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o o MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD. OREGON THURSDAY, MAY 24. 1962 A 3 A Better Mousetrap lawn mowing, or the Com bination ballpoint pen and flashlight, which can be used for writing in the dark. I do some of my best writ ing in the dark. ing how to do the "twist." But by far my favorite win ner in the versatile design contest was a "three-in-one bomb shelter unit." It can be used either as a stretcher, a bed or a burial unit. Age of Simple Purpose Inventions Gives Way To Combination Products By DICK WEST timt unlest ihe shuckt her Washington - IIT1- If you ! hu.bf nd , 4nd "m.rrie.. . which also can b a big bu.ld a bettor mousetrap, you i waste o( money. can stick in his pocket when ' have to find the pen he enters a restaurant and before you can turn it on, and thus avoid checking charges. f"r this you can slip on a prize tor this you can slip on a prize p Di.JJ,, ,,,! winning pair of shoes that OUy (t O iaCty POpPy I .,.r..ffl ., i i. i. .i.... : nmilH an nii'elv u-ni a nnviw I " nuu ucuer mane cerium inn ,,.,, . ,. . , i , iiui h,.lv, ; .h i will do winners was a bridal gown i winninB suil- wnich l,as ' Then all you need is a light I something be- that can be converted into a Plkots to help you find the shoes. sides catch; cocktail dress. Makes it pos- j I likewise fancied a easting ra ts. Other-jsible to be practical without rod with a radio built into the wise, you getting a divorce. handle. Brings in rockfish won (make Another winner that caught and rock-'n'-roll simultaneous, enough out of nlv ,,ve W.)S a ' n,slaue ly. Or maybe opera and oc it to pay for hll, which , a (irs associa(ed ! topus. the cheese to wj,i, thp i,,.;irl,.e,- .., i... r .n.. .n j .... It's easy to see why a clock-radio-barometer won a prize. It gives you not only music and the time, but the weather as well. Equally deserving of a prize was a vibrator chain that can be used either for Z7V Am I 25-28 Iviil il vi-itli . uj iui icniiy nii-aiuuna uaw. Aw - , ouviei premier, out, no. he aRe wh"M Th's is a hat that a fellow however, I'll take the golf scooter that can be used for weiL'lit reducing nr fur loiirn- t mUCaamtHtffm, r,"'in it 'If 1 I'd; TORNADO BATTERS TOWN-A tornado cut through the west end of Mitchell, S. D., and sent more than two dozen people to hospitals but no one was killed. The district en- gineering office of the South Dakota Department of High ways, at left, and the maintenance shop were destroyed along with the Boehnen Oil Co., bottom right. (UPI) be made with single purpose inventions has just about vanished. Nowadays the world won't beat a path to your door unless you build a combina tion mousetrap and vacuum cleaner. Any doubt that we are liv ing in an era of multiple use products can be dispelled by looking over the list of win ners in a recent design contest sponsored by a Pennsylvania department store. Seldom has one contest pro duced so many clever ideas, if "clever" is the word that I'm groping for. Take a bridal gown, which is ordinarily a big waste of money. A girl nev er gets to wear il a second SHOP MONDAY AND FRIDAY yTIL 9 P.M.! Mattress and Spring fek Mallress and Spring m I i) fH WAREHOUSE Llrl lift fif Discontinued VSXJT v"5 -r f .m m , mm Good Quality flATTRESS ND SPRINGS . to 54.95 Res Now ea. 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