r ^ ^ - f - t r r r 24 - THE HERALD. Thurs- July t t , IWl 1 Talking sign can saV0 your to their ’’profsaataial — from stamping exits. NEW HAVEN (UPI) — Tim O. English is like the The cost of each will range from $190 to $240, depen­ He experimented with taned messages, but the em)irik>pes to answering the phooe: man who invented the better mousetrap. ding on finish. He expects to market them within 90 tapM were vulnerable to fire whereas a synthesised Another associate U Bn^lsh’s jrtfe, Janice, a broadcast executive, whose mother, Thelma Robin- Exuberant. .. days. voice on $ silicon chip wasn’t to the same degree. Manchester, Conn. He has developed a Ulking sign that calls people / "The marketing thrust will be aimed at And he put them inside tbe sign rather than near the ion o f Stfatfdrd, tbooght of the oranpany name. Serving the to exits if fire breaks out in public buildings. architects and specifying engineers who want to exterior. BngUA Ikughed at first, but then bereaUxed it was Friday, July 24, 1981 “ I’m on a natural high,” he- says. creatively enhance the safety of la building,” he ’"rhe sign itself could take perhaps several hun­ a good idea. Manchester area . s His monitoring system first senses the emergen­ said. It’s also geared to the hotel and motel in­ dred degrees for some finite period on the outside “Exit-Us’ Is a fine word plw on the word M m l i 25 Cent8_ cy, and then an unruffled voice on a silicon chip dustry, and buildings accommodating the vision- of the skin before fire d e ^ y s the dectrical ‘exodus,’ which by dlctiteary definition means a for 100 years u y s , "Attention. Fire. Exit this way. Exit this impaired. workings enunciating the message. massTea«ing. And that’s what we are providing: a 'The traveling public is more aware of safety mass leaving of a building,” EngUrii said. way, please.” “ ’The best analogy I can think of. is baking a It can also ten people to "go down four flights of these days because of disasters at the MGM Grand potato. There is a time that it takes before the in­ The voice in the signs is syntheslxed now, but stairs, take a left, and go out the main lobby.” and Hilton hotels in Las Vegas, and at the Stouffers side of the potato reaches that critical temperature eventuaUy it wUl be that of Ed Z dle, whose deep English, an electrical engineer, says if two Inn conference center ih Harrison, N.Y. when the potato is baked,” English said. voice cairns listeners for a "beanUful musio” radio situations exist — say a fire as well as a power Records indicate that between 1971 and 1981, the He said' his system is better than another that staUon, WEZN, Bridgeport. failure, his illuminated sign is designed to give hotel and motel industry experienced 370 serious used flashing lights to illuminate its exit signs “’The male-dominant voice is a strong psy­ priority to the most vital message. fires, 849 deaths, 2,645 injures, and $177.3 million in because when smoke obscured its view in one chological factor. People respond to i t And it’s Om It can also be programmed to give bilingual dsrnd^GS* / emergency, people thought they were walking mort rffective voice for data storage. A woman s v o ic e has high overtones.'You need much more data directions. Eventually, it may tell guests a par­ A specialist at a rehabilitation center for the toward an electrical fire. So they turned away fnmi storage than you do for a male voice,” English said. ticular exit is unsafe — and direct them to an alter­ blind put it this way in a letter to English; “ In an Israel, PLO agree to cease-fire the flashing exit sign. emergency associated with smoke, we all become He said hu research suggested that it is the nate exit. English calls his little company Exit-Us Inc., and blind.” woman, however, who generaUy selects the hotel or >> If the main power is cut off, his sign is battery- operates it out of his Fairfield ( k ^ t y home in rural operated and can be programmed to keep repeating English got the idea for an audio warning system Eiaston, with two associates, David D. Duncan, a motel, if she U traveUng with her husband. its warning for a minimum of 90 minutes and a because a blind friend told him that during a six-day Ridgefield engineer, and Patrick Carroll 3rd, pf y “ Women tend to be more safety-conscious then maximum of four hours. stay in a hospital, he had been moved three times Fairfield, a lawyer. AH do yeoman work in addition ' men,” he said. Reagan The system "has a life expectancy of 5 to 8 years. and each time he had to learn the new routes to the 'Uncle lauds Chrysler Hedging called Harry' Habib JERUSALEM (UPI) - U.S. en­ voy Philip Habib today announced a cease-fire to end two weeks of in black; keytoS&L's feted fighting between Israel and Palesti­ nian guerrillas in Lebanon in an ac­ MANCHESTER - Harry Smith, the cord endorsed by Israeli Prime original director of Camp Kennedy, was Minister Menachem Begin’s govern­ honored Thursday with a ceremony that drew ment. has *'^12AA many of his former campers, staff members The Palestine Liberation salvation and volunteers to the camp to dedicate the Organization said it would abide by playground to the man knownyhffectionately the truce “ on the condition the other as “ Uncle Harry.” side abides by it.” NEW YORK (UPI) - Savings and the drop in their costs would be In Washington, White House t Approximately 200 people attended “ Harry M i'S loan associations now have permis­ offset by iMses on their-futures Smith Day” including former and curroit spokesman Larry Speakes said, sion to hedge virtually all of their positions. (Miticipants and Smith’s wife, Victoria, his “ President Reagan welcomes this in profits assets in financial futures markets In an effort to inhibit speculation, as a hopeful and encouraging sign on brother, Robert, and daughters Julie and the FHLBB rates prohibit S&L’s and that could help the troubled in­ Mary Anne. ' . ' the road to achieve peace in this from taking long positions in dustry. But the new rule wiU do* A commemorative plaque was installed at critical region of the world. He WASHINGTON (UPI) - Celebrating Chrysler futures, except in certain cases con­ nothing to erase current losses and the camp for retarded children, recognizing expresses his deepest appreciation Corp.’s first profit in more than two years, Chair­ nected with mortgage banking ac- has the potential of adding ,to the Smith’s pioneering achievements. to Ambassador Habib for his con­ man Lee A. lacocca called government critics S&L’s woes. Uvity: Smith served as director for 10 years tinuing efforts.” “ intellectual carpetbaggers” and declared Richard Pratt, head of the It allows only the traditional foUowlng its establishment under a federal Speakes said Reagan was in­ American cars superior to popular Japanese im­ hedge vehicle of short positions. Federal Home Loan Bank Board, grant in 1064. formed of the ceasefire at 7 :30 a.m. ports. ’"The restrictions force the S&Ls told Congress last week more than ’The morning program honoring Smith by national security affairs adviser "In the second quarter, Chrysler earned a net to set up a plan for operation in 363 of the nation’s 4,542 savings and featured former camp Director David Richard Allen, who sent the report profit, after taxes, of $12 million,” lacocca told a futures with the intent of reducing loan institutions are on the* Moyer, Deputy Mayor Steidien T. Cassano, over to him. National Press Club luncheon Wednesday. “ Our interest rate risk,” Hatcher said. regulatory agency’s troubled Ust. current Director Barbara Brody, Paul AUen, Arab diplomats close to the PLO pre-tax profit was $21 million. We’ve got our act Susan Kelsey, a staff member of The S&L’S losses stem from their Ben Berthiaume, Marcia Platt and Michael said in Beirut that since the PLO together, and we’re on our way back.” portfolios of long-term, low-interest the FHLBB, admitted there is no had no contacts with Israel or ’The announcement marked the first time since effective way to prohibit specula­ Vesonis. mortgage loans — some stiU hold Smith recalled his experiences with the Habib, the cease-fire announcement the last quarter of 1978 the shakiest member of the tion. “ We can pronounce’thou sbalt mortgages at 6 percent— jvhUe they camp. He em{diaSized that it provides an Op- in Jerusalem was a “ unilateral "Big ’Three” automakers had made money. not speculate’ but t h ^ is no way to are being forced to pay record in­ portdnlty for everyone associated with it to one” . lacocca noted Chrysler lost more than $3 billion terest on new money, such as the prevent it,” she said. f t . But they said they expected the in the last two years and was forced to apply for S&L’s are expected to be slow in grow. six-month money maricet cbr- Smith particularly thanked the parents of Palestinians to go along with a federal loan guarantees to avoid bankruptcy. It has taking advantage of their new uilcates. ^^omm^ars for j^ w ^ t t o m to pome ro be cease-fire once it was presented by received $1.2 billion of the loan guarantees.