Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, October 05, 1956, Image 3

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Newspaper Page TextSalem, Oregon, Friday, October 5, 1956 THE CAPITAL JOURNAL Sectioni 1 Page 8 Freeways 3 Times as Safe as 2-Lane Roads Rv PATTf! UI ninim,. . - . "! "HI- W. HARVEY ID . t ...i.l.i.,;. a .. "v6igiBHC uwcau I lIVC Hl'MUII, ine Highway engineers didn't 'hen the federal government will decide to build frenwavc: ict come In and rin Iho .nh - "icy are laster. A ma lor reason is that thev are safer The Oregon Highway Commis sion recently received a report u,e leocrai bureau of Public Roads which summarizes an in- vestigation made in 19 stale It shows that" on freeways, such 11. n. DiuuocK r recway be tween . PortUnd and Salem, the traffic death rate is i.S per 100 million miles. i On expressways, where access Is only partly controlled and there re crossings' at grade, the rate soars to 9.6; making this the most dangerous type of construction as far as fatalities are concerned. The rate on the old two-lane con vention highways is 6.0. There are 171 injuries per 100 million miles on freeways, 240 on expressways or partly-controlled access roads', and 408 on other highways. Oregon won't have any express way construction. It will be all freeways from here on out. Another study shows the same results for freeways and express ways inside metropolitan areas. If the Raldock Freeway is to be a pattern, the speed limit on Ore gon's new freeways will be 70 miles an hour. This will apply on Routes 99 and 30. Access to highways is limited by purchasing the access rights from abutting property owners. The Highway Commission can change present highways into freeways as long as there aren't more than 10 business establish ments per mile. The commission will ask the Legislature to remove that restriction. It's usually too expensive, how ever, to pay for access rights on existing roads. So the commission generally builds over entirely new routes. In 1947, the Highway Commis sion asked the Legislature for per mission to change existing high ways into freeways. The Legis lature did, but put that "10 or more" restriction in; That's when the commission first decided to build the freeway be tween Portland and Salem. It couldn't possibly have changed Pacific Highway East into a free way with that restriction in the law. There was a big legislative fight over that law in 1947, with the motel owners vigorously op posing it. There will be another one in 1957. The commission says it needs to have the restriction re.r.oved In order to comply with federal regulations that will apply to re construction of U. S. 99 and 30. Some parts of those present routes will have to be made Into free ways, ..' '. . . ' ' ; The commission adds that if the However, thp rnmmUcinn Isn't just asking for unlimited rights to restrict access on those two routes. It wants to do it over the whole highway system. The commission reports that nearly everybody thinks the Bal ' dock Freeway is - wonderful, but i there are some complaints. For instance, one state official complains that the commisison is failing to put the mileage on high way direction signs. A sign points to Portland, for instance, but doesn't say how far it is. Doane's Poll Shows 21.2 Pet. Drop in Ike Farm Popularity ST. LOUIS (UP) The Doane Agricultural Service Inc., report ed today a' poll conducted by its countrywide farm panel shows that President Eisenhower's pop ularity among the nation's farm ers has dropped 21.2 per cent since 195S. The Doane organization, a pri vate farm research and manage- Benson Plans Barnstorming To 111 Towns CHICAGO Wl Secretary of Agriculture Benson Thursday said he will "join battle" with his Democratic critics in a barn storming blitz of the nation's farm areas. He announced that he will travel by small plane and even by ranch wagon on a tour that will take him to as many as 10 communities a day and io 111 farm towns in three weeks. Benson made known his revised campaign plans in a statement of fighting tenor he read at a news conference. He said "both candi dates of the opposition party" had made him a campaign issue, and he added: "I welcome the fight. I am eager to personally and aggres sively join battle with them." "If political enemies want to make me personally an issue in this campaign, it is fine with me," the Benson statement said. "I'll meet them where it counts, right -at the country crossroads of America. "I plan on using ranch wagons and small airplanes to make speeches in as many as 10 com munities a day. So far we have developed a new schedule to visit 111 farm communities in Missouri, Iowa, Nebraska, California, Ida ho, Montana, Wisconsin, Pennsyl vania, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois and Michigan in the next three weeks." Benson said he bad cancelled all but "certain unbreakable" en gagements to plan a trip that will carry him to as many farm towns and county seats, as possible be fore the Nov. 6 election. ment group formerly headed by Undersecretary of Agriculture True D. Morse, said the poll con tained a cross-section of farm voters from families having a gross annual farm income of $2,500 or more. It said 56.6 per cent of the farmers polled plan to vote for President Eisenhower, compared to 72.1 per cent in 1952, 34.4 per cent for Stevenson compared to 20.2 per cent in 1952. The undeci ded or not voting this year is 9.0 compared to 7.7 in 1952. ' The survey showed that, of the farm families polled, only 73 per cent of President Eisenhower's backers in 1952 have remained loyal to his candidacy while 90.2 per cent of Stevenson's supporters four years ago plan to vote for him again. The survey showed that, by regions, defections from the Eis enhower camp we're greatest in the south central states where 36.6 per cent switched to Stevenson, 27.7 per cent in the west north central states, 24.2 per cent in east north central states, 27 per cent in the western states and 11.9 per cent in the north Atlantic states. 655 New Polio Cases Reported WASHINGTON W There were 655 new polio cases reported by 47 states last week. No report was received from Rhode Island. The total is 110 less than all the states reported in the week ended Scot. 22. and a Public Health Service spokesman said Friday we can expect a continuous de cline now." The spokesman also said pres ent indications arc that the 1956 total of cases will be approxi mately, half the 1955 number. Last week's" total of 655 com pared with 1,259 in the compar able 1955 week. Up through Sept. 29 there had been 12,153 cases this year, com pared with 23,010 a year ago. For this disease year, -which started April 1, there had been 11,086 as compared with 21,947 lor the 1955 span. i The United States National Bank OF PORTLAND RESOURCES Cash on Hand and Due fromonks. $ 162,160,103.16 United States Government Bonds 251,953,570.34 Municipal and Other Bonds 72,!?!'M2 loan, and Discounts-Net 346'?i$'!" " Stock In Federal Reserve Bank ' -20' Bank Premises (Includina Branches) 11 ,37 1 ,444 .33 Customers' liability on Acceptances. I!;''!!':! Interest Earned tll'lliit Other Resources 379,005.22 : $ 848,397,555.13 LIABILITIES Capital J 20,000,000.00 Surplus 20,000,000.00 Undivided Profits 19,388,034.25 Reserves for Interest, Taxes, etc Acceptances Dividends Declared n.. ...it ' !.,.. (VII.M. NbI Earned 4,803,009.51 Other Llablliti k 5,374,003.29 59,388,034.25 5,509,171.53 180,991.80 1,300,000.00 771,842,344.75 $ 848,397,555.13 HIAO Officii fOKTlANO, OHIOON OREGON'S OWN STATEWIDE BANK Member Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation LADD A BUSH-SALEM BRANCH State and Commercial NORTH SALEM BRANCH 1990 Fairgrounds Rd. UNIVERSITY BRANCH 1310 Stat St. WEST SALEM BRANCH 1 1 1 7 Edgewator DIRECT BRANCHES OF THE UNITED STATES NATIONAL BANK OF PORTLAND The commission answers that it can't put the mileage on the siens until the construction program is completed. With new construction projects constantly shortening dis tances, the commission would be constantly changing the mileage figures, too. 5 Retail Sales Records Eyed NEW YORK UH Fall retailing will set new all-time records tor the fourth quarter, both in dollar volume and unit sales, it was pre dicted Thursday by Sales Man agement magazine. The selling boom, the magazine said, comes after a comparative lull in the third quarter, reflect ing effects of the steel strike and the low point In automotive sales. The magazine noted a down ward progression for the past three ' quarters in retailing gains over 1955. For the first quarter, the 1956 gain over 1955 was 6.4 per cent; for the second quarter, 2.5 per cent; and for the third, about 1.6 per cent. September sales, the magazine said, barely exceeded those of 1955. Among states expected to show a better than average perform ance this October over the same month a year ago are; Alabama, Arizona, ' Connecticut, Florida, Montana, Oregon and Vermont. Winning Pictures "At Stayton High STAYTON (Special) - .On dis play this week and next week until Oct. 12 are 50 winning exhibits of the National High School Photo graphy awards, under sponsorship of the Eastman Kodak Co., in Stayton Union high school cafeteria. The display is- being shown IB schools which have had winners. 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