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Air Force Devises
New Fitting System
Wright-Patterson Air Force
Base, Ohio -(Science Service)-
The Air Force has taken a
sharp look at 4,000 men and
devised a sizing system for
flight clothing that does away
with atrocious misfits-such as
jackets having sleeves six
inches too long.
Based only on the relation
ship between a man's height
and weight, the new sizing
system has already proved it
self workable in experiment
al tests. Using partial-pressure
suits, "get-me-down" protec
tive suits and anti-gravity
suits, Air Force researchers
properly fitted 96 per cent of
226 men by knowing only
their heights and weights.
Fitting Critical
Proper fitting of these skin
tight suits is critical. A poor
fit could spell disaster for the
wearer under today's high
speed, high-altitude flight
conditions.
The sizing system was
worked out by Irvin Emanuel
and Milton Alexander of the
Aero Medical laboratory here,
and Edmund Churchill and
Bruce Truett of Antioch col
lege. The experimenters said the
height-weight system gives a
better fit for the crewman
from both protective and
comfort standpoint-for two
reasons. First, the fit no
longer ."depends on the fitter's
questionable skill as an an
thropometrist." Second, the
sizing information compiled
in the study will enable
clothes designers to have a
more accurate knowledge of
body proportions and their
variability.
Advantages Cited
Other advantages cited:
simpler garments, better fits
while in the field, minimum
alterations with a saving in
money, fewer sizes needed for
some garments, and easier to
keep the right stocks on
hand.
Test results on the MC-4A,
a partial pressure suit, showed
that 43 of 48 men were prop
erly fitted to receive protec
tion by the suits at altitudes
of 65,000 feet or above. The
men ranged in age from 19 to
44 years old, in height from
5 feet 4 inches to 6 feet 4
inches and in weight from 123
to 225 pounds. Three of the
remaining five "unfitted" men
were fitted with suits one
size larger, and the remaining
two men were judged to be
improperly fitted. Alterations
were required to fit one of
these two men, and the other
was fitted with an extra-long
large suit that he said was uncomfortable.
MOTIVE MISSING
Penn Yan - (UPD
A half-
dozen 80-pound cannon balls
were recently stolen from the
veterans'-,., section of Lake
View Cemetery here. Police
admitted they didn't havethe
slightest idea why anyone
would want them. t
HORSES IN POLICE WORK Detroit, the
Motor City, which pushed old Dobbin down
the road toward oblivion, is now one of the
last bastions of the horse in police work.
Here Inspector Ray La Belle, who heads
the mounted division of the Detroit police
force, leads a contingent of mounted police
during a parade. " - (UPI Telephoto)
Mounted Police, Near Oblivion,
Declared Effective in Detroit
Detroit - (UPD - The Motor
City, which pusned old dob
bin down the road toward ob
livion, now is one of the last
bastions of the horse in police
work.
The . International Associa
tion of Chiefs of Police lists
only five other metropolitan
cities - Philadelphia, New
York, Miami, Washington and
Cleveland - which still have
mounted policemen.
The association says the
number of cities using horses
in police work is decreasing
rapidly because of the high
cost of maintaining such a
force and because of the in
creasing mobility of motor
cycle policemen.
But inspector Ray La Belle,
who heads the mounted di-
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force, says he doesn't believe
any machine will ever be able
to replace the horse in some
phases of police work.
Effective Controlling Crowds
"The biggest feature of the
mounted division is mob con
trol," La Belle said, "we have
found nothing quite as effec
tive in controlling a crowd as
a mounted policeman.
"Most people have a slight
natural fear of horses. They
back away from a horse quick
er than they do a motorcycle
because they know' a police
man has full control over the
motorcycle but they aren't
quite sure what the horse
might do, even though the po
licemen has full control of the
highly-trained animal."
La. Belle said the advantage
of height was not limited to
appearances, however.
Used During Strike
' "A man on horseback, sit
ting high above the . crowd
can't be jostled as easily, he
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ture of a crowd. He can see
where trouble spots are form
ing within the crowd.
me mounted police are
most often used to control
crowds during parades, when
they actually add to the
pagentry, but their value in
Detroit was most dramatical
ly demonstrated during
riotous strike at the Square D
Co. in 1954, La Belle said.
There were frequent clashes
between massed pickets and
management personnel of the
company entering the plant
gates. La Belle's men were
ordered out to maintain order
and played a major role In
calming antagonists on both
sides of the picket line.
La Belle says Detroit police
also find mounted police es
pecially effective in patrol
ling parks and' alleys.
Foreign Trade i
Effects Outlined
Denver - (UPD - Even the
residents of a state as far in
land as Colorado depend a
great deal on foreign trade,
they were told recently by
George Killion, president of
the American President Lines
and chairman of the Commit
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Lines.
Killion said during a visit
to his native state that Colo
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trade in 1958 was $85 mil
lion. He explained: - .
"You sent to foreign mar
kets an estimated $46 mil
lion worth of processed foods,
aircraft, machinery, primary
metals, chemicals and fabri
cated metals. . Your farmers
exported some $29 million
worth of wheat, barley and
corn. ' Your miners exported
approximately $10 million
worth of molybdenum ore.
'."The paychecks of some
138,000 Colorado workers are
directly affected by foreign
trade where the livelihood of
many additional thousands in
the state depends upon sup
porting industries and
trades." .....
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