Wheel chair that climbs stairs by home inventor
Rod Zamotin of Miami a jet engine division worker and part time architect built a stair climbing wheelchair. His prototype mounted courthouse steps with his son in law riding it and demonstrations are planned to prove demand. He seeks patent and manufacturing partners to aid disabled independence.
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Ben Funk
Miami
Fla
Associated Press
Rod Zamotin
Eastern Air Lines
Donald Whitney
Zamotin
Department of Commerce
Bnai Brith Thanksgiving Project Sets Baskets
For the twentieth year Bnai Brith Lodge 804 will give baskets of food to twelve needy families on Thanksgiving Day. Distributing chairman Benno Mendel said the Salvation Army provided names, and deliveries to homes will occur about 11 o clock Thursday. Turkeys come from Liberal Market and items include cranberries potatoes milk bread butter eggs and more. Members and friends fund the effort and will assemble items in advance of distribution.
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B'nai B'rith Lodge
Benno Mendel
Grand Ave
Salvation Army
B'nai B'rith
Lodge
Wheelchair lifts by stair device promises easy ascent
Zamotin demonstrates a stair climbing wheelchair with a retractable rear wheel frame and a rubber belt that molds to stair edges. He steers by turning the large front wheels and says the contraption cannot slip or skid on stairs. The hand operated model could be electrified and was tested by a 72 year old man who ran it up stairs.
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Zamotin
U.S. Rubber Co
Police Fire 15 Shots in Dark Kill Dayton Boy
In Dayton Ohio a 13-year-old boy, John C Uhrig, was fatally shot by three officers who fired 15 times in the dark as he fled a break in at Rudy s Feed Store on the North Side. Two older youths were with him and fled. Uhrig s body was found at a gravel pit near the scene.
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Dayton
Ohio
John C. Uhrig
Rudy
Mike Whittington
Robert Blaine
Blaine
Young Uhrig
Uhrig
Whittington
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