Masonry Magazine March 1978 Page. 26

Words: Richard Lesher
Masonry Magazine March 1978 Page. 26

Masonry Magazine March 1978 Page. 26
Advertisers' Index
LET THEM KNOW YOU SAW IT IN MASONRY

M
Mayco Pump Corp. 24
MCAA Forklift Safety Training Audio/Visual Program 22
Morgen Manufacturing Co. 4th Cover

N
National Concrete Masonry Association 3rd Cover

A
Anchor Manufacturing Co. 25

P
Pfaelzer Brothers 19
Pro Products, Inc. 24

B
Bullard Abrasive Products, Inc. 11
Bil-Jax, Inc. 18

S
Superior Fireplace Co. 21

C
Chim-A-Lator Company 24

W
Williams Products, Inc. 20

D
Deal Products, Inc. 25

E
Robert G. Evans Co. (Target) 7

I
International Masonry Institute 2nd Cover

K
Kem-O-Kleen, Inc. 8

This Index is published as a convenience to the reader. Every precaution is taken to make it accurate, but Masonry assumes no responsibilities for errors or omissions.


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THE WISDOM OF

BIG BROTHER, IV
By
Richard L. Lesher
President
Chamber of Commerce
of the United States

Opponents of age discrimination won a curious victory in Washington, D.C., recently. The city's Alcoholic Beverage Control Board ruled that restaurants featuring nude go-go dancers must admit minors, and may not prevent the minors from viewing the performances.

Charity Begins.
The Department of Health, Education and Welfare has discovered that over 13,000 of its current employees are receiving welfare payments of one kind or another... and the study that disclosed this fact covered only 20 states and the District of Columbia.

A Big Stink
Last spring, those diligent guardians of the Nation's health at the Environmental Protection Agency threatened severe penalties for cities and businesses failing to meet the standards of the Clean Water Act by July 1. In October, EPA admitted that 38% of the "largest" federal installations are still polluting. We await imposition of the penalties.

With Friends Like These
According to the Detroit News, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is so anxious to protect us from auto accidents with inflatable air bags that it tried to suppress a report indicating seat belts are more effective.

"Der Fueler Sent Us"
The White House floated a trial balloon last summer proposing a youth corps of volunteer energy inspectors. White House idea man Greg Schneiders said he wanted to avoid "the implication that an army of little uniformed inspectors are going out and checking on people." Fortunately, so did everyone else.

It Only Hurts At The Cash Register
The Consumer Product Safety Commission-which not long ago declared the tricycle unsafe at any speed -is now fretting about the accident rate of supermarket grocery carts. Grocery carts? Yes, grocery carts. A warning label is contemplated.


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