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news Fibers & Textiles Company Gastonia, North Carolina April 1982 Bennettsville, South Carolina • Bowling Green, Kentucky • Hopewell, Virginia LET'S ALL KEEP sfifL rvMM NOW-HOTf^ SAFETY SAFE JOB PROCEDURES ISO year round job Group C: 1st Firestone Fibers & Textiles Gastonia plant remained in first place (late March) in its group among participating companies in the American Textile Manufacturers Insti tute’s “Let’s Make Textiles First in Safety” competition. Firestone had moved from sec ond place to first place in February. The plant is in Group C — plants or Private Secondary Schools MATCHING GIFTS Although the Firestone Matching Gifts Program has been going almost 15 years, there may be some employees who are not aware that private secondary schools can benefit through the plan. It’s more common to think of ‘higher edu cation’ — colleges and universities — receiving the help. Matching Gifts EU'e intended to encourage employees to join in the flngincial support of needs and objectives of educa tional institutions and independent private secondary schools. The Matching Gifts Plan has helped colleges, universities and schools receive upwcirds of $3 million since the company started it in 1967. THROUGH the program, an employee, retiree or director can contribute to any accredited tax-supported college or university in the U.S. and to any accredited private college, university or secondcuy school. The Firestone Trust Fund matches each contribution, when applied for on a completed form accompanying the gift. Application blanks and copies of the revised Matching Gifts booklet are available at plant Personnel offices. Matching gifts are made directly to the institution the giver designates. The beginning amount for matching is $50; max imum is $5,000 in any one year. ‘Energy Turns The World’ • • “An International Adventure”; The 1982 World’s Feiir, Knoxville, Term., May 1 - October 31. It will give you a glimpse of faraway lands and lots more with events and features planned around the theme “Energy Turns The World.” flrnis having 1,000-3,099 employ ees. More than 100 companies or plants are participating in the ATMl safety promotion. It begem in late 1981 and continues indefinitely. Awards are made Einnually. ATMl is the industry’s national trade association. Firestone reports its safety figures to ATMl quarterly, to be entered with those of other participating firms in the same grouping. The best safety record will win a First in Safety awEird in late 1982. Also In each group there will be £in award for Best Improvement in Safety. It is the first International expo sition to be staged in the South eastern U.S. since 1895, when Cotton States International Ex hibition was held in Atlanta. Major industries, nations and associations from all over the world will be represented. Daily events will Include parades, celebrity appearances, games emd arcades, amusements and a World Festival series of sporting events. You can "Taste the World’s Fare" — food from around the world: sidewalk cafes, specialty restaurants and msmy qulck-servlce locations. THE SUNSPHERE theme tower, with a restaurant on top, is the anchor attraction. The Fair, focus ing on development of energy technology at the University of Tennessee, Oak Ridge and other nearby research facilities, is on a 72-acre site between downtown Knoxville and the University. Eleven million visitors are expected during the 6-months schedule. The Fair promoters report “ade quate” lodging facilities within a 200-mlle radius of Knoxville, But demand will be great. If the Fair is in your travel schedule, here Eire some sources of Information that will be useful for planning: Accommodations: Knoxvislt- Officlal Hotel/Motel Housing Bu reau. Call 615-971-1030. Lodging in private homes, apartments, condos, dormitories, call Lodging Services at 615-971-4000. Addition al information: Write or call World's Feiir Group Sales, P.O. Box 1982, Knoxville, TN 37901. Call 615- 971-1600. Csunpsites in Great Smoky Moun tains National Park in NC-Tenn. can be reserved for Fair-goers. Make reservations through Tlckertron, Box 2715, San Francisco, CA 94126. Tennessee State Parks north of Knoxville offering camping facili ties are Cove Lake, Big Ridge and Norris Dam (also has cabins). Reserve cabins by contacting park directly. For more Information on these and other Tenn. State THE 1982 WORLD’S FAIR k Pairks, write Parks Division, 2611 West End Ave., Room 103, Nash ville, TN 37202. For a free copy of "Camping In Tennessee” booklet (lists national forests, state and private cEunp- grounds and facilities neair Knox ville and across the State) write Tourist Development, Box 23171, Nashville, TN 37202. Information and list of locations and facilities at several campsites In Western NC’s Pisgah and Nanta- hala National Forests, write Box 2750, Asheville, NC 28802. This "license” was displayed 74 years ago. It urged correct tire inflation for motorists on Firestone tires. i I UPJoke/t tviil toward aW^otoriUx w^. in (heir to 0[^ ^ort. art ih K**d Olfyollotvir{g^ Lawsj/_ PI Tiiis sffall Iw ^>1^ proprfly infiairti. A violation of (his Law Hg( on[y itvjjla riny^^uts In^ bfow-outs, but forftits ^ j giuriivl^ as weU. y TIRE CARE Then & now Firestone’s continuing interest in tire “Air Caire” has been going on for most of the life of the company. That interest has a message that bears repeating all along. . . Back in 1908, Company Founder Harvey S. Firestone sent a “license” to “pleasure-car dealers and garages.” outlining the “Laws of Tiredom.” The poster was designed for prominent display, so the most customers could take note of it. The first "law” pro- clEiimed: • Tires shall be kept properly inflated. A violation of this law not only invites rim- cuts and blow-outs, but forfeits the tire manufacturer’s guarantee as well.” Said another one: • Rounding comers under speed, or sleim- ming on the brakes too hard not only daz zles the eyes of spectators but is also destructive to the tires. The set of “laws” concluded with this promotional note: • “The best protection against tire troubles which the Laws can give to Motorists is a set of Firestone Pneumatic Tires.” TIRE CARE then — and maybe even more so today — Any tire, no matter how well constructed and how good the material, may fail in use — from punctures, impact damage, the wrong inflation or other con ditions resulting from use. —To page 2
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