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Show Page 42-THE HERALD, Provo, Utah Sunday, October 3.1971 Tell Me Why By Art Sansom __THE BORN LOSER €O MHEAD AND WATCH TELEVISION, IF WhoInventedTraffic Signals? YOU LIKE... | PRE FER THE COMPANY CF — perceelas Win The New Book of Knowledge (20 volumes), age, Why!” care of this paper. Include zip code. In case of duplicate questions, the author will decide the winner. Today’s winner is: YT f seriousiy, rors... & a IF THE TIME EVER COMES \ | THAT MY WIFE IAS TO WORK,| KNOW WE ARE LIVING I'VE ADDED uP THE "MUST" BILLS, EXTON!» THE HOUSE R, YOND OUR MEANS! Eileen Haubl, 10, San Jose, Calif. Did you know thattraffic was a problem long beforethe age of the automobile? Julius Caesar was probably the first government official on recordto order a traffic control regulation. He passed a law that no woman was to drive a chariot in Rome! After the coming of the automobile, the first traffic controllers were foot patrolmen, directing traffic by hand. Then they were given hand-operated traffic lights. It was not until the early 1920's that automatic traffic lights werefirst usec. But these lights left an important problem unsolved. The amount of traffic passing through anintersection changes at different times of the day. In 1927 two men patented “traffic-actuated” controllers. eae rae W -AN' GOBBLE ALL TH’ AH IS LEAVIN°NUFF > GOBBLEGLOPSIN NOO_ ) GLOP AS FAR NORTH AS BANGOR,MAINE AN’AS FAR. SOUTH YAWK TO - B‘USHIr AS BALTIMOREJP / MULTIPLY- = aes THARLI'L NOSES THEY 3 Top you! oe HE'S OUT WHERE IS THAT “ STARTED QUIVERIN’ ~~ WIF ECSTASY, = WHEN THEY SEEN A If 5 cats catch 5 mice in minutes, how many cats will i require to catch 10v mice in 10 minutes? See tomorrow’s paper for the answer. There are about 4 hundrec species of hawks. A female fox is called a vixen. By Gordon Bess a WHY ARE THE PUZZLE BOX is still widely used today. Charles Adler, also in 1928, invented a traffic light that used a microphoneto activate the cail box. When a motorist, facing a red light, blew his horn, the microphone transmitted the These were traffic lights sound to the call box, which designed to adjust to the amount caused the light to change. of traffic passing through an Today, there are other types of intersection at a given time. One light controllers that use sound of these lights, invented by to changethelight. Harry Haughof Yaie University, was first installed in New FUN TIME Haven, Connecticut, in April, The Riddle Bex 1928. 1, Whatletter can float a batThis device worked by means tleship? 2. What letter can fly? 3. of pressuredetectorsin the road Whatletter is a busy insect? pavement. A car passing over a ANSWERS detectorsignaled the “call box” 1. C (sea) 2. J (jay). 3. B, (bee). REDEYE By Al Capp LL ABNER on the light pole, which cause the light to turn green for the appraoching vehicle. This type of traffic light, with some changes, 1 1 ABOUT ANOTHER ROUND, MEDICINE MAN? MAKING HIS ROUNDS| MEDICINE MAN?! TH' SMOG OVER ERIE, PA? ae oY Cee —H¢ b.. By Dick Cavalli PEACE. TWIN # TONIGHT, JAN AND WOW # LIKE Hi6 AD SAYS, YOU CAN TRUST TOM TRUST —— — LE \\— =< ‘TH ToT MeNaught Send. Toe im THE /'LL SHAKE ME Ul | DON'T LET THE GANG By Coker And Penn ANCELOT {| 52, LORI! [2M soRRY My COOKES DIDN'T TURN OUT VERY wet! THE BERRYS ree] (exe THREE TIMES! ( THOSE WOULT ONLY y THESE ARE EVEN BETTER THAN a) LAST BATCH Kees Sor ee yy / a toby Mes TH eg st ot LE | By Ernie Bushmiller HERE'S TO A DAY OF GOOD SELLING... THAT SORT OF THING, GUV'NOR! HE ALWAYS WANTED TO MAKE A HOLE -IN-ONE MY DAD HAD THIS PRIVATE GOLF COURSE BUILT ON OUR ESTATE e BUSHMILER By Alfred Andriola KERRY DRAKE NSTEAD OF CALLING ULD ICK'S LAWYER--WE CARD! HAVE PHONE RIGHT!.. AND TRE CHICK TROTTING BEHIND HIM DOESN'T LOOK LIKE A NURSE TO ME! Z YE TZ 7) AVY HE MIGHT BE OFFICE ALL | FOUR MORE CALLS VOB POLICE FIRST. OUT OF HIS (i stusay i's \V/ANYHOW, HERE | NOT OUR CONCERN, COMES THE GOOD DOCTOR NOW! | HAPPY! WE'VE GOT NORMALLY A DOCTOR WOULD HAVE A DECAL ON HIS WINDOW, KERRY, ORAN INSIGNIA ON HIS LICENSE PLATES/.. NOT A SLOPPY, HOMEMADE |y | By Al Vermeer I COULD TAKE THE SEVENTH By V.T. Hamlin T COVERED THE \\THEN HE MUST WHOLE AREA AND BE OUTSIDE ASNT A / THE VIEW- SHORTRIBS DOES THAT MEAN WELL HAVETO, WAIT UNTIL ERS By Frank O'Neal AND I'D BE AT THE MAIN DOWNTOWN LIBRARY! +1 MEANS ONE OF US, WILL HAVE TO GO BACK AND FIND HIM! 1 KNOW YOU REALLY WANTED TO BE AN AD You'Re Very EXCITED ABOUT THE SPACE PROGRAM/ BUT STOP REFERRING 10 WE RADIO ROOM.,, |