Salem, Oregon, Friday, October 5, 1956
THE CAPITAL JOURNAL
Sectioni 1 Page 8
Freeways 3 Times as Safe as 2-Lane Roads
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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
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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
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' !.,.. (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.
One of Stayton's students received
an honorable mention award last
year; for that reason the exhibit
is being shown here. ' -
Aluminum .ingot exports from
Taiwan in China to the U. S. in
the first six months ; of 1956, were
650 tons.
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