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Contributing Institution: University of South Carolina Upstate
Collection Name: The Shield Newspaper
Language: English
Rights: Copyright status undetermined. For more information, contact Archives and Special Collections at the University of South Carolina Upstate. Learn More: https://uscupstate.libguides.com/Archives/Rights-Statements
Notes: This object is the March 1972 edition of The Shield newspaper, comprised of 6 pages.
March 1972, Pages 1, 3, and 4: On these pages, The Shield commemorates the 65th anniversary of a devastating fire that swept through the Spartan Mills village on March 25, 1907. The fire began around midday on the roof of a home. Driven by high winds, the flames consumed 70 buildings and left more than 300 people homeless, but there were no deaths. The story made the national news, with a brief description of the event appearing in the pages of the New York Times the next day.
"FIFTY DWELLINGS BURNED.: FIRE SWEEPS 25 ACRES IN SPARTANBURG COTTON MILL DISTRICT." New York Times (1857-1922), Mar 26, 1907, pp. 1. ProQuest, https://www.proquest.com/historical-newspapers/fifty-dwellings-burned/docview/96711209/se-2.
March 1972, Page 5: On April 28, 1971, the Occupational Health and Safety Act came into force. This legislation established the Occupational Health and Safety Administration (OSHA), empowering it to create and enforce standards and regulations that would protect workers from hazardous job conditions. Here, The Shield discusses Spartan Mills’ efforts to comply with the new requirements for industrial safety, specifically by providing advanced first aid training to employees. It notes that a member of Spartan Mills’ Accounting Department is South Carolina’s “first volunteer multimedia first aid instructor trainer.”
“OSHA’s 30th Anniversary.” United States Department of Labor, Occupational Health and Safety Administration, https://www.osha.gov/aboutosha/30-years. Accessed December 2024.
“OSHA at 50.” United States Department of Labor, Occupational Health and Safety Administration, https://www.osha.gov/osha50. Accessed December 2024.