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Phone today. flash a red light and sound a buzzer. poison accidentally had been mixed into her prescription. (She heard the Sigalert before she opened the bottle.) Daily Emergencies Sigalert was started by Loyd C. Sigmon, World War II Army radio boss in Europe and an executive of the Golden West Broadcasting when he was on the State Civil Defense Committee.

(Local historians dis By pressing a button, ra dio station engineers can re- broadcast the police message usually in a matter ot seconds. Sigalerts have saved the Valley EM. 4-1121, Ext. 265 Orange County KE. 5-8121, Ext.

265 Long Beach GE. 9-6811, Ext. 386 Wilshire WE. 8-3131, Ext. 241, 264 Whittier OW.

1-0765, Ext. 260 agree on whether the word Sigalert stems from Sig- public untold hours and perhaps lives in traffic tie-ups and other emergen mons nickname Sin or fctfUjWt" i rWrSL Del Amo FR. 1-4681, Ext. 265 1 rJjWtmiks-r. Custom Slipcovers, ftfL Ammk.

Draperies 10 All 11 from a contraction of Signal cies. Use of the Sigalert system of Alert.) Originally conceived as a GUARANTEED ONLY 1 FABRIC SHRINKAGE warning system lor major has spread to San Francisco, San Diego, Minneapolis-St. Paul and Seattle, Sigmon said. I He believes this is iust the beginning and has applied for a patent on the svstem. catastrophies, Sigalert was extended to every-day emergencies at the suggestion of Dep.

Police Chief Arthur C. Hohmann (now retired). "The stations were glad to co-operate," said Sigmon. "In fact, Sigalerts have done more to stimulate radio-lis- "Until now, I haven't made a cent on it." Siemon said. if anything." he added.

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