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
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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
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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,
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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.
PRESERVER FOUND
Miami - (ITU - A life pre
server from the yacht Morn
ing Star, missing for a week
with five unidentified persons
aboard, was found Saturday
near the Bahamas, the Coast
Guard reported.
DOUBLE TROUBLE
Oxnard, Calif. - (CPO - John
Love, 30, was arrested Sun
day for driving his car to a
work farm where he Is serv
ing a term on week ends for
driving with a suspended li
cense.
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