Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 61, Number 130, Decatur, Adams County, 3 June 1963 — Page 6

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Odds Formidable Against Inventor

By HARRY FERGUSON United Press International WASHINGTON <UPI> — Most famous inventors merely took another man's idea and improved on it. You do not have to pome up - with something entirely new to get a patent. The Wright Brothers invented the airplane after reading about the work of Otto Lilienthal. a German who manufactured gliders. Galileo did not invent the telescope because of a sudden inspiration but because he had heard about experiments with lenses performed by a Belgian named Hans Lippershey. Even the most simple thing can be improved upon and patented. The other day patent No. .3,085,272 was granted to Laverne M. Cowan of Covington, Ga., for a tooth brush. His idea was to set the bristles into the handle in the form of an X. To apply for a patent you make a drawing of your invention, write a letter describing it and mail them, along with S3O, to the U.S. Patent Office Your applica-

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tion will go to one of the patent office’s 1,000 examiners who will determine whether you have come up with a novel idea. If the application is granted, you have exclusive rights to your invention for 17 years, but only in the United States and its territories. After that the invention goes into the public domain. Unless you get a patent in every’ country in the world, anybody in a foreign nation can take your idea and go into business without paying you anything. Patience Pays Off Patience is a virtue which every inventor must cultivate. It frequently takes 20 or 30 years to develop his idea to the point where it becomes commercially feasible and profitable. The zipper. for instance, is in such widespread use today that most persons assume it was an instantaneous success. Actually the basic idea was patented in 1891 by Whitcomb 'L. Judson who called his idea “a clasp locker and unlocker for shoes 4»’ It was. made of hooks and eyes

with a sliding clasp and Judson soon extended the idea to women’s dresses and sold his product for 35 cents. Complaints began rolling in immediately. There was no way to lock the first zipper and when women sat down, their dresses popped open. Judson could not devise a solution to the problem and died without cashing in on his invention. A momentary discomfort or irritation frequently results in an invention. Patent No. 6,469 was issued to Abraham Lincoln because on a trip down the Mississippi River his boat got stuck on a dam. He devised a set of bellows placed just below the water line of the hull, and the idea was that when the bellows were pumped up the boat would float free. There is no record that his invention ever was put into production, and a few years later he became pre-occupied with larger matters. Invents New Scrapbook Mark Twain ran out of glue one day when he was pasting items into his scrapbook and immediately put aside literary matters to concentrate on the problem. The result was that he got patent No. 121,992 for what was described as a “self pasting scrapbook.” It was simply a series of blank pages coated with paste, and he sold 25,000 of them. Few persons have heard of Alfred E. Ischinger of Mount Penn, Pa., but he is a famous man in the U.S. Patent Office. In 1937 he set a record fdr the largest documentation of an invention—l7o sheets of drawings and 146 pages of specifications. His machine was for “the uninterrupted knitting of shaped fabrics.”

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Purple Pennings Let’s hope that next week It will be safe to put our plants in the ground. With the frost we had last week, I was pleased that I haven’t had time to put the herb wheel outside. Speaking of herbs, reminds me that I have been intending to mention to the mothers of children that growing herbs is an excellent gardening experience. Herbs are easy to grow, require little watering and little attention; so, if the child attends camp during part of the summer he need not worry about his herb garden. The month of June is ‘‘Dairy Month,” "Barbecue Month” and summertime is “Banana Time.” CLEANING THE RANGE: Believe it or not, you begin cleaning your oven broiler when you begin cooking. If you put the food on a cold grid pan, without pre-heating the oven, the pan will be easier to clean. Soap or detergent suds will clean both gas and electric stoves satisfactorily. Rinse the surface with clear water and wipe dry. mild abrasive, such as a steel wool soap pad, can help clean stubborn spots. But strong abrasives may damage the porcelain. Spilling acid foods or sliding utensils across the stove may also damage the finish. For more cleaning hints to help you get the stove cleaning job done quickly see the mime o “Cleaning the Range,” published by Purdue University. You also will .find some helpful ideas to keep your range sparkling clean. Indiana residents may obtain a free copy of ‘ Cleaning the Range,” HE-443, from county extension offices or from the Agricultural Publications Office, AES Building, Purdue University, Lafayette, Ind. EASY WAYS FOR HOUSE WORK: Looking for easier ways to keep house? Want to discover quicker ways of working to make your housekeeping easier? Then try these suggestions: Keep your equipment, supplies and tools assembled in a definite place, near the spot you use them first or most often. Avoid stooping by using a long handled brush to clean the bathtub, and a long handled dust pan to pick up sweepings. These ideas and many more are suggested in “Easy Ways,” a circular designed by Purdue University home economists to help you discover ways to simplify your household tasks — to make work easier, faster, more efficient. You may obtain your copy of “Easy Ways” from the county extension office. HOUSE PLANS CATALOG: Planning on building a home, a greenhouse, or remodeling your kitchen this summer, but you need some know how? You can find ideas and planning information for anything from an incinerator to a five bedroom house in a new bouse plans catalog published by Purdue University. The catalog is an illustrated listing of USDA designed plans for cottages, one to five bedroom houses, greenhouses, kitchens, a fallout shelter, root or vegetable cellar. The catalog also lists plans for a horse barn and horse trailer as well as an incenerator, outdoor fireplace and picnic table. Some of the house plans are arranged primarily to meet the needs of farmers, observes William H. Friday, agricultural engineer. However, the newer plans can be used for the suburban family as well, he points out. You may consult a copy of the catalog at your county extension office. The agent may assist you in ordering desired individual plans. There is a small charge for individual plans. May 30 is a day of mixed emotions and mixed celebrating. Like so many of our other national holidays, we have gradually drifted away from the true meaning. For some, Thursday will be a day for family picnics, a trip to Indianapolis to see the races, while others will flock to the swimming pools

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which usually open this day. To others it is a day for decorating the graves of loved ones in the manner the day was originally planned. As the day was not originated for family picnics, I will not publish any recipes this week. In preparing the lesson on herbs, I found some information which may be appropriate at this time. In ancient funeral rituals herbs often were used. For instance, Rosemary was given to the mourners who carried it in their hands to the graveside and then threw the sprigs into the grave after the body was lowered into the ground. Sweet Basil was placed upon the graves of an ancient Hindu to insure him of a “passport” to Paradise.

Allas Missile Site Explodes Saturday Night ROSWELL, N.M. (UPI) — Air Force Safety crews and a board of investigation both began work today into the explosion of an underground Atlas missile site that shook the quiet plains of southeastern New Mexico Saturday night. Walker Air Force Base firefighters, working with Roswell city firemen, brought the resulting fire under control Sunday after a night-long battle. Because the concrete silo was so hot, however, crews were unable to go into the area, and a Walker spokesman said the crews would wait until it had cooled enough for safety. The $1.5 million Atlas intercontinental ballistic missile, loaded with a dummy warhead, was destroyed by the immense blast. Cause of the blast was undetermined. The force of the explosion was so great it was felt 15 miles away in Roswell, and two 32-ton steel and concrete doors covering the silo were blown from their hinges 50 feet into the air and about 75 feet from the silo. Despite this, however, the fiveman missile crew escaped injury. They were in the launch control center at the site at the time, separated from the silo by a long hallway and two heavy steel blast doors. The crew members were evacuated immediately after the explosion, the Air Force said, but traffic was blocked off on nearby U.S. 70' until emergency crews made sure there would not be another explosion. The flames following the blast were fed by ruptured liquid oxygen and missile fuel tanks at the base of the silo. The explosion took place during normal maintenance procedures, the Walker spokesman said, and the crew was taken to Air Force investigators immediately for extended questioning None of the crew was available for comment. The Atlas site that blew up is one of 12 underground missile sites recently completed ringing the Walker AFB complex., They are designed for retaliation and a nuclear blast win never knock out more than one at a time, the Air Force claims. Though the missiles are to be armed with nuclear warheads when ready, the Air Force said the missile that was destroyed had a dummy warhead, and there was no danger at any time of nuclear explosion .or radiation during the accident or afterward.

Renew Search For Submarine Thresher k PORTSMOUTH, N. H. (UPD—--1 The Navy today lowered underwater closed-circuit television cam- ' eras to the bottom of the North ■ Atlantic in a renewed search for the nuclear submarine Thresher. A court of inquiry investigating the disaster met behind closed doors again to draw up a threepart report on the sinking of the $45 million sub. The sea search began anew following the disappointing disclosure that underwater photographs first believed to be the doomed sub actually showed only parts of the camera and equipment used in obtaining the pictures. Thresher vanished April 10 during a test dive after it was ovehauled at the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard. The ship Gillis, equipped with special closed - circuit television “specially developed for deep submergence operations,” returned to the search scene Sunday. The Navy in Washington said close examination of the photos taken Thursday by the research ship Conrad showed that none “could be definitely identified as showing the Thresher” or any other submarine. Dr. J. Lamar Worzel, chief scientist aboard the Conrad, said one of the pictures at first thought to be the Thresher’s ‘hull turned out to be a. weight on the bottom of the camera.'* Plans to have the deep-diving bathyscaph Trieste towed to the search scene Sunday to obtain close up photos of the wreckage were postponed.

iWHUSII \ ATI Os/ HI Neighbors! Land is many things to many persons — to farmers, livelihood; to the townsman, a place to build his house; to the child, a playground; to the poet, a theme; to all Americans, a symbol of our strength and security. , Soil Conservation is a study of proper land use, and a study of cropping the land according to the capability of the different types of soils to produce. The problem of conservation of our natural resources is too important to coming generations to be bypassed by our youth. A week at the Oliver Lake Conservation Camp will stimulate a boy's understanding that soil conservation practices are an important part of the broad conservation program. The country side adjacent to beautiful Oliver Lake is an ideal laboratory where one can see soil conservation farming at its best. This boys camp is located on beautiful Oliver Lake tn Lagrange county in northeastern Indiana. Limberlost Camp is owned and operated by Purdue University, and has been made available to the people of Indiana for varied educational interests, and activities. The purpose of this camp, July 21-26, is to promote and pepetuate soil and water Conservation, forestry and wildlife and conservation in general in the State of Indiana. The teaching staff, and supervisors of the camp are all qualif- | ied by training, and experience to handle a group of boys and direct their thinking in the important subject of conserving our natural resources, not only for the present but future generations. Class room and field instruction is given to teach the origin of various soils in the area. The sponsors again this year, as in the past will be: Federal Land Bank Association of Bluffton, Ist State Bank of Decatur, Bank of Geneva and Ist Bank of Berne. Adams County will send 4 boys this year. Any boy ages 12 to 14 interested in further information or application, please contact the County Agent’s office. Soil Conservation visors: Hugh David Mosser, ChestOffice, or anyone of the five superer Isch, Richard Scheumann, Hugo Bulmahn and Paul Kohne.

SOCIAL SECURITY QUIZ 1. Q. — A friend of mine is past 65 and still operating his farm. He sells cattle only once a year. That is, his income is all received in one month. Can’t he get his social security benefits for the 11 months in which he has no income? A.— A farmer is self employed. For self-employed people, it is not a question of how much they take in during a month but whether they render substantial services — that is, are active in their business. Although this farmer receives all of his income in one month, he no doubt works in all 12 months to earn it. The amount of social security that he can get in a year depends on the amount of his earnings in a year, and also the number of months, if that he was not active in his business. 2. Q. — Does a person have to stop working in order to get social security checks'?

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A.— Not necessarily. If he earns SI2OO or less in a year, he is considered to be completely retired and can collect all of his social security benefits. Many workers who earn over SI2OO a year can get benefits for some months. For every two dollars earned between SI2OO and SI7OO, one dollar is withheld from the total yearly benefits. A beneficiary gives up a dollar in benefits for each dollar of earnings above SI7OO. Beneficiaries 72 and older can receive benefits every month regardless of earnings. 3. Q. — Can a worker earn over SI2OO a year and still get benefits for months he doesn’t work? A. Yes. No matter how much a person earns in a year, be can get a social security check for any month in which he either earns over SIOO wages nor actively works in self-employment. 4. Q. — Does a person getting

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social security benefits have to limit his earnings to SI2OO in the y6ar that he becomes 72 if he wants benefits for all months that year? A. Starting with the month in which he is 72, a beneficiary receives social security benefits no matter how much he earns. But he must total his earnings for the entire year to determine whether he was due any benefits for the months before he reached 72. 5. Q. I operate a farm and since my wife’s death I have hired a housekeeper to prepare the meals, do housework, and look after the children. I pay her $25 a week. Do I have to report her wages for social security purposes? A. Yes, you must report her wages and pay the social security tax due. For more information, ask your local social security office for leaflet No. 21 .