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says. "Windowi are meant to ad
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meant to allow neighbor! to tee
what cooking on the Move or
whether ynu wear a sWrt in the
house. They are also not meant
Questions."
The M questions are the key
to Bill Smith'i system of deter
mining if the house at which
you're looking is the house in
which you'll be happy this year
and 20 yean from now.
After n yean of study and oh-,. ,.,' ,, ttinB .m ta ha)..
aervation of house and people ,vou in ... ,umm,, ,nd tht,v ...
whs live in them. C. W. Smith
hat compiled a book with the SO
questions and ether pre-home-buy-
ing information in K called ; Nome
Buyer s Handbook.
Smith, a -year-old housing ex
pert, if director of the housing
research foundation of W South'
west Research Institute, a non
profit organization here. The foun
dation aims to improve Bousing
and living standards through sci
entific knowledge in design, tech
nology, materials and economics.
Smith lays: '
aVUer Meases
"What it adda up to is building
better house at no extra cost.
"If wt. know what to look for
and what to demand of builders.
we ran get much better house.
Smith expects a builder to make
1 bouse livable and attractive and
he expect a couple to reject sec-
. eno? class construction and design.
For example:
. "There' no reason why a light
switch cant be put oa the same
level a a door knot) so children
can reach it It doesn't cost a cent
more to do this, yet It make a
. home more desirahleJj.-j..
A little thing like closet door
can make a hoax a better place
if the closet door (olds out of
the way Instead of opening into
a- room taking op needed (pace.
.' Smith say you can tell whether
the house wa well built by look
ing at the molding on the bed
room wall or the way the base
ment door fits: .
Hidden TUats
'If the builder took p'ain with
Inmate Finds
Trial Error,
Gets Release
' NEW YORK W-A prisoner who
recently pored over the record of
hi 133 trial and found an error
la it procedure ha won freedom
after : year behind bars.
George 8 m I n; II, whs
sentenced to prison for life after
a jury convicted him of kidnap
ing and assaulting a bookmaker
he had accused of welching on a
bet.
At tome time during hi long
yean in Green Haven Prison at
Etormville, N.Y., Smolen heard
about "coram nobis" a legal writ
of error. So a year ago he got hold
of a transcript of hi trial and
searched its 33 page for error.
Sure enough, he found one. The
transcript showed aa instance
where the Jury returned to the
courtroom for some information at
a time when he wasn't present
Smolen had the impression that
a defendant always ha to be
present when a jury is in the
courtroom. He wrote King County
Court and asked a coram nobis
bearing.
At the hearing yesterday Judge
Nathan Sobel agreed a major legal
error had been committed. He set
aside Smo'-n's life sentence.
Instead of ordering a new trial,
the Judge advised Smolen to plead
guilty to the same kidnaping
chart he was convicted on. On
that plea the judge gave Smolen
20 years. But since Smolen has
already served that time, he will
go free.
Former Highway
Official Succumbs
REDMOND Services will
be held Monday for Maurice A.
Lynch, former member of the
Oregon Highway and Game com
missions, who died her Saturday
at the age of 7S.
He was a member of the S3
Legislature, former city council
man, widely active In fraternal,
civic and county affairs, and an
ardent highways advocate. He
came to Redmond in 1910 from
Portland. The widow and t w a
brothers survive.
not good if the only view you get
from the window is passing trucks
and parked cars,
High Wladews
He suggests that most windows
should extend to the ceiling, where
they will admit light and still give
privacy. In bedroom, the win
dow lilla should be at least four
feet above the floor to permit
flexible location of furnishings
and to preserve privacy.
All these things make for bet
ter living without extra cost. '
Many living rooms are nothing
but glorified hallways, he says.
Think twice, he warns couples,
before buying a house where all
the foot traffic in the winter's
snow and the summer's mud must
walk in on your aew light gray
rug.
No matter how small a family
or a house, two different living
areas should be provided. 0 e
should be an informal rumpus
room where the television set
would be located. The other, a liv
ing room, should provide a place!
where the. older memben of the,
family can entertain in more for
mal fashion.
While open kitchen are popu
lar, Smith warns ther are times
when a wife will wan to bide
the dirty pot by dosing off the
kitchen from the living room. A
kitchen should provide a view of
the children' play area and the
approach to the bouse.
Ad) siahte Shades
speaking ot little thlrfts. as
Smith does, he insist that clowl.
shelve be adjustable. He inquires
if the roof of the bouse is white
to reflect the sun and if there are
ventilating louvers to keep mois
ture out of the roof and help cool
ine nouse.
Before moving Into a house and i
finding that the heating svstem
doesn't heat and the cooling sys
tem doesn't cool. Smith suggest
you check with people who live
in home built by the same eon
tractor. Chance are if they're
faustled, you will be.
What about the outside storage
areas?- Unless these are provided
you are going to have to store
sleds, Christmas tree ornaments
and trunks in your closets. Base
ment storage space is likely to
be too damn. -
And where are you going to put
thing Inside the bouse? You do
not want to have to, carry the
ironing ooaro from the basement
to the kitchen.
' la there storage ipace for the
card table, dust mop and the
vacuum cleaner?
No Ceraer Lett
Smith shuns corner lot because
these will also have more mow
to (hovel, more (rati to cut and
more uvlesi lawn to water. Traf
fic will be heavier andjhe house
likely will cost more, to say noth
ing of the taxes. You can get pav
ing assessments on two streets,
for example. - .
Give the bouse extra points If
the lot has some trees on it, or
if the land drain away from the
house.
You'U be wise if you avoid a
development where all the homes
are alike, or are a hodge-podge ot
different style homes which don't
blend. Make sure the neighbors
keep up their homes and their
lawns.
Zoning Laws
Smith caution about inning reg
ulations. Good soning laws will
make certain that a tavern won't
spring up serous the street, and
that the house next door won't
start taking boarders.
Watch the pattern of the streets,
Smih adds. If streets are in a
checkerboard pattern, it will be
more dangerous and less interest
ing. Curved streets with T or V,
intersections help slow traffic.
Long blocks make for fewer in
tersections. Short dead end streets
are safer for children.
And make sure the windows in
the house next door do not match
the windows In your house. If
they do, Smith says, the shades
will have to be drawn most of the
time.
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