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MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD. OREGON
THURSDAY, MAY 24. 1962
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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
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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
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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
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