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L Grande, Oregon Under tbe Act of Marob 8, 1817
Toward Uniform Driving Code
Y A- ndw "rules of the road" law part of a nationwide
effort. to makfe traffic regulations uniform went into
effect' in New York State on July 1.
New! .York's new "rules of the road" law, enacted by
thp- state' legislature last year, is based on Chapter 11
o?'the yhiform Vehicle Code. This is a model -traffic
law for the states, originally drafted in 1926 by a com
mittee appointed by the! first national highway safety
conference'. It ift' revised from tim to time by the Na
tional' Committee on: Uniform Traffic Laws and Ordim
antSfl,, an tirm of the White House Conference on High-wayrSafety.-'
'' .
As its name implies, the new law sets up standards
of highway' conduct. 'For example, it list? as violations
o'peftinghe door '6f. a parked car on the side paralleling
oficojriing traffic, or "riding" the bumper of the car in
fMnt; of you. '
'iviw-'.f ' -" ''
; hiorne other violations, calling for fines of up to $50
' and J5 days in jail: leaving keys in'the'ignitlon Of park
ed cars, hanging boxing gloves, baby booties, or other
paraphernalia over rear-view mirrors, tossing waste
paper, and refuse from cars. 1
' The New York Law accepts the recommendations of
ithe'.U.niforrri Code "almost in their entirety and almost
in1 verbatim'' according to the national committee on
jinifpi'rh.laws; So do a Nevada law adopted last year and,';
h'-itfirtniri BVPflntlnns' n nwent Wisconsin Inw.
.V Most States have adopted a large part of the "rules
of the rdad" recommendations of the Uniform Code.
.Listed a8' notable exceptions are Kentucky, Louisiana,
.Maine, Massachusetts, ' Nebraska, New Hampshire,
V Thb, "rules of the road" section, of course, represents :
onlv 'one 6f many,"(l9) chapters of the Uniform Code.
!lfM.hbra' tnvp rrronosttls for
hides departments, .uniform1 treatment of accidents and '
aco'dent reports! and the like. The American Automobile
Association! has. long advocated' uniform traffic laws,
as, have the National Safety Council, the Governors.
Conference Committee on Highway Safety, and official
or UBsi-officiaV' bodies such as the American Associa
te 'of Motor Vehicle Administrators and the Interna
Oonal''Assdciatlon of Chiefs of Police.
i'PW the first time in recent years, the traffic toll in
1957"decreased. Auto-accident deaths totaled 88,500
i(42,,ot' 8 per cent, fewer than in 1956, when the loss
was -the heaviest in history.1'
'Xrflifio deaths had declined steadily for more than a
yar-until the recent. Memorial Day holocaust. A record
3TJ persons; for a three-day weekend were killed.
Tfre National Safety Council attributed the reversal of
tteud'to impatience,' intemperance, and indifference."
f v Significantly , toll roads and pay turnpikes across the
northwest section of tile country, from New England
to .Chicago,' recorded not a single Memorial Day fatali
ty. Wh(le the fatality rate for ehclr 100 million vehicle
niiles'nas been dropping steadily from 16.7 in 1934
to '5.9 1(1957,' turnpikes have shown even better pro
gress. The 'national pike rate for 1957, as noted in a
special N.Yi Times report was only 2.6 deaths per 100
million; vehicle miles.
" 'The:Vew:V41,000-milo federal-state highway system,
now', building, will be' toll free. But the construction
standards and safety factors will be substantially iden-,
UcaJ' with' those 'of turnpikes. If the new high-speed
roads are policed as adequately as the toll roads, the
fatality rate" ''5.2 per 100 million miles so ' far this
ytar n ought to continue downward.
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Moscow Wants Red China 'Heard'
By JOSEPH W. GRIGG
United Pros International
I,0K;nnw (UPD There are
signs' thai the Communist bloc is
readying a full dress campaign to
force recognition for Red China as
u world power.
For years the Kremlin has tried
unsuccessfully to get the Chinese
Nationalists booted out of the
United Nations. Moscow wants
their permanent Security Council
seat switched to Red China. That
at' least would insure that Russia
would not always find herself in
a minority of one in that body.
But the Communist campaign
now appears to be pushing for
something bigger. Quite simply,
Communist China is trying to
stake a claim for herself as a
world power with' a finger in the
global politics pie. ' ' '
Like it or not, the Russians are
having to push Peiping's' cam
paign. That appears to have been
one of the main results of Nikita
Khrushchev's hush-hush confer
ence with Moo Tse-tung last week
end. .' k
The first tip-off on Red China's
new- claims came early in the
Middle East crisis. The British
charge d'affaires in Peiping was
colled in and handed a note from
the Chinese Communist govern
ment ordering Britain to get out
of Jordan immediately and warn
ing that the results would be
'grave" if - she did not. '
California GOPs Map Plans
For 'All-Out7 Nixon Driye
WASHINGTON (U"PI) Califor
nia - Republican leaders have
mapped plans for a stepped-up
campaign drive including at
least two "all-out" c a m p a 1 g n
swings by Vice President Richard
M. Nixon and a possible trip by
President Elsenhower.
George W, Milias, newly-elected
chairman of the-California GOP
central committee, had-'ia date
Thursday to discuss what he cal
led the "big drive" with Republi
can Natitonal Chairman Meade
Alcorn. - 1
Milias conferred 'with Nixon
Wednesday and later- announced
(he vice president had authorized
him to, announce he definitely
would make "at least two all-out
campaign trips," probably in Oc
tober. .
Milias reported Nixon . "f e 1 1
there is a good chance President
Eisenhower also will come to Cal
ifornia if the international situa
tion1 permits." " , '. " j
Milias, who was elected to his
NuclearvTest .
In New Mexico
Salt Beds Set
WASHINGTON (UPD The
Atomic Energy Commission said
today it plans to explode a nuclear
charge jn a New Mexico salt bed
next summer to test the possibility
of manufacturing both power and
useful radioactive materials with
such underground shots.
The explosion would be the
equivalent of 10,000 tons of TNT,
two-thirds the power of the atomic
bomb which wrecked Horoshima.
It would be more than five times
us powerful as the underground
shot staged In Nevada last Sep
tember. The test. If carried out. will be
staged in a 1,200-foot shaft drilled
into the Solado Salt Formation in
the Delaware Basin of Eddy Coun
ty, about 25 miles southeast of
Carlsbad,
Heat from the blast theoretically
would be contained in a small
space of the dry sail formation
and could be tapped for power
by pouring water into the cavily
and running the emerging steam
through o generator. 1
Radioactive materials, useful in
industry, science, agriculture, and
medicine, would bo formed in a
blanket of surrounding material by
neutrons , from the nuclear re
action. Training Official
For Correctional
Institution Named
SALEM (UPD Roy L. Mark-son-
has-been-appointed as train
ing officer for the new. Oregon
State-Correctional Institution be
ing constructed five miles south
oast of -here.
Superintendent P. J. Squicr said
that Marksoni has been a correc
tional officer for six years and
hag served as training officer for
Monroe Reformatory in Washing
ton.. ; ' ' "
Markson will take part in for
mulation and execution of a six
month training program neces
sary to indoctrinate new employes
Into correctional work.;"
- The first three months of train
ing for now employes who have
had no previous correction experi
ence -will be conducted at Oregon
State Penitentiary, Squier said.
The second three months ol
(raining will be at the correction
al institution which is scheduled
to open next spring.
Markson has completed Federal
Bureau of Investigation law- en
forcement school training and cor
rectional training courses spon
sored by the U.S. Bureau , of
Prisons.
MvRlifiprl British nfficiah: won
dered whetfier Red China was
planning a' Far East diversion to
help out Moscow at a moment
when both the united states and
Britain were fully occupied in the
Lebanon and Jordan. The more
pessimistic view was that Red
China might even launch an at
tack against Hong Kong or For
mosa if the West became serious
ly involved militarily in the Mid
die East. .-
But Feinins s move took on n
wider significance following
Khrushchev s -visit to Mao.
The Soviet leader's notes to the
West on Tuesday killing all pros
pects of a summit meeting re
marked pointedly that the U.N.
Security Council includes "instead
of the legitimate representatives
of the great Chinese people's-republic,
the representative of the
political corpse, Chiang Kai-shek.''
The notes also remarked "this
great power exists, grows strong
er and is developing independent
ly of whether it, is recognized or
not by certain governments."
One thing is certain these
pointed hints did; not' appear in
Khrushchev's notes, by accident.
Diplomats here are,, convinced
they- are the opening wedge in a
new Soviet- drive for recognition
of Red China, -. ':
Taken hr conjunction with Pel-
ping's "warning" to Britain, they
seemed also to indicate a new
point of departure in Red Chinose
post at a state cornmlltee conven
tion in Sacramento last week, told
reporters there was a "big drive"
on within the party to step up cam
paigns of the state's Republican
hopefuls, including that of Sen.
William F. Knowland, a candidate
for the governorship.
State Attorney General Edmund
G,' (Pat) Brown, the Democratic
gubernatorial candidate, ran up a
heavy lead over Knowland in Cal
ifornia's June primary. Some Re
publicans felt Knowland's persis
tent support of right to work"
legislation hurt him.
After his meeting with Nixoij,
Milias conferred with Knowland
and Sen. Thomas H. Kuchel (R-
Calif.l.
Milias said Knowland promised
to conduct a hard, intensive
campaign after Congress ad
journs. The chairman- said he is
confident the senator will beat
Brown in November and that the
other GOP candidates, including
Gov. Goodwin J. Knight, who is
running for Knowland's Senate
scat, also would win, Knight- is
opposed by Rep. Clair Engle. (D
Calif.l.i i.. , .- ...
In addition, Milias predicted
that the Republicans would pick
uo- two House seats this fall
those now held by Engle and Rep.
D. S. Saund, also a Democrat.
Chuckles
In The
News
United Press International
TAMPA, Fla. (UP) Police,
seeking a solution to the $(131
burglary of a drug store, felt sure
today the job was done by juven
iles. Their reason: written on the
floor of the store in shaving cream
were large letters spelling out:
"Zorro."
ALEXANDRIA, La. (UPI)-Or-villo
Chollotto, convicted of dis
turbing the peace at a cafe, had
his sentence doubled from 30 to
60 days when he turned to the wit
nesses who had testified against
him and shouted:
"That's all right, Ihe rest of you
liars can go home now."
I CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (UPD
Thicvcs raiding the grocery of
Van Hogan here Tuesday added
insult to injury.
They rang up "no sale" on the
cash register and took $505 from
it.
SAN JOSE, Calif. (UPD-John
Henry McNeill did a good job as
trusty in tho ; county jail coffee
shop, so when ho was transferred
to the county farm deputies took
up a collection to show their ap
preciation. McNeil, with money to spend,
promptly jumped the farm fence
and. fled.
. CHICAGO (UPD-What's in a
name: Plenty, if it happens to be
Qlivo Green.
The Spanish Green Olive Insti
tute said it's looking for a woman
by that name to help celebrate
Green Olive Week. If found, she
will be crowned Green Olive
Woman of (he Year.
' MOBILE. Aln. (UPD-Perry
Denson, 27, on parole for robbing
a service station, was arrestud
Tuesday for robbing Ihe same
service station again.
OFFICIAL RESIGNS
WASHINGTON (UPD - As
sistant Defense Secretary Mans
field D. Sprague resigned Wednes
day for "purely personal" reasons
involving "family and financial
consideration." President Eisen
hower nominated Dcpuly Assist
ant Defense Secretary John N.
Irwin II, A New York City law
yer, to succeed him.
policy. Hitherto, the Chinese Com
munists have shown direct inter
est in world power politics only
where the Far East was involved
for example, in Korea and In
dochina.
Now they have pushed their
claimes further afield into the
Middle East.
Man Arrested
As Suspect
In Slaying
PORTLAND (UPD Robert
Dennis McCarthy, 38, was arrest
ed here Wednesday while working
as a house painter and was taken
before U.S. Commissioner Claire
Mundorff on a warrant charging
him with unlawful flight from
California.
William H. Williams, special
agent in charge of the FBI here,
said details of the McCarthy case
were meager but that McCarthy
apparently was wuntcd as a sus
pect in the May -31 death of
Aubrey Paul Morgan at Areata,
Calif.
The man was jailed pending
arrival of a complaint from the
U.S. district attorney's office at
Sacramento.
Mrs. Mundorff also committed
to Multnomah county jail a" wom
an identified as Ethel Lorraine
McCarthy, 35. The woman waived
preliminary hearing on a charge
of violating the Dyer act by driv
ing a stolen car from Eureka,
Calif,, to Medford, Ore., on May
31, Federal officers said the Mc
Carthy.; woman and McCarthy
were seen leaving Eureka in the
car together shortly afler the fist
fight in which Morgan was killed.
McCarthy and the McCarthy
woman were registered at 'sepa
rate hotels when picked up here.
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Internal Situation In
Editors: What happens next in
Lebanon? United Press Interna
tional put this question to Saeb
Salam, leader of the rebellion in
Beirut. He wrote the following
dispatch in answer. Salam is a
graduate of the American Univer
sity of Beirut, president of the
Middle East Airlines Co., and for
mer prime minister of Lebanon.
By SAEB SALAM
Written For
' United Press International
BEIRUT (UPD The internal
situation in Lebanon is condi
tioned by the fact that the coun
try is made up of two component
parts Christian and Moslem.
No future policy of program can
be successful unless it is based
on the principle of full and equal
partnership and accord of these
two. parts.
Neither side must dominate the
other. Neither must take the other
for granted. -Both must feel that
they have an equal stake in the
country, that they equally belong
to it.
If this principle is translated
into action in Ihe economic, so
cial, cultural, political and admin
istrative fields, nothing can en
danger the internal cohesion of
Lebanon.
Lebanese relations with her sis
ter Arab states must be based
upon respect for the independence
and territorial integrity of Leb
anon. Tlie Arab states, in fact, have
always been anxious to express
this respect. This is evident from
the covenant of the Arab League,
repeated declarations of (U.A.R.
President Gamal Abdel) Nasser
and recent statements by the Re
public of Iraq.
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On the other hand Lebanon
must not allow itself to be used
by foreign powers as a lever to
widen differences between the
Arab states nor must it become
a bridgehead for indirect pressure
or direct aggression against any
sister Arab state.
Lebanon has nothing to fear
from the united Arab world.
Apart from consideration of the
OK Of Merger ;
For Two Railroads
May Be Sought
CHICAGO (UPD -Alfred E.
Perfmnn, president of the NeW
York Central System, said herd
that stockholders may be asked'
to approve a merger of the Kst'
York Central and PennsylvaiA
Railroads by the end of this year.
. He said weekly meetings were
being held by officials of. the two
railroads, and that progress is be
ing made although managements
have not reached a final decision.
The New York Central executive
said one major detail that has yet
lo bo ironed out is an "equitable"
exchange of stock by the two rail
roads. Last year, the two railroads an
nounced they were considering a
consolidation that wquld create
the nation's 11th biggest com
pany with assets totaling nearly
$6,000,000,000 in a move to stream
line operating efficiency.
NAMED AFTER CHANNAULT
LAKE CHARLES,'- La; (UPD
The Lake Charles Air Force Base
was renamed Tuesday in honor of
the late, Lt. Gen. - Claire Chan
nault, wartime leader of the Fly
ing Tigers, who died last week.
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Lebanon
sentiment and from security
against possible Israeli expansion,
it is in the vital interest of Leb
anon, whose economy depends on
transit, rratte and oii. revenues
and contracts, to have the closest
and friendliest relations with the
Arab countries.
: Future ' policy most suited- for
Lebanon in'the East-West struggle
is in fact Lebanon's traditional
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pendence -lit'l'J43. ' - ' '''
' This1 'policy1- is one of 'friendship
to all, and of neutrality between
the great power blocs. By neutral
ity is meant' refusal to be drawn
into the whole complex or direct
or fndirect'-'rnilitary commitments
to cither bloc by the adoption of
doctrirte, joining' of1, pacts, grant
ing of bases or recognition of
preferential-status.
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Lebanon ' 'should not cooperate
with the sister Arab states in tak
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as indicated, in the Arab security
pact. . .-
No one can predict the future
but if one, lis talking of what is
necessary n and desirable then
(Lebanese, President C a m i 1 1 e)
Chamoun .must resign immediate
ly and the; .foreign American oc
cupation must cease forthwith.
No useful polilical step can be
taken so long as these two stum
bling blocks remain.'
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