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PHOENIX, Page ElevenFixitm en R e g u la te dA new regulation to halt deceptive practices by New York ^ity repairmen has been introduced by the Department of Consumer Affairs.The rule, known as Consumer Protection Law Regulation 26, supplants a previous regulation proposed in September, 1972, after Department investigations of TV and washing machine repairmen uncovered widespread consumer abuse and fraud.%u201c In New York City, calling a repairman can mean reaching into a grab-bag of consumer evils - unauthorized or unnecessary repairs, good parts replaced with used ones, and final bills amounting to two or three times the estimate,%u201d said Commissioner Bess Myerson.%u201c Regulation 26 will not hurt the honest repairman, but will guard him from dishonest competition, as well as protecting consumers from fraud and incompetence,%u201d Miss Myerson added.Consumer Advocate Bruce C. Ratner said the comments received from consumers and industry about the September version of the proposal were very helpful. %u201c As a result, we have strengthened the regulation by spelling out in more detail consumers%u2019 rights and repairmen%u2019s obligations,%u201d Mr. Ratner said. %u201c We have streamlined and simplified procedures for in-home and inexpensive repairs to ensure speedy completion of the work.Under the new rule, repairmen will be required to print a statement on the written estimate that the final bill may not exceed the estimate by more than 20 per cent. If the statement does notHistoryCollectionExhibitedOpened in 1961, the Children%u2019s History Room of the Long Island Historical Society is designed to bring children closer to history by stimulating their imaginations through direct contact with objects from the past which they can touch and handle. Programs on the Indian, Dutch and English periods in Long Island history are presented through displays, maps and lectures in terms that the young can understand and appreciate. Indian arrowheads, kitchen utensils and implements used by the early settlers, household furnishings and dolls dressed in period costumes illustrate the factual matter of the lectures and add to the children%u2019s enjoyment. Sessions in the Children%u2019s History Room are available by appointment to elementary schools of the metropolitan area. During the past year more than 1,500 schoolchildren came to the lectures.The Women%u2019s Committee of theLong Island Historical Society was founded in 1959 by Maud Esther Dilliard, a director of the society and an authority on old Dutch New York. The Children's History Room is of particular interest to Miss Dilliard whose own familiarity with history stems from childhood. She has lectured extensively in years past before women's c iu d groups and historical societies on her special area of history and has published a number of children%u2019s books. Her %u201c Album of New Netherland,%u201d published in 1963, is a history of the Dutcn settlements which stretched from Long Island south to Delaware and far up the Hudson River, and is handsomely illustrated with pictures of Dutch colonial treasures preserved in our museums and historical societies.appear, repairmen are bound by the estimate given.Another change maKes an exception to the provision requiring the return of replaced parts to the consumer. According to Mr. Ratner, repairmen need not give back obviously defective parts such as broken auto windows, torn upholstery, or broken watch crystals.%u201c The reason for requiring the return of parts was so that consumers can satisfy themselves that replacement was necessary. However, consumers need not take back parts which they do not want or which could be dangerous, such as lawnmower blades or other sharp objects,%u201d Mr. Ratner added.For repairs made outside the consumer%u2019s home, the major provisions of the regulation require the following: (1) repairmen must give prospective customers a written estimate of costs for both labor and parts and a promised date of completion; (2) except in unusual circumstances, repairmen must secure signed authorization from the consumer before startingwork; (3) final charges may not exceed the written estimate by%u2122 f t f t TnKr,%u201c iu i V U1UU 4-lVS p v i V-V.ll k , VI/ i JuCrepairman must give the customer an itemized bill listing all parts replaced and all repairs made; (5) any part which the consumer has paid to have replaced must be returned to him unless (a) the part is obviously defective, or (b) the consumer waives this requirement in his own handwriting. It is sufficient to show and offer the part to the consumer if the part is too large to be easily moved, must be returned to the manufacturer to take advantage of a warranty, or has been purchased by the repairman for rebuilding.The estimate and consumer%u2019s permission to make the repair may be given orally if repairs are to be made in the consumer%u2019s home. All other provisions in the regulation are binding for in-home repairs.Regulation 26 applies to the repair of consumer goods such as au tom ob iles, te le v is io n s , typewriters, air conditioners, washers, dryers, watches and other household and personal electrical and mechanical items.{Pupils Visit Hospital]Studying X-rays and the preparation of hospital meals may seem out of the ordinary for 11- year-olds, but not for the members of a sixth grade class at William Alexander Junior High School (J.H.S. 51) in Brooklyn. Class 6-2 is taking part in an unusual Occupational Awareness Program sponsored by The Methodist Hospital in cooperation with School District 15.Aimed at interesting children in careers in the health field and encouraging them to obtain the necessary education required, the program includes visits of hospital staff members to the class and class visits to the hospital. According to Stephen Folkson, Associate Director of Community Relations of the hospital and coordinator of the occupation program, %u201c We believe the hospital is performing a valuable service for these students, many of whom know the health field only from the television %u2018doctor%u2019 shows. It is important to learn that there%u2019s more to hospitals than doctors andnurses. The students are recognizing that there is a great variety of exciting careers in the health field.%u201dThe program is being carried out by Mr. Folkson and Methodist Hospital staff members with the cooperation and support of Class 6- 2 teacher Jesse Pincus; Alan Berliner, guidance counselor;Edward Aquilone, Assistant Principal in charge of guidance; Ira Schaeffer, Principal, and Eleanor Weingast, Supervisor of Guidance for School District 15.The program involves 20 alternating visits %u2014 10 to the school by hospital staff members and 10 visits to the hospital by Class 6-2 and their teacher. Thus far there have been exchange visits with the Dietary Department and the Radiology Department. It is planned that future session will spotlight the Laboratory, Nursing, Data Processing, Emergency Room, Medical Records, Social Service and Home Care departments.Sen. Conklin To ChairDinner - Dance CommitteeState Sen. William T. Conklin of Bay Ridge has been named as Chairman of the Lincoln DinnerDance Committee by Republican County Chairman George L. Clark Jr. Sen. Conklin, who was also recently elected as Majority Floor Leader of the State Senate, will be coordinating all activities insofar as arrangements for the dinnerdance. Also serving on the Committee will be City Councilman Angelo J. Arculeo, Assemblymen Vito P. Battista, Dominick L. Di Carlo, Robert F. Kelly, and Vincent A. Riccio. The treasurer of the committee will be Monroe Seifer, president of the Holiday Inn, and the honorary chairman will be former County Chairman John R. Crews.GOP leader Clark also announced that for the first time the Lincoln Dinner affair will be a combination dinner-dance. The affair will be held on Saturday, Feb. 10, at 7 pm. at the New York Hilton. The dinner-dance will be in honor of retiring County Secretary Anthony N. Durso.yflf%u2019DSTic.r %u2014%u2014|n t P . C lg r o u n d v j q d c/O - 2 %u00b0fty a r n s - n e e d / %u00ab p o i * T - c r a t - f j/%u2022** i i i e d %u00a9 t)lye%u00bbv_rr & R ________S u s a n n e C a re y to w ed in A p rilSusanne Carey Wi Wed Martin DempseyRepresentative and Mrs. Hugh L. Carey of Brooklyn announce the engagement of their daughter Susanne to Mr. Martin J. Dempsey, son of Mrs. Martin J. Dempsey, Sr. and the late Mr. Dempsey, of Philadelphia.The prospective bride is a graduate of St. Agnes Seminaryand The Catholic University ot America, where she received a Bachelors Degree in Psychology.Mr. Dempsey holds a Bachelors Degree in International Law and Relations from The Catholic University of America.An April wedding is planned.Graduation Exercises FridayFederation of Addiction Agencies, Inc. (F .A .A .) will hold graduating exercises on Friday, Jan. 19,at3:OOp.m.,atP.S. 149, 700 Sutter Ave. Many of the 37 graduates have already obtained jobs or will continue their education.F.A.A. is a drug-free community-based program located on Fulton St. and directed by Everald J. Walsh. Since 1971, in spite of many set-backs, the program has continued performing one of the best jobs possible towards elimination of the drug problem. 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