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.
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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. The
nine craft will fly over a number
of Australian and New Zealand
cities during the week they are
expected to be 'Down Under.
The previous longest point-to-point
bomber flight was in June
1954 when three B47s flew 6.800
miles from March AFB, Calif., to
Vokota, Japan, without stopping.
Another B47 jogged back and forth
between England and North Af
rica to set an endurance record of
47 hours. It was estimated to have
flown 21.163 miles.
Natural gas is lighter than air.
But, on year's production ot gas
would weigh two and one half
times a year's total production of
steel in the U.S.
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In Alabama Protest
Of Negro Deferment
NAACP Lawyer
Gets Indefinite
Postponement
MONTGOMERY, Ala. Ml.'
Strong feeling against postpone
ment nf Armv induction for a
young Montgomery Negro attor
ney nas orougni nine resignations
from the Selective Service system
in central Alnhnma tnra i-pcia.
nations were being considered to
day.
The Fred D. 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.
Ministers are draft-exempt.
The local board took the stand
that it was too late to introduce
new evidence ana retusea twice
to reopen the case. Three board
members walked out with bitter
comments of "NAACP 'pressure"
when Gray didn't go into the
Army Monday as they had
ordered,
Next day the Barbour County
TorpedoFuel
Propels Jeep
In IRS Flub
BLOOMFIELD, Ind. lB-Robert
Clark, Bloomficld used auto parts
dealer, could hardly hold his jeep
yesterday after he filled the tank
board and appeal agent resigned
in protest over the case. Wednes
day Gov. James E. Folsom, a
Democrat, said the case had been
made "a political football by the
Republican White House." That
day too J. M. Stanton of Greens
boro, member of the Hale County
board, quit in protest.
Another resignation came yes
terday, from J, Stuart Yow of
Selma, appeal agent for Dallas
County. Ho wired Hershey object
ing to what he said was "evident
outside pressure. "
with some hew fuel he had bought"
from the Crane Naval Ammuni
tion Depot. . .
"I couldn't keep the darn thirrV"
under 40 miles an hour,"' Clark
said after he got it stopped. An--noyed
at the Navy, he called a
Terre Haute company and trieS ,
to sell the rest of 980 gallons ha;
had picked up as surplus on bid
Of $156.80.
The company s buyer studied '
the stuff and called the Internal
Revenue Service, which had au
thorized the sale. The IRS noti
fied the Navy, which agreed to
take back its $25,000 worth nf .
torpedo fuel and refund .Clark's
$156.80. .
Several persons had learned
the difference between ethyl alco
hol and premium gasoline, and the
only problem left was to tame the
jeep.
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