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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 2, 1953)
10 (Sec 2) Statesman. Satan, Ore, Friday. Oce. 2, 19S3 May Reduce Auto Smdshups i in ii mum hi i l i jii u ii iwjii- - - -. .'. - ii "'"" ' 'a"" n -r i y 1 NEW SAFETY DEVICE The Spaceometer, invented by Charles . Alder Jr ef Baltimore, tells driver how many car lengths it will - u.6 iv iwp given ram vi speed. ' . - lyoocl Idea But Wrong Method ST. LOUISlP) The man ex plained he was afraid his loaded revolver might fall into the hands of some child and that he de cided to unload it Three carloads of policetaen agreed it was a good idea but they were not so sure about his unloading method. Dunard had neglected to warn his neighbors that he was going to empty the weapon by firing it into the ground in -his back yard. Gadget Galled Spaceometer Helps Driver Gauge Distance BALTIMORE When you try to figure out how long it win take you to stop your car at a gives speeM, what do you do ;Use a slide rule? Memorize the standard figures? Or just step on the brake and hope? Well now there's a gadget which can be put right on your dash dial to tell .exactly what space you need to stop. ! Called a "Spaceometer. ' it's the brainchild of Charles Adler, Jr., widely known Baltimore - in ventor. He has "made it available to everybody by turning his patent rights over to the Maryland Traf fic Safety Commission. The Spaceometer works this way: I It's actually a speedometer with the usual numbers for miles per hour, and next to them are num bers showing the minimum dis tances 4 in car lengths)' that a car can be stopped on a dry, hard surfaced road. The numerals show that at 20 mph, for instance, it takes four car lengths 4 CL on the dial) to stop. It's nine car lengths at 40 mph, and seventeen car lengths at 60 mph. The lattef is one-tenth of a mile. ; , 'After 60 mph, the dial shows the distance in tenths of a mile at 110 mph it takes you exactly a mile to stop. The main idea, of the new safe ty device is to avoid rea-end colli sions. .-. -: . ; Safety requires the driver to keep at leats the listed number of car lengths behind the vehicle in front VThe Safety Commission, of which Adler himself is a member, hopes to make the Spaceometer available to all car owners in time. , : ; - Adler, among other things, in vented the blinking lights on air planes to increase their safety fac Aerial Homing Device Made DONALDSON AIR FORCE BASE, S.C IB A cheap port able radio homing device for helicopters has been designed by the 1st Aeromedical Unit per sonnel here.lt will speed up air evacuation of casualties. . Resembling a television anten na, the unit puts out radio sig nals which are picked up by in coming helicopters. Capt D. S.Naylor says the de vice is much smaller and easier to handle than other guides. It costs only a few dollars to build, weighs but a few pounds and can be set up and dismantled in min utes. Don't Need to Rahe Leaves RALSTON, Neb. (INS) A new version of the power lawn mower on the market gives the home owner an assist in trimming crass along sidewalks, driveways, curbs, walls and fences. y Powered by a 1.6 horsepower engine, the mower cuts an 11 inch swath of lawn or tilts at angles up to 90 degrees for beveled or straight edges, ' The machine is designed to take the bend, pull, clip and dig out of trimming' under bushes and around trees as well as building foundations and other man-raade objects. Abo new in the power mower field is an attachment for rotary mowers to eliminate the back- breaking autumn chore of raking, hauling and burning leaves. . It is a leaf grinder which pul verizes the leaves as they lay on the ground. Several nations have erected special cities for their capitals, including New Delhi, India; Can berra, Australia; . and Washing ton, D. C, U.S.A. tor.- He says his only interest in his letest gadget is. to save lives "My father was a doctor," says Adler, "and throughout his life he took the position that any medi cal Advance which ; would save lives should be made universally available. - ' "u rn trying to do the same thing with my own talents." Lass Voracious Booh Reader 1 UhiUimuIrl-'"; - -""V , ' i I 1 1 J I I Altar 'Boy,' 85, Thinks He's Oldest Such in U.S. LYNN, Mass, (A Eighty-five year old Joe Ryan believes he is the oldest altar boy in the coun try. He serves; at the 8:30 a.m. Mass daily at the Holy Family Church. . Associating with young people, he says, keeps him young. The former Boston jeweler says, I don't think I could associate with old folk any more. Just give me the young people, God love 'em." Water transportation accounts -. for 22 per cent of all bituminous coal moved .directly from the mines in Pennsylvania. RAPID READER Carole Ann Durham, eight-year-old Ixuiisville lass -who has read 932 books, sits in library with used up library cards spread out before her. Eight-year-old Girl Reads 932 Tomes; No Obstacle Allowed LOUISVILLE, Ky. W) Carole Ann Durham, who at eight has read more books than most people do in a lifetime 932 doesn't let ANYTHING keep her from the printed page. 4 Not even television. "Usually I listen to the sound but look at my book," the bright- eyed' fourth grader explains as If there's nothing to it t T Nor does play make much in road. "I go out for awhile and then come back for a few minutes and read then I run -out again." Carole even reads when eating. She also 'scans a book while her mother curls her long fcrown hair. And always before going to sleep. In three years she has used up mm -J t . 1 ' - ! l 19 uorary carus. out sne isa t moody or "bookish" at least she doesn't like textbooks or other non-fiction. "Fairy tales are my favorites or stories like 'Nine Hundred Buckets of Paint or The Five Chinese Brothers, she says. It's true the 932 books are for children but some have words so difficult that Carole had to have her mother's help. The mother. Mrs. Earl Durham, says, "We sometimes feel that she reads too much but we don't want to discourage her . . . . Where did she pick up the habit? We certainly don't know neither I nor my husband read very much.". But the Durhams may have an other bookworm coming along Carole spends a lot of time read ing to her younger brother, Bobby. : -,. - - - ,' - ; : , , i . I XX 1 I fZ ....1 1 a mm mm IM flffl 1 ( - In M A I I D D R It I I U W u u p ou Qui ;o oo 7mti j.sri rrt."; aii foii0 foooj hooi r 1 J";;; oo i f . : . ; - . . , ., - . . . . - ; . j . ' '." " ' ' I nYton W JOHNSON & SIEWERT ! i i w m r m m rim. ri'-r i j n m. 1 11 m it t-j m Hunting Doots BY . . ' ' - .' 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