?0 — MANCHESTER HERALD. Thursday, Aug 30 1984 BUSINESS Let’s have compromise Make Labor Day Hartford says on ninth-grade athletics into a perfect 10 hello to Gerry Business ... opinion, page 6 Bogus car parts endanger drivers ... page 1T" page 7 In Brief Item: On an automobile, a gas cap contains a ".safety" valve. If a car rolls over or tilts even slightly • Words such as'"replacement for,” “ replaces” or Maddox Joins M ARCOM (as when stuck in a ravine). this valve will keep the "use for" may appear above the familiar brand or gas from leaking out. On counterfeit gas caps this company name. 'This means the part is not the E A S T WINDSOR - Carroll M. Maddox has Your brand-name product but a facsimile of the quality important safety feature’is missing. As a result, gas part. joined MARCOM Inc. as vice president of pours out of the tank and an explosion may occur. Money's marketing. He'll be Many of these counterfeit gas caps are on the market. • Take another look at the product's name. responsible for new t Item: Certain automobile body parts are con­ Worth Frequently the name of the counterfeit product will be Cool tonight: business develop­ structed in a way that adds an extra measure of safety a slight variation in the spelling of a well-known name, Manchester, Conn. ment, according to Sylvia Porter so at first glance it appears to be the better-known sunny Saturday to a car! Counterfeit body parts now on the market are Friday, Aug. 31, 1984 Kent T. Lewis, pres­ made of thinner, inferior metals. As a result, when the product. For example, a counterfeit will replace the — see page 2 ident of the full- car is involved in even a slight accident, the body will letter “ N ” with an "M ” or add a vowel to the Single copy: 25C well-known name. service advertising simply crumble. The safety isn't there. iiattrhpHlpr B m lh and public relations Counterfeiting is a problem that is spreading • If you bring your car to an unfamiliar service agency. ^ ^ products such as auto parts. station for repair, specify the particular brand of rapidly. It could become a disaster if it continues to • Shop at reputable auto parts stores —- either a For the past four g grow at this rate, says John Creamer, spokesman for parts you want installed. Ask to see the box and years, Maddox has r chain store or an outlet where recognizable name examine it closely. the Motor & Equipment Manufacturers Association in brands are sold. been an account ex­ Washington. • Also, look around the shop for the Automotive ecutive at Smith, • Buy nationally advertised, name-brand products. Service Excellence (ASE) certificate when choosing Dorian and Burman \ "Manufacturers think that counterfeiting presents A recognizable name is a first "sign" of a quality part. a mechanic. A certified mechanic is more likely to Montana Inc., handling a such a serious threat that they are spending tens of Most manufacturers put a lot of time and research provide quality service and use quality parts. If in spectrum of busi­ thousands of dollars on research and legal fees to into developingvnd producing quality parts — parts doubt, ask the mechanic if he is certified. ness accounts, in­ pursue counterfeiters,, to test to detect counterfeit that will meet and often exceed strenuous industry "But if a counterfeit part does manage to sneak past standards. Satellite cluding electronics, parts, and on consumer education.'" you, says Bowman, "write or call the company hoping technical education, While counterfeit products in the U.S. marketplace • Be wary of “ incredible” price discounts. While whose part has been counterfeited. Chances are they product decorating range from "designer" jeans to computers, the fakes stores do have sales on products, drastic price may be unaware of the problem and will appreciate 3 methods, construc­ in auto parts can threaten not only our health but also reductions can sometimes be too good to be true. In your alerting them to the situation. Be sure to save tion materials, me­ our lives. these cases be sure to use the following tips when your receipt and send a copy to the company as proof for rain tal finishing chemi- examining the product: of purchase.” "For instance, when brakes are counterfeited and • If the counterfeit part you have purchased is is launched Carroll M. Maddox made of inferior materials," says Dave Bowman, • Take time to read the package carefully. At a safety regulated by the National Highway Traffic H E L E N A , Mont. (U PI) — As twine, cordage and netting products. Fram/Autolite's technical communications man­ quick gipnce, the package of a counterfeit may appear Safety Administration, call its toll-free "Auto Safety much as a half-inch of rain fell on Earlier, he owned Carroll Maddox Advertising ager. "they can malfunction and put a driver in real to be an authentic brand-name part because the Hotline" (800) 424-9393, and the NHTSA will parts of fire-scorched Montana Inc. which he operated from 1965 to 1975 in danger." colors, logo and lettering are similar to those of investigate your claim. A safety-regulated part is one today, generaliy halting further Glastonbury, handling a mix of industrial and Although it's not always ea.sy to detect a counterfeit, well-known packages. However, look closer and read that the NHTSA deems harmful to people if it's advance of a string of blazes consumer accounts. there are precautions you can take when purchasing the small print. defective. already responsible for deva.stat- smoothly Before joining Smith, Dorian and Burman, he ing 226,000 acres of timber and spent four years as director of college and prairie. community relations for ManchesterCommunity Benefiting the most from an By William Harwood College. director John Cox. "It's nice to see overnight storm were firefighters United Press International the PAMs hack and working super A longtime Connecticut resident, Maddux now Home video digging their way around a 28,000- again." lives in Manchester. He wak educated at Hartford acre blaze in the Gates of the Public High School and the University of CAPE CANAVERAL. Fla. - "We got tipple pie performance Mountain Wilderness just north of Discovery’s crew, jubilanl over an Connecticut. Helena. from the shutlle and our PAM ," "apple pic performance.” sent a. said SBS President Stephen Fire bosses on the North Hill parallels second coninumications satellite Schwartz The SBS 4 satellite wiil Fire took advantage of the rain to sailing into orbit like a glittering lirovide direct-hroadcast televi­ give some of the more than 850 Frisbee today and earned taxpay­ sion tind long disttince telephone firefighters manning the lines ers $15.2 million. service. record biz their first real rest since Sunday. The Syncom 4 satellite, re.sein Only a trace of rain fell on the bling a 14-foot wide hat box, was Discovery, Amerlcii’s third and massive 145,000-acre Hawk Creek pushed out of the shuttle's cargo newest shuttle, roared away from Fire north of Billings, but state and bay on its side, spinning away like its iM .'anside ptid at the Kennedy federal officials took advantage of a flying disc is thrown. The space Sp ice Center at 8:42 a m. E D T milder weather Thursday to get a Thursday two months behind By Gall Collins freighter was over central Africa good handle on the blaze. schedule — for a six-day inaugural United Press International at the time. Retardant bombers flying in "Syncom isdeployed. Houston " flight to ferry ti record three rotation dropped more than 60,000 satellites into space. NEW YORK — After a long career in the record reported Richard Mullane at 9 17 gallons of chemical on hot spots If all goes well, the shuttle's business. Cy Leslie says he has a feeling of deja vu in a.m. E D T. Wonder men become celebrities flight will end Wednesday with a his new job as head of M GM-UA Home Video. within the 150-mile perimeter of "Good news,” replied John Two Manchester men will become even the fire, which damaged or des­ Blaha in mission control. landing at Edwards Air Force risette and McMeans have been with the Ba.se. Calif. "The parallels with the record business are ■ more familiar to town viewers when they troyed some 70 homes and ranch Mullane, commander Henry uncanny." he said. "The new rules for home video a re firm for 19 and 13 years, respectively. structures earlier in the week. Hartsfield, co-pilot Michael Coat's Also on hoard is a collapsible the record rules." appear in television commercials for The Continental Baking Company on But burned-out residents of the and the other crew members. .solar cell array tuat will lower 10 Wonder Bread. Norm Morrisette, left, Bull Mountain area between Bil­ .stories above the shuttle's cargo With 14,000 retailers selling hanie video cassettes Connecticut Boulevard in East Hartford Steven Hawley. Judy Resnik and and Willie McMeans, were among nine lings and Roundup were facing a Charles Walker, launch the third of bay when fully extended and could these days, home video is now where the record is the main supplier of Wonder Bread for new problem in the wake of pave the way for large-scale business was after World War 11, Leslie said. "It was a route salespeople selected to appear in Di.scovery's three satellites Satur­ the state. devastating flames. day to complete the most impor­ electrical generators for NASA’s Gordon L.