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Show r S I " t t ' v .at fr ? i. -- .. J L. . . I O U : ssass U0 ' y IWrr I 4 o J sl .I1, lij. & I t, !if J.p ! Sunday .Morning, v r. fU i Julv , V.V 1 5. ri ffc2s.y ft v 'f r V Old Terms 5. M vA ; f .x , , V Haunting Business 1 V Yjt iM 4'- t VK - i .vdo : ). ?V w. A, v $ By Thomas E. Mullaney New York Times Winter V. .t,A ; v . T"'hJ ' if t i $ t-- v- a ? ' , j - '&? TitA.'. isf - - k - M A , - , vy ; - A , v . & - v: A? 4 VX 'fi, nother old buga- boo, recession, is also raised in anv of the discussion rv i ,fv JA iff w t- ' K - In a true assembly-lin- e fashion, worn or damaged telephones go ' -- WA,, s business outlook I iw.aari ' jcy too Back on Job Old Telephones Seldom Die Numbers Rarely Come Up A i ; -- A - - tfti , W. ;vv- - l- J .4t By Wilf Cannon 'Y? fyr , , i' ,rVV3 V' ,. &' 4 2' Instead, they are renovated, reconditioned and actually recycled. All this takes place at the Western Electric service center, 1850 W. 21st South. ... - 4'Lx iri Western Electric, the manufacturing arm of the Bell System, reconditions 25.000 phone units a month, according to Jerry Chatelain, center foreman. He said his department receives about 400 sets a day from Mountain Bel. Itt-.--i :! i n -- l--r-- 7j $ Vv . f Whenever a Mountain Bell installer removes a phone, it is shipped to Western Electnc. Aside from helping reduce waste the operation diminishes costs involved m producing new phone sets. After a used set enters the center, it is unpacked and placed on a slow moving conveyor for a journey through the reconditioning process Goes to Specialized Worker , M . v ''" vA First the units are separated as to dial, wall rotary or touch-ton- e type then each phone or desk phone, etc. set is dismantled Then each part of the phone unit goes to a specialized worker for testing, repair or possible discarding iAr 1 X A screwdriver pneumatic saves time in repairing a multi- - Center telephone. 25,009 units each month. repairs We are seeking ambitious men and women who want a chance to do an outstanding job and to be rewarded for it. We offer features that we believe are especially appealing to the type of person we seek. Opening available in our Portland, Oregon office. 8 units, 4 years old, 2 bedrooms. Prime southeast area. FUTURE INC. 1 office . These discarded parts, however, are sent together with scrap cable, and to Western Electrics Nassau wire Smelting and Refining Works on Staten Island, N.Y. There much of the metal is reclaimed. Nassau, through this process, is able to supply 30 percent of the Bell Systems yearly copper requirements Sunive Several Processes are taken some very through several processes dials elaborate. For example, touch-tonare tested and retested with an oscilloscope. The scope enables the worker to determine if the tone is exactly right and calls will go through. The parts to be renovated e Other processes include buffing and repainting of the plastic telephone unit shells. Thece are almost always recoverable, Mr. Chatelain said, because the buffing smoothes out kmcks and scratches and the painting puts a new shine on the shell. Each handset is completely dis- - 1 J TRADITION Dominick on the move, assembled and each part tested some 112 of them ally. The employes are all qualified to make necessary defective parts Restore 600 to 809 Daily Another center for the restoration of telephone handset cords is the Columbus Community Training Center, East. At the Columbus Center, mentally and physically handicapped students restore 600 to 800 cords dady. They sort each cord according to color and conand test them all electronically dition for breaks or other defects. A Western Electnc spokesman said the work done by the handicapped students saves the company $29,400 annually. And it helps the students learn a trade. Many of them go on to be hired by businesses on a permanent basis Must Meet Standards Before each set is reassembled, each part must meet ngid Western Electric and Mountain Bell standards When it leaves the shop for new service, Mr. Chatelain said, the refurbished unit looks and performs like a new piece of repairs on 2530-5t- Our compensation designed to provide incentive. 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The odds seem to be even better this time that it will, but it will necessitate some astute "maneuvering m Washington individu- 0J apartments; Realtors j part. all types, sizes and colTelephones are almost never discarded by Mountain Bell. ors t - : ?? a . Discarding, Mr. Chatelain said, is done only when there is no way to repair the Tnbune Staff Wnter '' ' - 3 ' A Mr. Mullaney 1969, when the na- tion last endured similar economic conditions. Both periods were traumatic ones m the nation's history, but the economy, fortunately, managed to escape without any grave consequences each time The most senous toll was the relativewhen busily mild recession of l9-70- . ness activity contracted, corporate piof-it- s slumped and unemployment surged as high as 6 2 percent But the economy emerged from that slump with great and unprecedented vigor until the onset of severe inflationary pressures in 1971, requinng the first phase of the present stabilization effort. Salt Lake City sen ice facility. After remodeling units. job, theyll look and perform like brand-ne- and a pair of skillful hands, the innards of four headsets at reconstruct Specialized tools Recycled 4f t It appears to be a worrisome throw back to 1966 and through many repair steps at Western Electric service center. y A' these days. v W r I great apprehension v YMpTfcV V -- .- -- at ""'- W- tbj ' V AX .S s n- , Vs i NEW YORK Once again, the terms credit crunch" and disintermediation" have entered the lexicon of the financial world on a note of ' 'j I Page 9 Section B v KX fA 13. 197 I |