Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, June 28, 1962, Image 12

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Newspaper Page TextTHURSDAY, JUNG 28. 1962 MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD. OREGON 'Do-ll-Yourself Trend Seems on Wane, AHA Finds By DOROTHEA M. BROOKS United Pren International New York - HOT - The popu lar image of the homeowner ( a harassed do-it-yourselfer who spends most of his time around the house mending and patching is not necessar ily an accurate picture. Allied Homeowners associ ation, an organization which provides a clearing house of repair and maintenance serv ices for homeowner members, iinds the average homeowner is anything but a "slave to his house and the do-it-your (elf trend seems on the wane - except for those projects which the individual tackles because he truly enjoys them. "A great many homeown ers have found that it is less expensive, in the long run, to have a professional do the Job," Arthur Yeckcs, AHA president, said. For the homeowner who does not want to do it him self, AHA has some sugges tions on reducing mainte nance and improvement costs by "off-season" shopping. Make Concessions During spring, summer and fall, for instance, Yeckes said, painting contractors with an abundance of work have been known to submit discourag- ingly high estimates, with the knowledge they cannot han dle the job anyway. If the customer is Impatient to have the work done end agrees to the high price, the contractor may then "bump" or delay a less lucrative customer. In winter, however, when wea ther prevents outside work, painters often are willing to make price concessions to ob tain enough inside work to keep key employees busy. Summer is the best time for chimney and fireplace cleaning and other work per taining to the heating system. The time to shop for a swim ming pool is In the fall. Home owners usually do not think of having patios, barbequus and walks installed except when weather is mild and they can use the new facili ties. However, concrete and masonry contractors can work in cold weather by using chemical conditioning agents in their mixes and their prices probably will reflect their need for off-season jobs. Roofing prices, AHA found may be influenced by wind and weather rather than sea sons. Contractors usually arc kept busy during and after a raining or snowy period. The best time to have a roof in spected for potential trouble spots or loose shingles is dur ing a prolonged dry and mild spell, when contractors have no emergencies to contend With. Water-proofing of base ments is subject to the same general influence. Fencing, installation of un derground sprinkler systems, lawnmowcr, air-conditioning and screening repairs usually can be done at highly compe titive prices during the win ter months, before the start of the seasonal rush for these kinds of services. Restaurant Profits Shown Extremely Low New York - HOT - Five years of studying the food service Industry shows that the average restaurant makes only 0.3 to 0.7 per cent net profit after income taxes, ac cording to the National Res taurant association. This means, the report said, that the average eatery can easily be thrown into bankruptcy by management mistakes, a drop In sales caused by months of bad wea ther, wage hikes, or changes in government regulations. For Brings Highest Price In History New York - Writ - If you're planning on buying your wife mink coat in the near future you can expect to pay more than ever. At recent auctions at the Hudson's Bay Co Fur Sales, Inc., American dark ranch mink brought the highest price In the history of the fur trade - $150 a pell. DESIGN 'INSTANT SCHOOL' Cambridge, Mass. - (t'PP -Two members of the Massa chusetts Institute of Technol ogy architecture department faculty have designed an "in stant schoolhouse." The build ing, made of prefabricated fiberglass on plywood panels, can be adapted to any need, expanded, converted, even taken apart and reassembled at a new location. The flexible structure Is put together by bolting the panels to four arsaed columns, called "trees." Me,,. ? Mft&dM wtvi hr the Red P.ViJ Cltil ruhtwH. police, 8fci atoamrtmcnts and emer- (SgjV rescue squads. f 1;..! Miracle Whip pp wiargarme UARGE AA EGGS Cream O' The Crop 33c dozen 2 U w 1 A 1 Peaches Radishes Red Hven, tree ripened, large liie Freh and cri. Salad perfect. Every ialJ neeaW yeea grarti eeicna .nh. XV Vy -.H !( W - k I I Bam. 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Van Camp's Save 40c No. 2 can or No. 2Vi can NON-FOOD VALUES Suntan Lotion Ice Cube Trays Liquid Container Mechanix Illustrated How-To-Do-lt Books Helpful hints for the do-it-yourself-man. Volume No. 1 still available for 49c. Volumes No. 2 thru 13 J Only Andy Gard Cement Mixer Andy Gard Dump Truck Andy Gid Fire Truck Andy Gard iea Each Look for the Red Arrows ! They mark big Duys aii over the store ! Instant Coffee sZ7"- 68c Tea Bags 'rioT' 48 ba" 49c Jell-0 Gelatins lifK 3 f-35c Coppertone protective lotion. 4-oi. six S1.35 Poly plastic Twin-Pak. 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II II B I 117 3 n i i (f-!'!' III !..'.'.! .i J: . "it-- LUCERNE DAIRY and DELICATESSEN BUYS COTTAGE CHEESE For hot weather salads . lucerne, ' Pint cm. AUu Quart 98c ctn- 39 Party Dips flavor 8-oi. ctn. Baked Beans ;:r;kg Sour Cream lucerne Vi pt. Drinks lucerne Orange or Orapa Vi gal. Safeway Guaranteed Meats ... The Very Finest! BEEF ROAST "USDA CHOICE" Sirloin Tip. Waste Free RUMP ROAST lb. "USDA CHOICE" oven roast, aged for flavor. LUNCH MEATS Your choice of 4 favorites. 6-oz. pkg. 4 GROUND CHUCK Extra lean freshly ground beef chuck. SLICED BEEF Vacuum pack for freshness. Vh-az. 3 WIENERS Skinless, all meat wieners. 25 franks in every bag. Stock up and save. 2V j-lb. ba9 ( 5)(S)c 2 2 - Reoarva tfw iaj(t T Limit Quantities Copyright, IfVftaVfewey sftrei Incorporated THURSDAY, JUNE 28. 1962 Short Glossary 01 Space Terms Just Published By JOSEPH L. MYLER United Press International Washington -Wfb- You mav be suffering from an aberra tion If you think you know what a jerk is. Unless, that is, you have been reading the "Short Glos sary of Space Terms" just published by the National Aeronautics and Space Ad ministration (NASA). An aberration is not just a crazy notion. It also is "the apparent displacement of the position of a celestial body in the direction of motion of the observer. . ." A jerk is more than a punchy oaf; It is "a vector that specifics the time rate of change of an acceleration." Change Attitude The "Short Glossary" mav change your attitude toward angels, and perhaps even to ward attitudes. An angel is a radar echo "caused by a phys ical phenomenon not discern ible to the eye." Attitude is "the position or orientation" of a spacecraft. A bird is a rocket, satellite. or spacecraft, as in "we gotta bird, we gotta bird," a cry uttered by NASA people on the occasion of successful launches. A bit less colloquial, if less bracing, is the definition of bit: "A unit of information." Bit is short for binary digit. If you want to know what chuffing means, see chugging. Chugging, the glossary says, is a noisy "form of combustion instability" in a rocket en gine. It is "also called chuf fing." Debug If you want to know what debug means, do not see delouse. Debug means "to iso late and remove malfunctions from a device. . ." It is not also called delouse. You might get the idea from a non-space dictionary that an epoch is an era of sorts, '.'he glossary says it is "a particular instant for which certain data are valid." Garbage is "miscellaneous objects in orbit," and gox is gaseous oxygen aa distin quished from lox, which ia liquid oxygen. G-Suit 49c 39c 29c 39c A G-Sult is not the insub stantial foundation garment of a strip teaser, but garb worn by astronauts "to prevent or retard the collection of blood below the chest under positive acceleration." Hunting Is not a blood sport but the fluctuation of an in strument needle. Main bang is the transmitted pulse of a radar, and to mate is to "fit together two major compon ents of a system." Outgassing is not what pol iticians try to do to each other; it is "the evolution of 98c 83 gas irom a soua in a vacuum. Nor is purging what politi cians try to do to each other; to purge is "to rid a line or tank of residual fluid." Weightlessness is Zero G ' and Zero G is weightlessness. This may sound like, but is not, sputtering. Sputtering is the "disloca- ' tion of surface atoms of a ma terial bombarded by high-en ergy atomic particles." 1 Statistics Given On Lawnmower Accidents Chicago - (WO - The Na tional Safety council estimates 59 power lawn mower accidents cause 75,000 Injuries a year. Seven out of 10 accidents result from direct contact with the motorized mowers. Three out of ten are caused by objects thrown by the mowers. 1 Supermarkets Invade Retail Toy Business ' New York - (UPD - Super markets, of all places, are capturing larger and larger chunks of the nation's toy business. Of the $1.7 billion worth of toys purchased in 1961, $73 million were sold in super markets, according to Retail Memo, a weekly digest of re tail forecasts. STRONTIUM IN CORN University Park, Pa. Pennsylvaiiia State univer sity scientists are conducting research on the absorption of strontium by various strains of corn. The study is being carried out under a $44,866 grant from the Atomic Energy commission. It is believed that one of the prin cipal avenues for ingestion of strontium by humans is from milk from cows that have eaten corn-ensilage. THE TEXAS WAY New York -0IPD The Latex Foam Rubber council reports that the new Houston, Tex., Stadium, scheduled for com pletion in 1964, will be cover ed by a translucent plastic dome rising 200 feet over some 26,000 foam rubber up holstered box scats. Incident ally, the stadium will have an alr-condltloning system.