Word: washer
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...sometime window washer with a personality greatly appealing to himself ("I am such a sweet little guy"), Tom Clay first went to work as a record spinner at Detroit's WJBK two years ago. What happened to him thereafter until he was fired last week makes a typical case history of the deejay riding the payola trail...
...Electric Floor Washer. A lightweight electric floor washer that wet-scrubs floors and vacuum-dries them will be put on sale next month by the Hoover Co., North Canton, Ohio. Its motor creates a suction to pick up dirty water after the floor is scrubbed by nylon brushes. Price...
Thousands of housewives complained bitterly that their 1955-57 model washers and washer-dryers needed six or seven annoying and costly repair calls a year (v. a national average of two or three), and Hotpoint repairmen discovered faulty clutches, transmissions and filters in alarming numbers. To save its reputation and future sales, the company decided to do the only honorable thing: repair and replace some 40,000 ailing machines that had brought complaints from owners. Last week Hotpoint's 11,000 appliance dealers were busy doing just that-at a cost that the industry estimates will be somewhere between...
Under the program, Hotpoint is replacing 1955-57 machines with brand-new $299.95 models at a cost to the customer of as little as $49.95. On some models, the company is replacing the transmission free of charge, exchanging washer-dryer combinations for new, separate, 1959 washer and dryer units that are delivered and initially serviced free. The rush to redeem machines at a bargain rate has been crushing; Hotpoint has had to turn down housewives who hoped to palm off 20-year-old ringer-type washers, made by firms long out of business, for new models. To keep the machines...
Hotpoint's problem was a case of too many cooks. From 1955 to 1958 the company's top executives often disagreed about the best way to construct washers and washer-dryer combinations. Result: the company tried a little bit of everything. Now, under a revamped management team, Hotpoint has completely overhauled its testing and quality control to catch potential defects. The replacement program has generated so much good will for Hotpoint that the company, despite its large outlay, expects to end the year well in the black...