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CRASH SETS STREET ABLAZE Firemen's helmets Be on sidewalk where they fell in
' spectacular intersection crash in Newburgh, N. Y., involving this fire engine and fuel
tank truck. Blazing oil from the tanker set fire to seven parked cars. The truck driver
was killed and six firemen were injured. The firemen were on their way to another fire.
City-Financed Parking Facilities
One Way To Solve Traffic Problem
Editor's note: This is the third In a
aeries on how American cities are
meeting their staggering postwar
traffic problems.
By ROBERT ZIMMERMAN
United Press Correspondent
New York U.RJ Every city
from Boston to Los Angeles is
bursting at the seams with auto
mobiles, and next to keeping
them all moving the big prob
lem is what to do with them
when they're parked.
The' City of Pittsburgh needs
27,000 parking spaces to accom
modate the number of motorists
who drive into the business
district every day.
Bight now there are about
half that many available.
Two Bitter Pilli '
All major U.S. cities are in
the throes of a postwar traffic
jam. It is more acute m some
than in others. But a 20-city sur
vey by United Press indicates
car owners may have to swal
low two bitter pills. before the
parking dilemma is cleared up;
1. More motorists will have to
leave their cars .at home and
ride buses, .trains and trolleys
downtown.
.. 2. The era of pulling over to
the curb and parking is ending
in crowded business districts.
Even the parking meter has out
lived - its usef ullness on streets
where every foot of space is
needed for moving traffic.
Can't Handle Demand
Since the end of World War
II city planners have realized
that curbside parking and pri
vately owned parking lots and
garages cannot begin to handle
the tremendous demand for city
parking ' space. City financed
parking facilities are the only
way out.
Chicago has approved a $50,-
000,000 bond issue to finance
parking lot construction. Cleve
land has authorized $3,000,000
for off-street parking facilities
and the mayor is asking for $4,
000,000 more.
Detroit is considering a $15,-
540,000 municipal parking sys
tem involving seven garages and
six lots. Boston is spending $10,-
000,000 on municipal parking
facilities and officials say this
will "pretty nearly" fill the de
mand. Pittsburgh set up a "public
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parking autority" five years ago
to try to increase storage capa
city in its "golden triangle"
downtown area. Two garages
were opened two years ago, a
third as just completed, and a
six-story underground garage
will open soon.
Parking engineers also recog
nize that part of their job lies
in diverting cars to parking
spaces outside the main business
areas. Detroit's Department of
A Nichol's Worth of . .
Comment On
By HARMAN
United Press
Washington (U.RJ A man
in California "was found guilty
of "litterbugging." That is,
throw l n g
things out of
his car and
messing up the
country side.
In his case, it
was empty
beer cans.
The untidy
character was
sen tenced to
(1) pick up all
beer cans
along a quar
Herman Jfichol
ter mile of highway and (2) sit
in the jailhouse for 28 days.
That is the sort of thing that
prompted a lot of folks, including
the American Automobile Asso
ciation, state legislatures, and of
ficials to. form Keep America
Beautiful. Inc.
Boy Scouts have gotten into
the act. They have adopted a
creed: "I will treat the great out
doors as a heritage to be' im
proved for our greater enjoy
ment." ; . v
Waterproof Sacks
The Girl Scouts have gone
along with this, too, and pledge
themselves to keep trash and
garbage out of America's waters,
fields, woods and roadways. .
The "litterbag" thus came' into
being and is being distributed
around the country. It is a water
proof little sack, distributed by
the AAA and others. The first
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Street Railways recently open
ed a 600-car parking lot near the
edge of the city to "intercept"
motorists from the suburbs who
might want to ride part way
downtown by bus.
In some cities laws are being
considered that would prohibit
motorists from "feeding" nickels
into parking meters every hour
so they can leave their cars in
one spot all day." Cleveland al
ready has such a law.
.
This and That
W. NICHOLS
Feature Writer
one I saw came from the Inland
Automobile Association, which
distributed it in cooperation with
the Spokane Daily Chronicle.
There is a big sign on the out
side of the waxed bag. It says:
"This is your trash bag. Please
use it as a container for your
waste paper, tin cans, bottles and
other debris."
Where To Put It
There is some other literature.
It suggests that if you are travel
ing you can deposit the bag in
garbage cans when you stop for
lunch along the highways. Or
find a can where it can be
dumped at motels, or gas sta
tions. Never on the highway.
A lot of communities already
have joined the drive.
Newspapers, like the Los An
geles Mirror and others have
printed editorials charging that
J "terbugs are messing up the
roads again.1
The New York Herald Trib
une titled its piece "For a Clean
er America."
Tour of Redwoods
My first tangle with the anti
litterbuggers came a little while
back when I took a motor trip
across the country with Mike
Frome and Jerry Fisher, a cou
ple of much traveled gents who
work of the AAA. '
Neither - of them had any
license to tell me what to do,
but they were all over me from
coast to coast. -
Going through the redwood
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DAs, Sheriffs Pick
New Officers, Ask
Law Clarification
Portland U.R)M. Keith Wil
son of Wallowa county was elect
ed president of the Oregon State
District Attorneys Association
and Allen E. Birch of Tillamook
county was named head of the
Oregon State Sheriffs Associa
tion Friday at final sessions of
their annual conventions here.
Ask Law Clarification
The district attorneys adopted
resolutions calling for strength
ening and clarifying certain laws
and amending the statute gov
erning district court judges and
justices of the peace so they can
levy penalties and fines over the
present maximum.
The sheriffs-recommended a
law licensing and regulating
second-hand dealers, junk deal
ers and auction operators doing
business outside city limits. The
law officers also want an amend
ment to the law concerning writ
ing a check without sufficient
funds.
McMillin Elected
Other officers named by the
district attorneys were Max L.
McMillin of Josephine county,
vice-president; James K. Gard
ner of Washington county, secretary-treasurer,
and Kenneth
Abraham of Hood River county,
executive board member.
The sheriffs elected Tom El
liott of Lake county, vice-president,
and Richard Busch of
Washington county, secretary-treasurer.
BPA To Double
Power Output
Seattle (U.R) The Bonne
ville Power Administration will
market double the present kilo
watt output within the next six
years, BPA Administrator Wil
liam A. Pearl said here Friday.
Pearl, addressing 80 members
of the Washington Public Utility
Districts association at their an
nual meeting said 6,200,000 kilo
watts of federal power will be
distributed in the Northwest by
1960.
He said power from existing
federal dams and those under
construction should meet normal
load growths of public agencies
through 1965.
"If the government's power
supply seems to be insufficient
to meet all requirements of pre
ference customers, we will notify
them five years in advance, giv
ing the public agencies time to
find other sources of genera
tion," Pearl said. .
groves of California, both
jumped on me for flicking cig
arette ashes out of the window
of the car.
"Might set a forest on fire,"
came the chorus. -
Once I pitched the butt end
of a hot dog out of the window
and had to fight it out with my
friends.
I had to admit Ihat maybe I
was cluttering up the scenery.
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Housewife Tackles
Escaping Burglar
Portland U.R) Cecil
Madison Meyers, 46, was in
jail under $3000 bend Satur
day on a burglary charge after
a housewife stopped his get
away with a flying tackle.
Police said the Richard
Sloops returned io their apart
ment Friday night to find
Meyers prowling their rooms.
He fled through a bedroom
window, ran across the yard,
but stumbled ' after taking a
four-foot drop from the yard
to the sidewalk. It was then
that Mrs. Sloop threw her fly
ing tackle, dropping Meyers
in his tracks.
Sloop told police radios,
clocks and jewelry had been
gathered near a rear door.
Personal articles worth about
$58 were found on Meyers by
police.
Secretary of Navy
Says Blockade of
Red China Possible
Washington (U.R) "Navy
Secretary Charles S. Thomas
said Saturday in answer to ques
tions about blockading Commu
nist China that the U. S. Navy
can carry out "any assignment
that isgiven to it."
He repeated that statement
six times when asked on the
CBS radio program "Capitol
Cloakroom" if the Navy could
carry out an "effective block
ade" of Red China.
Up To President ,
Thomas emphasized that any
decision to blockade China
would be up to President Eisen
hower and Secretary of State
John Foster Dulles.
Senate Republican Leader
William F. Knowland has urged
such a blockade in an effort to
force China to free 13 Americans
sentenced to prison on what the
State department called "trumped-up"
spy charges. t
. Mr. Eisenhower, however,
said earlier this week a block
ade would be an act of war and
he was not ready to give up ef
forts to settle any differences
with the Reds by peaceful
means.
Could Be Combination
Thomas said he thought any
blockade, if ordered, would be
a "combination- Navy and air"
blockade whether it applied to
China or another, area. He added
"it could be Naval and Naval
Air." Asked if a China blockade
would stop trade with China
completely, he said the question
of stopping "everything" was
"pretty technical? and "I don't
think you could stop everything,
on a very large coast line."
But he reiterated that "as I
think the Navy is in such con
dition that it can carry out any
assignment that is given to it"
WEATHER
By United Press-
. Northern California: Morning
fog in valleys; rain spreading
southward into central Calif or-.
nia Sunday.
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Medford Rural Fire
The annual election for the
Medford - Rural Fire Protection
district will be held 'Monday,
with a poll open from 2 to 8
p.m. at the Oak Grove school. , '
Two vacancies on the board
of directors will be filled.-Harper
K. Hamilton is the only candi
date for a one-year unexpired
term. He is how serving under
appointment Mrs. Charlotte E.
Fogelquist is a candidate for
election to a five year term. She
also has been serving under ap
pointment. Also to be decided is a pro
posal to include Hillcrest orchard
within the boundaries of the dis
trict. Other Members
Holdover members of the
board are V. O. Walker, J. A.
Neff and Carl W. Norris. G. W.
Kellington is attorney for the
district. . .
The district has a contract
with the Medford fire depart-
New Chemical Takes I'
Dust From Negatives
Schenectady, N. Y. (U.R) A
chemical that wipes dust, finger
prints, and scratches from photo
negatives, soon will be available.
The chemical, a silicone called
refr&tasil, will be on the market
in a few months, according to
the General Electric Corp. It
washes dust from a negative
when flushed across the surface,
dissolves oily fingerprints by a
detergent action and fills the
valleys in the scratches. Since
refractasil has the same optional
qualities as film, the scratch dis
appears. fir
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