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African Diplomats Complain of Abuses Washington - HOT -State Department officials I a i d Saturday that at least 20 Afri c a n diplomats, including three or four ambassadors, have complained that during the last 18 months they were discriminated against in Washington barbershops. Pedro A. Sanjuan, director of Special Protocol services, said the situation was one that "cannot be dismissed with an apology." He said what made the sit uation so "outrageous" was that the ambassadors realized that "54.6 per cent of the Washington population (the percentage that is Negro) has the same trouble in a barber shop." San Juan said he had ap pealed to the district commis sioners who act as the civy's day to day governors, but had received no satisfaction. The city has a law against racial discrimination by barber-shops. TIMEPIECES FOR DAD New York - (WD About 640,000 dads will receive timepieces from their families June 16, a 6 per cent increase over last year's figure. This will play a part in the ex pected increase of about $10 million in total Father's Day gift buying over last year's $930 million, say market re searchers at Bulova Watch company. Medford Tribune SECTION B MEDFORD. OREGON, MONDAY. JUNE 10, 1963 PACES 1 to S Filling the Gap Screw Hole Manufacurer Played Important Part in Cooper's Flight By DICK WEST Washington - (I'M) - In cov ering astronaut Cordon Coop er's space flight last month, the radio net- works were at l timp hard pressed for material to keep the airwaves busy when noth ing much was happening. It seemed to me west they inter viewed every person who had any remote connection with the space program, and then they interviewed his brother-in-law. On occasions. ' when there was a delay in the countdown or some other uneventful in terlude, I got the impression they were going out and drag ging people in off the streets. Even so, there was one an gle that the broadcasters ap parently missed and, in order to make the record complete, I shall attempt to fill in the gap. I have just been interview ing the man who manufac tured the screw holes for Cooper's capsule. To the average layman, who has only a limited ac quaintance with nuts and bolts, screw holes may not seem vary important, I was unaware o' how vital hey are. and soma of my best friends art nuts. But after talking with Ed uard Baruch. president of the Heli-Coil Corp. of Danbury, Conn., who was here this week on business, I will nev er take screw holes lightly again. It would perhaps be going too far to say that Cooper couldn't have orbited at all without Baruch's screw holes. However, there is no gain saying that they represent a major contribution to the space program. They have made possible advances in the use of so called light materials alu minum, magnesium, plastics, fiberglass, etc. that would STARK'S, YOUR VACUUM CLEANER HEADQUARTERS STARK'S YOU ALWAYS GET MORE FOR YOUR MONEY WHEN YOU BUY AT NEW AND RECONDITIONED VACUUM CLEANERS, ELECTRIC POLISHERS, & SEWING MACHINES V BUY f I NOW ,5 J LATER MANY MAKES TO CHOOSE FROM. OUR GUARANTEE PROTECTS YOU. FREE HOME TRIAL We Pick Up and Deliver. Expert Service on All Makes. Wi Ate At Cloie As Your Phone. Come In or Cell for Free Homo Trial. PHONE 772-4998 622 N. Rivenide Open Monday and Friday to 9 P.M. Other Days to 6 P.M. Including Sat not otherwise have been pos sible. "These materials had one common limitation," Baruch explained. "The strength of the threads in the material was less than the strength of the screw or bolt used to as semble it to something. "Under heavy stress, the threads would strip or pull out and the thing that the screws or bolts held together would begin to shake, rattle or come apart." In 1949. Baruch formed a company to work on the problem, raising capital, among other methods, by hocking his wile's rings. Two years later thay had it licked. Although more than 50 patents cover the process, and others are being obtained all the time, the principle of the Baruch screw hole is so sim ple that even I can under stand it. It merely involves putting a lining into a threaded hole to reinforce the threads. This doubles the strength of the threads, so that only half as many bolts or screws are I needed. Or you can use the same number but make them twice as small. In rocketry and other fields where weight is vital, the Baruch screw hole is a blessing indeed. His compa ny now docs an $11 million annual business and has plants in six countries. If there is a moral to this story, I think it can be ex pressed as follows: Don't waste time trying to build a better mousetrap; build a better screw hole instead. The Medical Roundup Emenuu Consultant tn afedlelno Mayo Clinic Emeritus Professor ot Medicine Mavo Clinle (Renstec ud Tribune Syndicate, lit)) varea GENERAL STORE BOOM Chicago - IUPD - Think gen eral stores are out of vogue? A mail order firm here needs an electronic computer to process the thousands of or ders received daily from 54,. 000 general stores in the U.S. The computer . handles as many as 26,000 orders a day from crackerbarrel merchants during the peak Christmas buying season. Help For Disturbed Parson I have a letter from a wom an who says that Recovery, Inc., has helped her tremend ously. It is a group of peo ple, many of whom once had a mental upset, and la t e r were cured. Now they come to gether at in tervals to help each' other stay well. Many mentally dis turbed persons who cannot afford to go to a psychiatrist tell me that Recovery, Inc., has helped more than any physician ever did. The woman says, I feel that the reason why Recov ery, Inc., is so successful with us disturbed or fearful or anxious persons is because it places the responsibility for behavior where it belongs -on us ourselves. We are taught that every one of us must patiently bear a certain amount of frustration and dis comfort; also, we are taught that many symptoms - and even some very distressing ones - need not be dangerous or alarming: we must not then get panicky about them. We are taught that uncontrol led outbursts of temper are our worst enemy, and a sense of humor is our best friend. We are taught - and this is so important - that we must expect an occasional set back, with a few black days. We are taught that we should stay social, and above all, we must think of others, and not spend all of our time thinking of ourselves. "There are chapters of Re covery, Inc., in many cities all over the United States. We pay five dollars for the text-book, and a free-will of fering is taken up at the weekly meetings. Most peo ple give from 23 to 50 cents. If you join the group and pay $3 a year, you receive the monthly bulletin from Chicago, and this is very helpful . . . Those persons who would like to find a chapter of Recovery in their neighborhood can write the Chicago office, which is at 116 South Michigan ave." I have said before in this column that last year I had a beautiful example of what Recovery, Inc., can do when members of the group cured a patient of mine who had a terrible fear that he was goi ing to die ot a heart dis ease - which he did not have. When I could no longer lift him out of his despair, I sent him to Recovery, where a kind woman who had once lived with this same fear, and had conquered it, quickly cured him. With the experi ence she had with the man's disease she knew just what to say to him that would con vince him that he could get well. People who are ill are so happy when they find some one who has or once had their illness. Many a sick person who is suffering would rath er talk to someone who has had his disease and has re covered, than to any doctor living. This is one of the secrets of the success of Al coholics Anonymous. A great advantage of Re covery, Inc., is that the group gladly helps those persons who are broke, and cannot af ford to pay even the most reasonable fees of a kindly physician. For those readers who fear a mental problem in their family. Or. Alavrez has pre pared a booklet called, "When Mental Illness Strikes a Family." You may obtain a copy by sending 2S cents and a self-addressed, stamp ed envelope with your re quest to Dr. Walter C. Alva rez, Dept. MMT, Box 957, Des Moines 4, Iowa. 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