Brookings-Harbor pilot., May 27, 1954, Page 3, Image 3

SPEED LIMIT
studied by
traffic men
of P ortland,
J. J. Q uillin, Chief Ju d g e P o r t­
land M unicipal C ourt,
T e rry S ch ru n k . S h eriff M u lt­
nom ah C ounty,
W . A. Brooks, re p resen tin g C as­
u alty and In su ra n ce C om panies,
E rn e st
W illiam s,
S e c re ta ry
P o rtla n d Association of A utom o­
bile D ealers,
Employment Lags
3,400 m ore th a n in 1953.
T ab u la tio n s ju s t com pleted on Brookings-Harbor Pilot
THURSDAY. MAY 27, 1954
re p o rts from 18.500 em ployers
covered by th e unem ploym ent law
co n firm e a rlie r e stim a te s of let and tra d e ’s 2.7 p e r cent, and u tili­
dow ns in th e fo u rth q u a rte r of ties 4.3 p er cent. T he im p ro v em en t
1953. W hile payrolls dropped only in ftxxi processing w as asc rib ed
1.2 p er cent em ploym ent w as 3 4 to delay ed h arv ests.
I>er cen t lower. P ay ro lls for e n ­
tire 1953 w ere h ig h er th an ever MRS. P E T E R S O N AWAY
before but av e rag e em ploym ent
Mrs. P aul P e te rso n an d h e r
w as ab out 1 p er cent below 1951
d a u g h te r Jack ie, left M onday fo r
o r 1952.
S t. H elens, O regon, to lx» p re sen t
Service, finance, food p roducts i a t th e g ra d u atio n of h er b ro th e r,
and a few sm all in d u stry groups )
Jo h n H anson. S he will re tu rn F r i­
gained slightly in th e final m onths I day.
of 1953 but lu m b er’s decline as I
com pared w ith 1952 was 9.3 per
R each th a t b u y er th ro u g h a
cent, c o n stru c tio n ’s 9 7 per cent
P ilo t C lassified A dvertisem ent.
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In Woods, Mills
A pril em ploym ent in trad e , in­
d u s try and service in creased 9.900
o v er th e previous m onth but con­
tin u ed to lag ab o u t 3 p er cent be­
hind last year, according to ta b ­
u latio n s ju s t com pleted by the
Ed Eox, S ecretary O regon As S ta te U nem ploym ent C om pensa­
sociation of A utom obile D ealers, tion C om m ission in co-operation
A rden C. P an g b o m , E ditor, The w ith th e U. S. B u rea u of L altor
¡S ta tis tic s .
O regon Jo u rn a l,
An effort to “iron o u t” d iffe r­
ences of opinion am ong s ta te tra f-
1C offi<*ers on th e one hand and
some county and m unicipal t r a f ­
fic officers and citizens on th e
other, as to w h e th e r a m axim um
fixed speed lim it should be su p e r­
imposed on the O regon Basic Rule,
wiH be m ade by a special subcom ­
R obert C. Not son, M anaging
T he e stim ates, based on re p o rts
mittee named by P resid en t E. C.
E
ditor,
The
O
regonian,
I
from
1.500 re p re s e n ta tiv e em ploy-
Sammons of th e H ighw ay Life-
I
ers,
show
446,500 persons engaged
R
ay
Conway,
as
S
u
p
e
rin
te
n
d
e
n
t
savers C om m ittee of O regon C iti­
zens, Inc,, a t th e suggestion of of O regon S ta te Police, w ho fav­ ! in n o n -a g ric u ltu ra l activities, com-
ored th e B asic R ule “as is’’ but p arin g w ith th e w in te r’s low’ of
Governor P aul L. P a tte rso n .
The su b com m ittee w as nam ed indicated an open m ind on speed 431,700 and la st su m m e r’s all-
S ince last
when, a t the recen t conference on lim its, will act as C h airm an of tim e high of 495,300.
O
ctober
th
e
n
u
m
b
e
r
of
jobs has
the Basic R ule called a t S alem th e subcom m ittee. W hen it re ­
i
rem
ain
ed
from
10,000
to
15,000
ports
a
fu
rth
e
r
conference
will
be
by the H ighw ay L ifesavers, the
differing opinions resulted. An ef­ called by P resid en t Sam m ons, below’ th e prev io u s y e a r’s to tals.
L u m b er and co n stru c tio n con­
fort is being m ade by th e H igh­ w ith a view to a rriv in g a t a re c­
tin u e responsible for m uch of the
om
m
endation
to
be
m
ade
to
th
e
way Lifesavers as a state-w id e
| decline. About 75,100 w o rk ers
Com mittee to d e te rm in e w h e th e r S ta te L egislature.
w ere re p o rted by lu m b er and log­
it should recom m end to th e 1955
At th e B asic R ule C onference ging o p erato rs, com paring w ith
Legislature th a t a m axim um speed in S alem , it w as pointed out by
limit lx» fixed for O regon as is R. H. Baldock, S ta te H ighw ay E n ­ ' 83,500 a y a r before and 72,700 in
1 M arch, 1954. Food processing, m a
now in effect in W ashington and gineer, th a t 48 p er cen t of th e
ich in ery m a n u fa c tu rin g , ship re ­
California, and som e o th e r sta te s. ; s ta te s studied have a p rim a facia
p airin g and p a p e r m ills also w ere
Tiie su b com m ittee nam ed by speed lim it o p eratin g sim ilar to
[m a te ria lly below previous springs.
President Sam m ons, a f te r consul­ O regon’s B asic Rule, w ith in d icat­
T ra d e and service nicked up
tation w ith th e G overnor, is:
ed speeds in c e rtain places, and seasonably, ac co u n tin g for 159,-
General H. G. M aison, S u p erin . th a t 33 p e r cent of th e s ta te s
300 jobs, 1,900 few er th an a y ear
tendent, D ep artm en t S ta te Police, studied have speed law s of “a b ­
before. F inance, re a lty and tr a n s ­
Salem,
so lu te ” c h a ra c te r, which is a fix­
p o rta tio n changed but little but
C aptain W a lte r Lansing, Di­ ed m axim um speed lim it.
The
local g o v ern m en tal units, m ainly
rector Oregon S a fe ty Division, o th e r 19 per cent of states, lie
schools, re p o rted 53,400 at w ork,
Salem,
said, use th e Basic R ule but in­
R. H. Baldock, S ta te H ighw ay dicated i>ostod speeds such as O rc- j
tra ffic afficials and a n u m ber of
Engineer, Salem ,
gon has.
c
tizens th o u g h t a m axim um fixed
Jim Purcell. J r., C hief of Police
S ta te tra ffic officers including
C ap tain W a lte r Lansing, D ire cto r lim it and a re a listic revision of
of th e S ta te T ra ffic S a fe ty Di­ the indicated speeds, in m unicip al­
vision, indicated a t the C onference ities especially, would reduce tra f-
See
th a t they questioned th e advis­ f ;c fa ta litie s and m ake the hig h ­
MRS. ALIC E M. PU TN AM
ab ility of fixing a m axim um speed w ays safer.
lim it on th e O regon Basic R ule
for
to penalize th e 85 per cent of the
K IM B A L L -W U R L IT Z E R
autom obile d riv ers who drive
P IA N O S
safely, in o rd e r to slow down th e
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15 p er cent w ho do not. S tudies
and
also showed, they said, the m a jo ri­
HAMMOND O RG AN S
ty of fatal accidents w ere a 50
m iles an hour o r less and th a t 30-
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| m ile speeds in som e places ar*‘
Brookings. O regon
m orally w rong. C ity and county
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May 29 — 2 to 7 p. m.
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