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20-C FORT WORTH STAR-TELEGRAM Tuesday Evening Juno 19 1973 TELL ME WHY! Egyptians Were First Locksmiths 1VIIEN WERE LOCKS AND KEYS FIRST USED? Win lh New Book ol Knowledge (29 volumes) Send your questions nemo eqe address to Me Whyl" care ol the Star-Telegram Include zip code In case ol duplicate questions ttie author will decide the winner Today's winner Is: Susan Moore 12 Manlwakl Quebec Canada Nobody knows exactly when the first lock was used to bar a door The first records we have of people using locks and keys goes back to the ancient Egyptians The Egyptian lock was made up of a wooden bolt that fitted into a slot Movable wooden pins known as tumblers were fastened the top of the slot When the bolt MEDICAL MEMOS slid Into place tho wooden tumblers dropped into holes cut in the bolt The bolt was held fast until the tumblers were lifted up with a key The first known key look like the key we know today It looked more hke a giant toothbrush with pegs instead of bristles on one end When the key was put in the slot the pegs went under the tumblers By raising the key the tumblers were forced out of the bolt which could then be drawn back The Greeks developed a strange kind of key It was a curved bar about the size and shape of a sickle They slid this key through a hole in the door above the bolt until its tip touched a notch in the bolt on the inside By jerking or twisting the long handle the bolt could be slid back The Romans were the most skillful lockmakers of the an cient world The pegs on the end of the Roman keys were cut in many different shapes This meant that someone who wanted to make a key to break in had to make it with the pins in the right position and of the right length and also of the right shape Tho Romans were also the first to make a small lock that could bo carried from plane to place We call such locks padlocks today FUN TIME The Riddle Box 1 What did the paper say to the pencil? 2 Why did the boy think his school was haunted? 3 Where does a 500-pound gorilla sleep? ANSWERS 1 Right on! 2 Everyone was talking about the school spirit 3 Wherever he wants to Win th Nw Book of Knowtedq Yearbook Stud your riddle lok es tot Riddle Joke Tell Mo Whyi" Include zlo code Today' winner In Dominic Penn 13 Lakeland NJ if) The Washington star Synd Ine Mefal Defectors Ignore Pacemaker By II IIERSCIIENSOIIN MD My business requires that I fly several times a year across the country My problem is this: I wear a pacemaker What could happen to it when I am being checked for weapons by the metal detector before I board the planes? A Nothing will happen Forty-eight persons with various types of permanently implanted pacemakers in their chests passed through an active magnetic field of such a Arabic at Only Two US Colleges MEMPHIS Tenn (AP)-Darlene May a young assistant teacher on the Southwestern faculty teaches a rather unusual language to her 14 students Arabic world is so small now that the political and sociological happerings in the Arabic speaking countries have more meaning for said Miss May who has slil-ied classical Arabic and colloquial Egyptian Arabic in Cairo with a government grant Portland (Ore) State College is believed to be the only other college in the nation offering the language at the undergraduate level Southwestern plans to open a center for Arabic studies soon at the University of Beirut detector It was in die form of a passageway which passengers must walk through to reach the plane Three persons with pacemakers were also subjected to hand-held battery-operated detectors None of these patients noticed any symptoms while being exposed to these magnetic devices Examination revealed that the pacemakers were not affected in any way Although it is obvious there is nothing to worry about for the greatest peace of mind it would be advisable to check with the doctor who implanted your pacemaker for his reassurance 1 A SUGGESTION for all persons when flying: Fasten your seat belt not only on takeoff and when landing but all the time Turbulence can occur unexpectedly in the dearest air and without warning There sufficient time to fasten the seat belt to avoid being shaken up or possibly injured This is the recommendation of authorities on aviation safety Even flying at great altitudes presumably above the areas where air turbulence exists is no guarantee that this cannot happen Keeping the seat belt on has another advantage It ensures good posture which makes you feel less tired after a long flight But remember to keep your legs in motion and your toes wiggling as often as convenient so that the circulation in your legs does not become sluggish ffi 1973 Th Lo Angeles Times For lOih straight published Report CarltonSiill lowest all regular filter liingstested Periodically during every year since 1967 the US Government has tested the "tar" and nicotine content of leading cigarette brands and published the results For the last 10 consecutive Government Reports Carlton has keen found lowest in of all regular filter kings tested every Report since October 1968 In fact in the latest Report released in February 1973 Carlton was found lowest of all the filter kings tested with just 3 mg "tar" And Carlton Menthol with just 3 mg "tar" was found lowest of all menthol brands listed in the February 1973 Report If been thinking about switching to a low "tar" cigarette think about Carlton Warning: The Surgeon General Has Determined That Cigarette Smoking Is Dangerous to Your Health 3 mg 3 mg nicotine av per cigarette FTC Report Feb 73 3 mg "tat" 0 3 mg nicotine av per cigarette FTC Report Feb 73 GREEN STAMPS every Wednesday in i ITT color-matched Jamaica Sets! 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