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Salem, Oregon, Friday, September 21, 1956 THE CAPITAL JOURNAL Section 2 Page 3 DOJVT HIT THAT RAIL! Drivers Liable For Damage 1 o State Highway Property By JAMES D. OI.SON Capital Journal Writer If through negligence you drive into any highway facility and cause damage, you are liable for the damage resulting. And many motorists are rapidly becoming aware of that fact as the State Highway department has speeded up its program against such of fenders. During the past year damage . to highway guard rails, bridges ' and sign posts by being struck by automobiles has almost dou bled, W. C. Enfield, chief counsel for the Highway department de clares. But by cracking down on such offenders, . Enfield says it is hoped that this practice can be reduced materially. Some Not Prosecuted Of course, if an automobile strikes and damages a highway facility through no fault of the , driver, no claim is pressed against the autoist. But otherwise, claims cate the car the maintenance de partment reports to the engineer ing headquarters in Salem and in turn this information is turned over to the legal department. Amacher In Charge Robert P. Amacher, an assist ant attorney general assigned to the highway department, has been placed in charge of this work. In the cases cited he as signs the lone inspector of the legal department who generally comes up with the guilty person. Speaking of malicious drivers, Amacher recalls one case in which a truck driver hauling logs drove Into a weighing station in Southern Oregon. The inspectors removed several logs from the load when they found it' over weight. So incensed was this driver that he crawled into the driver's compartment, wheeled his truck right into the weighing station, partially demolishing it, causing apoui sauu ot damage. Tins driv- are made ;and if the offender orjer was arrested and convicted for his insurance company, declines destroying public property and to pay, the highway department lanes it into court. Apprehension of a driver who through negligence, or excessive drinking, or, now and then, through sheer maliciousness, is generally accomplished by the maintenance men in the highway department. Frequently the car involved in such an accident is so badly damaged that it is left at the scene of the accident and the location of the owner is com paratively simple. But when the damage to the highway facility is found and no car is in sight, these maintenance men become sleuths and begin searching about, checking gap ages in an effort to find a car that has been damaged. Because generally the car hitting a facili ty is as badly damaged as Is the guard rail, bridge or other faci lity. If it proves impossible to lo- had to pay for the damage, to boot. Bridge Stops Bandit In another case in Portland a motorist spent a number of hours drinking in a tavern and finally pulled a gun and held up the tavern owner. He then 'ran to his car, drove over one of the bridges, and ran into the side rail, causing considerable dam age to the bridge as well as to his car. This man is now serving lime lor robbery penitentiary. were 85 claims pending at the beginning of theh three-month's period. Ninety new claims were filed during the quarter, involv ing $37,327.42. Without resorting to litigation, the department collected on 66 claims amounting to $10,034.91. At present there are 33 claims ready for filing in the courts. Drivers Responsible Enfield said in a number of cases, persons against whom claims have been filed, have neither insurance protection or cash to meet the claims. In such cases arrangements are made for monthly installment payments made to the accounting division of the highway department. . "Even though many persons do not seem to realize they are re sponsible for damage done' to highway facilities through their own negligence," Enfield -said, "there is no difference between causing such damage and that resulting when a motorist hits an other car and damages it through negligence. The highway depart ment must protect the state's property and cannot allow care less drivers to wreak damage and escape without paying." Auxiliary Election Held at Willainina WILLAMINA (Special) Mrs. Jess Myers was re-elected presi dent of the Firemen's Auxili ary at the meeting of the group held at the fire hall this week. the state Mrs. Carl Stroschine Jr. was elected vice-president, and Mrs. But such cases are really rare. Albert Fclton, sccretary-treasur- Amacner says. The most Irequent er are those where speed, or drink ing is involved and cars go out of control and land against a sign post, a bridge abutment or a guard rail. As an example of the activity of this department, during the quarter beginning April 1 and ending June 30 of this year, there Mrs. . Albert Endres will be chairman of the community Hal loween party for the children this year. ,It is sponsored annually by the auxiliary. The ladies voted to pay for school lunches for any needy child at the grade school cafeteria. 3B47stoFly To Australia Without Stop LOS ANGELES Wl Three B47 jet bombers will fly nonstop from Idaho to Australia in November for the opening of the Olympic Games. An Air Force spokesman said Thursday the 8,300-mile trip will be the longest point-to-point flight ever flown by Strategic Air Com mand bombers. The bombers will start the 16-to-17-hour flight from Mountain Home Air Force Base. Idaho, and will refuel at selected rendezvous points over the Pacific. Six RF84F jet fighters from the Far East Air Force in Japan will join the B47s in Australia. 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Gray case has also provoked several telegrams and letters to Lt. Gen. Lewis B. Her shey. national Selective Service di rector, who recently postponed in duction of Gray indefinitely. The resignations, which started here Monday -with three members of Gray's draft board, were all with comments that Hershey had Improperly overridden the author ity of the local board. Some wore accompanied by criticism at what was termed "political influence" that reached into the White House. . Local 51 classified Gray 1-A after he had become prominent as legal spokesman for Negroes in the nine-month-old boycott here. The National Assn. for the Advancement ot Colored People obtained a review of the case and the classification was sustained by the highest appeal board. Then after Gray was ordered to active duty Hershey asked that the case be reopened. He said he had been informed that the 23-year-old attorney was now full time pastor of a Negro church, replacing the absent minister. 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