Clinton News-Record, 1972-03-23, Page 16MOM
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The January and February
issue of Canadian Consumer,
published by Consumers'
Association of Canada, reports
color TV ratings.
The tests were performed by an
independent laboratory and
covered twelve of some of the
more popular makes in the 19'.'
table models which are now the
fastest selling line in the
industry. The ratings are based
on several factors but the most
important criterion was picture
quality. Other important
characteristics were as follows:
1. Adjacent channel rejection,
i.e., the ability of the set, when
turned to one channel to reject
strong signals from either of the
adjacent channels.
2. Fringe area reception, i,e,,
how well the set picks up weak
signals.
3. Automatic Gain Control—
keeps contrast consistent when
switching between strong and
weak signal channels.
Injudging the picture quality of
the sets, several factors were
taken into account. Accurate
color reproduction is one of the
prime components of a good color
'picture. Brightness, crispness,
resolution, focus, interlace and
correct geometry were also
considered.
In selecting a color television,
the purchaser will depend to a
great extent on what he is told by
the salesman. But the article
suggests a few hints which
everyone should follow when
shopping for a color TV set,
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+ Always visit more than one
store. Prices and service vary
enough to make it worthwhile.
+ In viewing a set in the store,
always compare two or more sets
at the same time.
+ In judging color, try to look
at scenes with which you have
some reference point. Outdoor
scenes are best. The blue of the
sky and the green of the grass can
be used as a reference point to see
how other colors and flesh tones
appear. Cartoons or close-ups
are not the best pictures as they
are usually good.
+ The viewer must also look
for crispness or sharp outlines of
objects as well as fine detail. A
street scene with road signs is
ideal for this.
+ A purchaser should not
accept the excuse for a poor
picture that the set is not properly
adjusted and that once it is
delivered it will be all right, If a
set is on display, it should be
adjusted properly, Stores should
be using good atennas in order to
get the best reception. A store
which skimps on demonstrations
of its merchandise could also skip
on service.
Your new television set should
be adjusted in your own home.
Some stores will adjust the set
before it is shipped to its
destination but the act of moving
may throw some of the delicate
controls in the set out of
alignment, Some retailers
automatically send a servicemen
to adjust a set once it has been
installed but this is not
necessarily standard practice.
Some dealers include initial
adjustment of the set in the home
as part of the price while others
do not offer this service. It may he
necessary to pay extra for
adjustments.
Warranties on different parts
of the set differ. It is important to
understand what parts are
covered by the warranties and for
how long. In some cases, pro
rated allowance varies between
inaaufactuters and depends on the
age of the set. The purchaser
should be aware that the Cost of
labor is not usually covered by
this replacement allowance. The
article concludes, "it i s
recommended that all
agreements be made in Welling
and no verbal guarantees
accepted."
if you plan on buying a Color set
and would like to have the
complete test information as a
guide in your shopping, write to
Consumers' Association of
Canada, 100 Gloucester Street,
K2P OAr—and ask for a reprint of
the color TV test, price 25 Cents,
Consumers'
News and views
Enjoying the simpler things in
life comes much more easily if
you happen to be wealthy.
A unique course is being
offered by Conestoga College of
Applied Arts and Technology,
Waterloo Centre, to train
apartment building
superintendents,
Conestoga College has
received permission from the
Department of Colleges and
Universities to mount a unique
course for apartment building
superintendents. The duration of
this course is 20 weeks.
During November, 1971, the
College formed an advisory
committee comprised of the
following persons from local
construction and real estate
businesses. These were:
K. Saley, Verlin Construction
Company, Waterloo; R. Flint,
Dubrick Real Estate Company,
Kitchener; G. Riehi, Selco Real
Estate Compady, Kitchener; K.
Christopher, Major Holdings and
Developments Limited,
Waterloo; R, Day, Canada
Manpower Centre, Kitchener,
Other College personnel who
are interested in promoting this
program will be in attendance.
Further input was received
from Cadillac Property
Management Limited, Toronto, a
large developer engaged in
highrise apartment construction.
Research by the College
revealed that there are, within the
College area, 29 highrise
residential apartment buildings
in the Kitchener-Waterloo area.
Approximately 10 highrise office
buildings and a further nine
buildings were proposed during
1972, The course, however, will
not be restricted to persons from
the Kitchener-Waterloo area
since it will be sponsored by the
Canada Manpower Program.
Persons are eligible for this
course on a province•wide basis.
Asa result of the unique nature
of employment as an apartment
building superintendent, the
advisory committee
recommended the following
important selection guidelines
for people wishing to take the
course:
1) The applicant should he
married without pre-school
children;
2) He should understand that he
will probably be on a 24-hour call;
3) The ideal applicant should be
between 40 and 55 years of age;
Conestoga College offers
unique course
4) lie should be bondable;
5) lie should have a history of
dealing effectively with people,
e.g. salesman, real estate agent,
store clerk, etc.;
6) Ile should he in reasonably
good health and capable of doing
physical work;
7) The husband and wife must be
able to work co-operatively.
The advisory committee
proposed a salary range between
$8,000 and $10,000 per annum for
a husband and wife team in the
local Kitchener-Waterloo area,
Since highrise apartments and
office buildings are on the
Sun Oil Company Limited is
throwing its full promotional
support behind Canada's Olympic
endeavors,
While aiming to boost gasoline
sales and increase public interest
in the 1972 Summer Olympics,
Sunoco is launching a major' fund-
raising drive on behalf of the
Canadian Olympic Association,
Over a 17-week period Sunoco
will give away a series of 21
unique Canadian Olympic
medallions to motorists (one with
each $3.00 purchase of gasoline.)
Each medallion bears the official
Canadian Olympic Association
crest on one side, and the official
symbol of one of the 21 Summer
Olympic events on the other.
Sunoco will kick-off its Olympic
Game promotion with a $20,000
donation to the Canadian Olympic
Fund. The company will then sell
collectors' cases for the
medallions for $3.99—with a 50-
cent donation going to the
Canadian Olympic Association
for each case sold.
In addition to providing for our
amateur athletes and Olympic
Teams, Sunoco is running a
contest to enable ten entrants to
win an expenses-paid trip for two
to the 1972 Summer Olympics in
Munich.
Sunoco worked on the
development of the heavy metal
medallions in close co-operation
with officials of the Olympic
Trust of Canada.
While colorful mounting cards
Sunoco fund-raising
for Olympic team
increase in Southern Ontario, it
was generally felt that
employment opportunities were
excellent.
Conestoga College ha s
proposed that the commencement
date for this course will be set at
April 8, 1972, The College is
proposing that 70 persons will be
graduated over the next five-year
period,
The contact person at
Conestoga College, Waterloo
Centre, for further information
on this course, is A. Clow, Co-
or , d i na t o r , Program
Development, Waterloo Centre.
will be available free from Sunoco
dealers, the company hopes to
raise a substantial sum for the
Olympic Trust Fund over and
above its initial $20,000 donation,
from the sale of deluxe collector
cases. Made of steel, these high
quality cases have a simulated
leather cover, and open up to
display the medallions on a soft
green background with gold
imprinting,
Each purchaser of a case will
receive an official, personalized
certificate acknowledging his or
her support of the Canadian
Olympic Team,
In addition, trips for two to
Munich will be awarded every two
weeks, with the first draw March
29 and the final draw on July 12.
According to W.G. Cline,
manager, retail marketing
services, the Sunoco Olympic
Game promotion is the largest in
the company's history. ' While
extensive advertising and point-
of-sale material is planned on
behalf of Sunoco's 1,200 dealers
in Ontario and Quebec, the
commercial element has been
completely eliminated in the
design of the medallions and
cases. Cline predicts they will
become collectors' items,
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When your decision can affect the future of a keen young hockey player, it's a serious business—and
former Leaf goalie Johnny Bower knows it. Seen here in the novel role of "consultant" with therapist
E laine Treffler and youngJohn Labelle, who hasonly a partial left hand, Bower was cal led in by the
Ontario Society for C rippled Children when rehabilitation staff couldn't agree on the type of artificial
aid which would best compensate for young John's disability. The problem: should young Johnny
continue to hold his stick in his right hand and have a special goalie's mitt constructed for his
incomplete left hand—or, should he have a special device made to hold the stick left handed, leaving his
good hand free for a regular glove? After talking with the youngster and studying his stick handling
ability, Bower and team mate George Armstrong probed every aspect of the problem with clinicians
and engineers for several hours. The decision: a special glove. Bower and Armstrong then took their
somewhat overawed young fan to a sporting goods store and personally selected the glove which the
rehabilitation engineers will reconstruct to compensate for John's disability. As for young John,
today's combination of "Bower power" and Easter Seals may one day realize his ambition of becoming
as great a goal-tender as his hero, Johnny Bower.
6A—Clinton News-Record, Thursday, March 23; 1972
atwitter of principle
BY J. CARL HEMINQVVAY,
"The old orderchangeth yielding place to new..," I think that is as
far as I wish to persoe that particular quotation though I might
suggest, ."aed electionitis changes policy in many ways". Of course I
am referring to Federal Minister of Agriculture Olson's
announeement that"supply and demand should no longer regulate the
Price farmers receive for their products".
Farmers have realized this for a long time. I Wonder why
Government has 'been so long catching up? Could it be that having
passed Bill C-176 which, theoretically at least, plades the marketing pf
all farm products under the control of the producers of each particular
product, It also gives the producer the power to control the quantity
produced.
This type of quota production fora negotiated price has been used to
advantage by Ontario Broiler Producers for several years. It did have
difficulties in being effective singe other provinces, particularly
Quebec, shipped their surplus into Ontario. Then we had the chicken
and egg war and then Bill C-176, Ontario Milk Producers also have
quota production and apparently negotiated prices. With egg prices at
present levels, there will soon be a National Egg Marketing Board with
production controls. All other Farm Product Producers could very
easily follow the lead, Can Government afford to allow farmers to have
this much power? Seems the Gevernrnent has suddenly "got a tiger by
the tail!"
Alternatives?
The Government could withdraw the Marketing powers delegated to
the Producer-elected Board...with an election coming up within the
next eighteen months?
Then the Government could embark on a sort of generalized "hand-
out" program that might be able to discourage the formation of
"National Marketing Boards with "supply management" by
Agricultural Producers.
The tight organization of food producers that results from a few
years of "quota production" could be quite equal in strength to any of
our Unions or Professional Federations'.
It is a short step from quota delivery of a product to no delivery of
product, In other words farmers could very well go on strike.
What would happen if, when the dock workers go on strike mid
farmers can't export their commitments of wheat or feed grains,
farmers immediately refused to sell any grain? This kind of retaliation
could happen between any unions and no doubt would, if all groups were
organized.
Unions are only effective so long as only a comparatively small
number of groups are closely knit enough to "strike"
Since food producers are the only large group that seems too widely
separated to strike at present, the situation might change if National
Marketing Boards become too popular. This would make a very
embarrassing situation for any Government.
Just what the result will be of all the attention that is being directed
towards the farmer is difficult to predict, but at least farmers are
getting attention.
A couple of weeks ago there was an interesting program on "Take
30". Mr. Alex. Keirans, former Federal Cabinet member and Mr. Jas.
Laxer, leader of the "Waffle" group were discussing "foreign
ownership" and the Canadian economic problem.
I had been of the opinion that Canadians didn't have enough money to
finance our economy but it was definitely pointed out that this is not so.
Canadian investments abroad are quite sufficient to handle the
financing of Canadian industry etc.
However most of Canadian investment funds are in the hands of
Insurance Companies, Trust Companies, and Investment Syndicates.
These investors have two controlling factors. Firstly, their patrons
want the highest possible return on their money and secondly, the
government places stringent regulations on the companies to make
sure that the patrons don't lose their money. The result is most of the
Canadian money ends up as a very small percentage of the capital of
very large, safe and profitable American companies with no control.
American investors get attractive concessions in Canadian
investments and since they are much larger investment companies
they can afford to put some of their money into higher risk venture's
which over the longer term average out at higher profits. U.S.
government regulations are not nearly as restrictive. Even a
comparatively small percent total assets invested in many of our
\ Canadian companies stock can give U.S, control.
There is also a different attitude in U.S. and Canadian investment
companies. Canadian companies make their decisions on the past
performance while U.S. companies are much more impressed by
future prospects. This is the reason that so many energetic, young
Canadian companies have to turn to foreign funds and tend to end up
under foreign control.
So much for Industry in Canada and foreign ownership. Let us now
follow the discussion regarding unemployment,
Canada is rightly blessed with natural resources and it is these
industries that seem to attract most of the U,S, money. This is fine for
short term employment for construction of facilities and brings in
money for Canada quickly but the processing of raw material increases
money value tremendously and provides many times the number of
jobs.
It was pointed out that we are now being told that U.S., Europe and
Japan will be able to manufacture all the consumer goods required by
the world by 1980. The rest of us can provide the low profit raw
material and buy the high profit finished product,
Is there 50 cents worth of material in a $10.00 watch or even in a
$50.00 one. The producer of raw products sits pretty low on the "Totem
Pole."
Farmers have realized this situation for a long time, some have even
tried to encourage farmer-owned processing plants for raw products,
with little success against strong opposition from present
manufacturers and government. One of our former Provincial
Premiers was reported to have said that producer-owned facilities for
processing livestock was the silliest idea he had ever heard tell of.
Apparently the same idea is still popular with many of our political
leaders in view of the fact that they seem to be so anxious to export our
water, natural gas, crude oil, minerals and forest products.
The fast buck, eat, drink andbe merry for we won't be here tomorrow
seems to be the order of the day.
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