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4 Th News-Review, Roseburg, Ore. Thurs., Jon. 19, 1961
HIGHWAY SPEEDS
By Charles V. Stanton
One of the measures coming before the Oregon Legis
lature at this session is a proposal for more control on
highways. The Legislature will be asked to pass a speed
law, keep the Basic Rule on speeds below the legal maxi
mum, make it harder pn drunken drivers and give posted
speeds the authority of law.
Some of these, together with other proposals, are con
tained in a report by an interim committee which made an
extensive study of the state a1 highway situation.
" . It has been my personal opinion that we have had no
need for a maximum speed limit. There is some question
in my mind whether we should now have a speed limit, at
though the 70-miles-per-honr proposal has a good deal more
sense, I believe, than we find in the 55-mile limit in Call
fornia, or the 60-mile limit in Washington.
Insofar as laws to get drunken drivers off the highway,
or to punish them severely if they try to drive automobiles
are concerned, I'm all for anything that can be done.
Driving an automobile today requires strict attention
and fast reflexes. A man whose judgment and reflexes
have been impaired by drinking is as dangerous as the fel
low who goes down the main street twirling a loaded gun.
State Has Racket
It is my own feeling that any teeth the Legislature can
put into the laws to eliminate or penalize drunken drivers
is in the interests of the general public.
But, as to speed, there remains room for discussion, I
feel.
A good many, people look upon speed as being a chief
contributing factor to accidents. Speed, they believe, is
dangerous in itself.
Speed alone, in my opinion, seldom causes an accident
or contributes to an accident. The matter of speed relates
entirely to the volume of traffic, surface conditions, mechan
ical condition of the vehicle, the ability of the driver, and
many related factor?. I feel that this is one reason why
Oregon's Basic Rule is far ahead of regulations in our
neighboring states, for our law, in effect, requires that we
must at all times keep our vehicles under control. We can
be arrested for travelling ten miles per hour when condi
tions do riot justify such a rate of speed.
But our Basic Rule, it seems to me, is giving the Stale
of Oregon a very profitable "racket." Recently I have
heard the same opinion expressed by several people. The
present law permits the collection of a good many dollars
which probably couldn't be collected if we had a higher
fixed speed limit. ...
Bail Forfeited '.,"
We are building highways on which traffic is capable
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( speed of 70-miles-per-hour on our Baldock Freeway, for ex
ample, when the road will permit travel a good deal faster
' than that, provided other conditions are right. In Washing
! ton we find a beautiful stretch of wide, divided-lane high
wav leadinir into Olvmnia. and Seattle, with h. strict lv en
forced speed of 60-miles-per-hour, when such a road may
easily be traversed, under favorable conditions, at a much
higher rate of speed and without any increase in danger.
Here in Oregon our Basic Rule fixes 55-miles-per-hour
as a dividing line. If we're going faster than that the offi
cer has a perfect right to accuse us of violation of the Basic
Rule. Perhaps we weren't in violation. The law puts the
burden of proof on the driver. But we can be so charged.
We're forced to post bail, usually at some spot considerably
distant from home. The slate doesn't have to prove we're
guilty. We have to prove we're innocent. To hire an at
torney and go to court would cost us a considerable sum.
So we foreit the bail and the state's coffers are enriched.
It is my own opinion (and I know that a lot of people will
disagree and that's their privilege) that in a good many
cases speeding arrests are charged as violation of the Basic
Rule on the presumption that bail will be forfeited; that
the charge could be beaten if a person wanted to take it
to court.
If we go to a "realistic 70-miles-per-hour speed limit,
keeping the Basic Rule requirement for lesser speeds, it
would eliminate what I feel is a very profitable racket for
the Stale of Oregon.
It must be admitted that law enforcement officers re
quire some "tool by which to keep traffic under control.
Terhaps a speed limit is advisable for that purpose.
Anyway, if we must have a top speed limit, let's have
one that's realistic, not a "speed trap" such as exists to
the north and south of us.
ty FRANK JENKINS
From Washington:
President Eisenhower held h i s
last news conference Wednesday
with the representatives of the
press which includes the news
oaoers. the magazines, the radio,
television ... all the media of
communication and information
ile was relaxed and at ease, and
apparently looking forward hap
pily to the days that are to come.
After a lifetime spent in the serv
ice of his country, he is prepar
ing to live the rest o( his nie in
as nearly his own way as is pos
sible for a man who has been
President of the United States.
1 think we must all agree that
he is entitled lo feel relaxed and
happy.
What of John F. Kennedy?
Well, he too had a moment of
relaxation this morning. One of
his appointments was a date with
his tailor to give his inaugural
clothes a final fitting before the
BIG day on Friday. - 1
At this conference with his tail-
31', no problems of world-shaking
importance were involved. The
;oat he will wear on inauguration
Day will be a cutaway which
the dictionary defines as "a coat
tapering from front waistline to
ails." There will be no criticism
iecause the lapels are too wide
'or the current fashion. They won't
e. Or that the buttons are too
low. They won't be. Cutaways are
like white tie and tails. They don't
change much from century to cen
tury. During his session with his tail
or. JKF could RELAX. Let's not
begrudge him this brief moment of
comparative ease and freedom.
tor mm, it will ne one 01 uie last
of its kind for years and years
to come. .
Writing nearly a century ago, Al
fred Lord Tennyson described the
life of a ruler as being lived "be
fore a thousand peering littleness
es, in that fierce light which beats
upon a throne."
Our President doesn't sit upon
a throne, but the light that beats
upon him is just as fierce and
the peering "littlenesses" are just
as numerous as those described
by Tennyson.
Opinions From
Read
ers
What of JKF?
How good will he be?
ISo one, of course, can answer
those questions, out Barry Cold
water, who quite obviously has it
in mind to make a try for the
Presidency at some time in the fu
ture if things break favorably for
him, puts the situation pretty well
in the most recent of his syndica
ted columns. He says:
"I do not mean to say that we
conservatives are joyously happy
on this occasion (meaning the in
auguration.) If . we had our 'druth
ers' it would be otherwise. But I
am suggesting that Jack Kennedy
is entitled to a fair trial before
the court of public opinion in the
United States ... If there are dif
ferences of opinion in the future,
and I am sure there will be, they
should be discussed without hos
tility. It is possible to disagree
with a man without being ANTA
GONISTIC to the man."
With conditions in this troubled
world what they are, we must all
hope that John F. Kennedy turns
out to be one of the greatest of
our Presidents.
It will be tragic if it is other
wise. '
Reader Raps Oregon's 1
'Muffled' Tax Bundle
To The Editor:
My husband and I entreat you
to give us more straight reporting
on the well-muffled little tax nun-
die presently writhing on the floor
of our State Legislature, although
one could scarcely blame anyone
for ' not wanting to touch it with
a ten-foot pole. Frankly, the thing
looks as insidious as the serpent
in the Garden of Paradise. And
our apple-cheeked progeny appar
ently makes a most delicious and
tempting bite!
Let us look at the thing back
wards, gentle readers! You will
discover that the man with ten
dependents receives only J 130 a
year more in tax relief than the
single individual who takes care of
no one but himself. The fact that
he is paying all the hidden taxes
on every item of food and article
of clothing purchased for his fam
ily, besides raising and educating
the future citizens of our country,
signifies nothing to these tender
hearted relieve-the-rich-soak-t b e
poor tax planners. Let us by all
means render to Caesar the things
that are Caesar's. But let us not
become confused and roughly
translate a dollar for a dollar in
lieu of an eye for an eye.
We would very happily hear all
justification and possible enlighten
ment on this tax bill which would; cases, that such logical, terrestial, There are many things tecnag.
expianations are auticuu 10 suu- er tan u. uuc mm uiey
stantiate. For this reaspn, we ask I can visit a plywood plant where,
your cooperation in aiding our lone might learn, the "green end"
quest for more data in order toisnt green at all, or visit a saw-
serve lo remind us that our em
blem eagle was not intended to
symbolize a bird of prey, in the
meanwhile, it appears that the
angel with the flaming sword cur
rently abiding in Salem will be
powerful enough to drive this
Adam and. Eve out of their Ore
gonian Eden, back to the cane
while they are still able.
Grelchen Reeder
624 NE Chestnut
Roseburg, Ore.
Group Seeks Contact
With UFO Witnesses
To The Editor:
Inasmuch as we have reports to
indicate possible activity involving
Unidentified Flying Objects in your
area recently, we write to ask for
your cooperation in contacting any
witnesses to such sightings there.
Our organization, composed of
interested individuals intent on
analyzing the UFO subject from
a purely material and scientific
basis, is presently collecting and
correlating any. and all informa
tion available to us relative to
sightings of unidentified flying ob
jects and related phenomena. In
many cases, we have no doubt
that there are logical, terrestial
explanations for such sightings,
however we have found, in some
properly evaulate the subject
Perhaps', with your cooperation,
we may also locate some person
or persons in your area who would
be willing to keep our organization
informed of all UFO reports in
their area.
We appreciate your cooperation
in this matter, and it is our hope
that you find the information in
this letter regarding our organiza
tion and its project worthy of men
tion in your publication in order
that we may reach witnesses and
interested parties who share our
study of these unusual phenome
na. (Mrs.) June Larson
Public Relations Coordinator
Aerial Phenomena Re
search Assn.
11323 14th Avenue N. E.
Seattle 55, Washington
James Mario w
Eisenhower Gets Ovation
At Final News Conference
Hal Boyle
Remarks An Airplane Pilot
Grows Weary Of Hearing
NEW YORK AP)-Rcinark an
airplane pilot gel tired of hear
ing: "Young man, are you the
driver?"
"Remember, this is my first
flight so take it easy. 1 don't
want any speeding."
"Let me out of here. I've
chanced my mind."
"The- hostesses are busy, rap
tain. Would you mind holding the
baby while I fix this diaper?"
"Would you mind flying a little
lower? My wife and I would like
to see more of the countryside. "
"I hear he and the copilot just
sit up in that little room playing
gin rummy. The automatic pilot
docs all the work."
"No, I'm not sure Just what
those strioei on hit ileevn m,in
I think he gets a stripe each
time he brings the plane bark.
"Hey. boy, isn't there some
thing wrong with this plane? It
doesn't have any propellers on
it."
"Sir, would you mind sitting
down here and explaining all
about airplanes to my little grand
son? I'm trying to talk him out
of becoming fireman."
"They say he studied flying
In correspondence school and
ranked 29ih in a class of 30."
"Listen, If Kansas City is fogged
ill and we have to fly on to Ut
Angeles, you're the one who's go
ing to phone my wife. She'll nev
er believe me."
"Have you Irird your meal yet?
The pilots must do the conking
on this airline."
"Sure, they're away from home
a lot of the time hut what's
wrong with that? And they gel
paid more than a V. S. senator."
"Yeah, he's the boss aloft all
right, but he doesn't have as
much authority as a ship's cap
tain. Ile can't marry people."
"You call this real flying? Why,
man, when 1 was flying a R17 In
the war, 1 used to let down the
wheels and roll homo on the fink."
"When they get these planes
fully automatic, whit'll you boys
drive trucks?"
"That was nice ride, young
man. Now, if you'll just help me
get my bags into a taxi. I II give
you a quarter for yourself."
Nepal Rumors False
KATMANDU, Nepal (AP) - A
government spokesman todav
denied reports that a Nepali arinv
battalion was rushing to crush a
Communist led insurrection in
eastern Nepal.
WASHINGTON (AP)-It was a
sentimental journey and a differ
ent kind of President.
On Feb. 17, 1953, when Presi
dent Eisenhower held his first
news conference after taking of
fice, reporters jammed into the
high-ceilinged mom in the old
State Department building near
the White House. 1
He was 62 then and he seemed
unsure of himself and tense.
Wednesday, eight years and 192
news conferences later, reporters
jammed into the same room to
see and talk with the same man.
now for the last time as President.
He was 70 now and very sure
of himself. And he was at ease.
The reporters didn't really go
looking for news. They didn't ex
pect much and, as it turned out,
there wasn't. Eisenhower had only
three days lctt in office and there
was no reason to think he'd light
a firecracker.
They went for various reasons,
besides' asking questions and jot
ting down answers. For instance,
they wore curious, remembering
how he had looked in his first
meeting with reporters as Presi
dent, to see how he looked in the
finale.
But (here was also a sentimen
tal reason for jam-packing
Wednesday's news conference.
Somehow by this big turnout the
reporters wanted to wish him a
hearty goodhy.
Portland Cargo
Shows Increase
PbRTLAND (API The Mer
chants Exchange said Tuesday
Portland's ocean commerce in
creased 5.3 per cent last year.
the port handling 9,102,406 tons of
cargo.
The largest Hems were more
than five million tons of petro
leum inbound from California and
Washington refineries and more
than two million tons of grain for
lorcign export..
. In the end they never said the
word goodby-at all.
They just stood up in respect
and applauded as he walked out
quickly, his hands high in that
familiar gesture of good will he
always used when standing in the
back of an open car to greet
crowds in New York, London,
Paris, New Delhi. ..
But time and the presidency
had wrought changes in Eisen
hower. At that first news conference
Eisenhower, fresh out of a life
time in the Army and still a
greenhorn in the intricacies of
government, faltered as he tried
to answer the questions flung at
him.
It was painful, so painful this
writer, sitting in the back row,
gripped his hands together, wish
ing Eisenhower could do better or
that the collective wish of the
newsmen would help him lo. He
was indeed ill at ease.
: You wouldn't guess it, of course.
it you went bark now and read
the transcript of that first news
conference put out by the White
House at the time.
It has no direct quotes. It said
Eisenhower said this or Eisen
hower said that. All the uncer
tainties had been eliminated by
avoiding the direct quotes.
Wednesday Eisenhower, after
eight years of government, was
cheery, sure of himself, untense
and fluent. His sentences still got
jumbled a bit but no more than
any man's might in any conversa
tion. Perhaps most remarkable of all
was this:
Wednesday F.iscnhowcr, who
had a heart attack in 1955, a
stomach operation in 1956 and a
minor stroke in 1957, was not only
pink-cheeked but appeared in ev
ery way to be in excellent health.
One thing was sure: He was in
guod spirit, as a man might be
expected to be just a few days
before laying down the burdens of
the presidency and knowing he
was as well-liked at the end as he
was at the beginning.
Archbishop Of Canterbury.
Plans Retirement May 31
LONDON (AP) Dr. Geoffrey
Fisher, archbishop of Canterbury
and spiritual head of the Church
of England, announced this week he
is retiring on May 31.
Dr. Fisher, who will be 74 on
May 5, told a convocation of
churchmen he feels it is time to
hand over his duties to a younger
man.
A statement from Lamheth Pal
ace, residence of the archbishops
of Canterbury, said Dr. Fisher's
successor has not yet been
named. He will be named by
Queen Elizabeth on the recom
mendation i of Prime Minister
Macmillan.
Among those mentioned in
church circles as possible succes
sors are Dr. Michael Ramsey, 56,
the archbishop of York, and Dr.
Robert Wright Stopford, 59, the
bishop of Peterborough.
Dr. Fisher bad been archbishop
of Canterbury since 1945.
The announcement of his retire-
Freedom Foundation
Cites Oregon Schools
Four Oregon schools were cited
today by the Freedoms Founda
tion for "outstanding programs
which helped to bring about a bet
ter understanding of the American
constitutional republic.
The foundation, in a release
from Valley Forge, Pa., said For
est Hills School at Lake Oswego
received its Principal School
Award. A student and teacher at
the school will receive an all
expense paid trip to Valley Forge.
George Washington Honor Med
al Awards went to Chapman
School of Portland and Keizer
School and Richmond Elementary
School, both of Salem.
The Oregon schools were among
134 in the nation thus chosen.
Later this year, the foundation
will present awards to a number
of individuals, organizations and
classroom teachers. The founda
tion director from Oregon is state
Supreme Court Justice George
Kossman.
Salem Solon Ailing
SALEM (AP) Sen Robert F.
White, R-Salem, ill at home with
cancer, listened to Senate pro
ceding by telephone.
menl came just six weeks after
one of the most historic moments
of his career, his meeting on Dec.
2 with Pope John XXIII. He was
the first archbishop of Canterbury
to meet the head of the Roman
Catholic Church since the Refor
mation. Dr. Fisher had made a main
task of his ministry to try to
bring the C h r i s t i an churches
closer together. His call on Pope
John earned widespread admira
tion, and Pope John said it left
hope for eventual solution of the
great problems dividing their
churches.
But Dr. Fisher will probably be
remembered longest by Britons
now living for his opposition lo
Princess Margaret's marriage to
a divorced man, Group Capt.
Peter Townsend. Finally bowing
to the opposition of the church,
the princess renounced Townsend
and later married Antony Armstrong-Jones.
A quiet, contemplative man
with a twinkle in his eve. the
archbishop enjoys family life
most.
He once said "A family only ;
truly begins with three children.
One child is no family, but some
thing of a misfortune. Two chil
dren are no family, but a failure
half way." He himself has six
sons.
Upon his retirement, Dr. Fisher
will continue in the House of!
Lords as a life peer. He will also
get a retirement pension of 2,000'
pounds $5.600 a year.
Winstonite Has Advice
For County Teen-Agers
To The Editor:
In the Jan. 6 issue of The News
Review appeared a letter from
Carol Berrow of Roseburg.
- I think I am safe in saying very
few adults look upon all teenagers
as "hoods," or that many adults
so express themselves. The writer
had no abjection to parents con
trolling the actions of the three-year-old
she mentions, so why ob
ject, if in the judgment of the par
ents, to interference of the parents
or. as is sometimes necessary, the
police?
If Carol Borrow is sincere in her
quest for some place to go, she
could try going home. She might
be surprised to learn her parents
are real nice people and they could
tell her where teenage dreams and
adult reality meet.
Teenage time is a wonderful
time. So many questions to find
answers for. So many goals to be
attempted, then cast aside for new
goals. The search for beauty with
out knowing that just being a
teenager, to adults, is beauty.
Adults are far from perfect, but
they do no wrong in wishing teen
agers to be better than they are.
I hesitate to think that the writ
er expressed her true feelings in
her letter, or that most teenagers
think as she writes. The hope, care ing."
and love that caused teenagers to
become teenagers is, I think, felt
by most teenagers.
mill where the "headrig isn't
worn on the head or visit the woods
where a "cat show is not an e
hibit of cats and a ."high lead"
does not imply one has to be
"high" to lead. '
if we adults could, at present,
reach the ultimate in those things
teenagers want, this world would
become dreary indeed to today's
teenagers, soon to be adults, for
they would have nothing new to
give to the next generation of teen
agers. No, teenagers, adults do not hate
you, think you are "hoods" or in
"any way wish for any harm to
come lo you. We are often more
perplexed than angry with you.
Joseph B. Hulse
Star Rt., Box 14
Winston, Ore.
Patriots Force Halt
To Roosevelt's Plans ;
To The Editor:
We are constantly being told,
and it can be easily verified that,
little by little, we are losing all
the rights and freedoms of our
American heritage. We hear, on
the other hand, the plaintive cry,
"Well, what can I do about it?
I'm just one person." For an an
swer to this let us look at an inci
dent that took place in Washington
last week.
Congressman James Roosevelt
(D-Cal.) began, on Jan. 2, his an
nual offensive against the Houss
Committee on Un-American Activi
ties. A grand sideshow had been
planned with "busloads" (accord
ing to the "Worker ) of demon
strators and lobbyists to back hit
efforts. And what happened? They
were met at their assigned picket
ing place near the White House
by twice as many patriotic pickets
in support of the committee. The
pro-committee turnout was so im
pressive that James Roosevelt has
abandoned bis plan to introduce a
bill calling :"or the committee's
abolition.
This is an indication of what pa
triotic people can accomplish if
they will but take the time and
effort. It has been said that "All
that is necessary for the triumph
of evil is that good men do noth-
Laura Taber
P. O. Box 211
Florence, Ore.
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