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Entered as Second Class Matter at the Post orrice of La
Grande, Oroeon Under the Act of March 8, 1807.
let's fe This Straight
"God, in His infinite wisdom, saw fit to place 'treads'
on the tips of tiie fingers. The loops and whorls of
..-youi; .fingerprints were not put there for identification
. alone. If they were eliminated, you would have dif
ficulty holding a wet glass of water,-a cake of soap, or
getting a life-saving grip on any object you might reach
for." . ,
This is the basis for a new pJea for safety from Capt.
Singleton Shaeffer in the current issue of the National
Safety, Council magazine.
Captain Shaeffer is commanding officer of a troop
of Pennsylvania state police. His plea is a climax of
years spent in observing accident results on the Pennsyl
vania Turnpike.
In' classifying accidents, some of the more frequent
are blamed on : Too fast for conditions ; lost control on
curve; hazardous highway conditions. But behind these
labels, says Captain Shaeffer, are bad tires.
Chief cause of turnpike accidents and we must have
these things firmly in mind as the turnpike mileage
increases are fatigue and lack of sleep. But next as a
killer is "too fast for conditions." It is here that slick
tires and blow-out tires lurk in all their deadliness.
In July and August, 1956, 68 per cent of turnpike fa
talities involved bad rubber. A check of wrecked ve
hicles at one of the authorized turnpike garages showed
98 per cent of the cars had slick tires.
New fcgislation is needed to keep autos with worn
tires off the roads, says Captain Shaeffer. The present
standard of safety is whether fabric or cushion gum is
showing. ". .
Take a look at your tires today. This veteran of auto
safety says it is unsafe to take a car out if less than a.
sixteenth of an inch of tread is showing at every point
on the surface of all your tires including the spare.
. It seems that anything so fundamental wouldn't need
preaching. But the police found a great deal of con-
jausiojiJiSjlpjua'jwheii a4irwas2saf &-i'.,rve."i. -iJ&,m-Talce
his word forit: The more tread, the better. Keep
a frond priri mi the vnnrL -mirl lifp ''"" ' ' ' '
Watching All The Girls Go By
Elver get bored or impatient waiting for a bus? Do
you develop a case of the fidgets because a friend is late
for a luncheon appointment? Friend of ours told us
about a little game he plays that not only eases such
nervous tensions but affords considerable amusement.
He simply looks at all the women passing by and notes
what they have done to their eyebrows. . " 1
Try it some time. You'll be amused, astonished and
at times positively .awestruck,
Barbs
You'd think some girls would be expert swimmers
after the number of times life guards have taught them
how.
One-third as many single men are arrested as mar
ried men a good argument for the wife to toss at
hubby to keep him home'.
' Garlic is said to be a good cold preventive. Eat it and
folks with a cold will keep away from you.
The" original double chin
women started gabbing over
' The old-fashioned waltz is one dance where; when
the music stops, you don't have to get untangled.
Side Glances
TJfct ;. v fl err.
Q 1HI 7 MtA feme. In.
"Kanneth, can't you talk
doodling? This cake recipe
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U.S. Forces
By JOHN CALLCOTT
United Press International
FRANKFURT. Germany (UPI)
Any way you look at it, 1958 was
a big year for U. S. forces jn
burope.
There was a troop movement to
and, eventually, from Lebanon.
And there was Pfc. Elvis Pres
ley. -But
the event that personally
touched the greatest number of
soldiers and their families in
Europe was the long-awaited end
of military "funny money.
The gaudy .military payment
certificates, including paper nick-
les, dimes and quarters, went out
of circulation on May 27. They had
been in use since World War II
and their conversion. into' good
old stateside greenbacks in
volved more than 100 million dol
lars. ',
Thex "funny money" was re
tained only in the United King
dom, Libya, Morocco and Iceland.
The scrip originally was intro
duced to halt a flourishing black
market and inflation in occupied
PUBLIC PULSE
Dear Sirs:
Public denied the right to
vote." . These same laws apply to
city elections. First let me quote
law on voting.
From Sec. of State, in "Elec
tion: matters." law (ORS 24B.0U,
246.120). "The law requires the
school board to select the polling
places and the election board
members (ORS 331.320).
Lines containing "hundreds" of
people waiting to vote, as has been
in the past, at our own water de
partment in La Grande, Ore.,
people denied the right to vote,
standing on street as far north
as Adams Ave., not being able to
get into cast their ballot. Because
not enough polling places.
Also at our own high school
building in the' basement, people
were not able to vote, because
there were not enough.polling pla
ces. ;
This can only happen, if the
local school board has not estab
lished enough polling places, or it
the election clerks arc not follow
ing the procedures sot forth in
the "Manual of Elections Boards"
available' from the county 'Clerk.
So the entire fault lies with our
school board and also our Union
county clerk.
The rule to allow the people in
line at 8 p.m. is the common
practice in all types of elections,
and therefore,, polls are not to
close till all voters . have cast
My sister-in-law, Mary Archer,
served on the election boards. All
voters have their right to vote till
the last in line has 'cast this bal
lot, past the regular 8 p.m., dead
line, and therefore this should be
the voters' right and not the school
board's or county clerk's decision.
Thus quoted by Freeman Hol-
mcr., director, elections division:
'As an American citizen, suffi
cient' number of polling places arc
to be allotted.".
- signed,
Mary Archer
101 Balm St.
Funds Needed
For Centennial
PORTLAND (UPD Multno
man county will have to get at
least $95,000 to participate in the
Oregon Centennial celebration, a
meeting of the special budget
committee was told Friday night
Committee chairman Gary
Meredith said that the amount
was a bare minimum and it
Would probably take several thou
sand dollars more.
The biggest outlay of cash
would be for combatting the prob
lem of housing for the expected
thousands of tourists. It is expect
ed to run $30,000.
The $30,000 would be used to
build trailer sites, finance a com
mercial and public room-procurement
program and, if necessary,
to build tent camps.
Meredith said another $24,000
would be used for "hospitality" in
the county.
That would consist of training
citizens whose businesses put
them in direct contact with the
public and would include wait
resses, taxi drivers, service sta
tion personnel and policemen.
Warning Issued
On Transmitters
LONDON (UPD New-type ra
dio and radar transmitters being
used by Britain's air force send
out beams powerful enough to
cook or seriously maim people
or animals as. much as half a
mile away ,a radio expert said.
Dr. Douglas Shinn, one of a
team of researchers working on
the super-powerful transmittesr,
sounded the warning In an article
in the science magazine "Na
ture." lie said the beams could
cause internal injuries by heating
the body at distances of up to
half a mile. ,
The air force hurriedly assured
Britons that transmitters sending
out the powerful beams are part of
defense radar network would be
located at high points so the
beams cannot hit the ground.
In Europe Had Big Year
countries, but the black market
continued.:
In the Lebanon troop movement.
about 15,000 U. S. troops and air.
men were- sent into 'that Country
to safeguard the revolt-torn re
gime.
They include 5,000 Marines of
the U. S. 6th Fleet, 1.600 airborne
troopers of the 24th Infantry Divi
sion from Augsburg, Germany,
and paratroopers from Germany
and France. Many were called
away from their families on less
than on hour's notice.
One of the year's mast popular
events was the inauguration of the
American Forces Network in
France. It already was a troop
stand-by in Germany and Italy.
On May 23, the first five limited
range stations began beaming
their "stateside" newscasts, come
dy and drama programs and disc
jockey shows to the France-bused
U. S. soldiers.
Then there was the Europcun
invasion by rock n roll , trooper
Elvis Presley, who still is on as
signment in Germany. ,
To his music-loving Army bud
dies, that was a bigger story lhan
Lebanon.
There were two cases .involving
soldiers who reappeared after long
absences, and one disappearance.
Sgt. William Brown touched off
one of the Army's biggest search
operations when he disappeared
from Heidelberg, Germany, .with
his Japanese wife -and two chil
dren. He turned up seven months
luler in Chicago. ..
Pvt. Wayne Powers, an ail-but-forgotten"
World War II deserter,
reappeared with a French wife
and five childrcir-aftor 14 years of
hiding. His wife, Yvctte, was ex
pecting a sixth child when Powers
was sentenced to 10 years, but he
was later set free.
The latest case involved 42-year-
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from Communist Romania in Sep
tember and surrendered. He had
left his Bavarian-based unit in
1948 to accompany his Romanian
girl friend. He was sentenced to a
dishonorable discharge and' six
months ut hard labor..
Six ' murders topped reports of
violent crime involving military
personnel.
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