectrum of frustration in the numerous consumer protests that he receives about auto repairs, car-sales practices and warranties. From the 27,000 protests about faulty auto repair that came in last year, Elkins picks out the case of a Mexican-American laborer who bought an old car for $100. In the next 60 days he was victimized by garagemen who were as efficient at stripping him of money as they were inefficient at fixing his car. The laborer was almost inexcusably naive. He spent $750 for repairs and parts, including...
...letter to the tenants' association last January, Cutler stated that repairs which were needed to maintain health and safety code standards in existing housing would be made free of charge to tenants. But tenants are concerned that the cost of basic maintenance repair will be reflected in any future rent increase, Parks said yesterday...