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Houstonians Anxiously Wait Test On Answer To Parking Problems Houston, Tex. (U.R) Hous ton's oldest street, a road that was ancient when the Spaniards came to Texas, will be the scene of a look into the future in the next few weeks. houstonians who will take the peek hope to find an answer to a problem that plagues most American cities . . . the problem of traffic snarls, bottlenecks and parking. They will look to the air . . . to a sleek, out-size 961 passenger transit bus which can glide, sus pend, along a 970-foot steel track at speeds up to 60 miles an hour. The idea isn't new, because the world's first Monorail system has been in' operation at Wupper tal, Germany, for 50 years. The Texas version is only a test . . . a pilot model . . . but promoters envision it whisking passengers over congested city streets, high ways, streams and rivers. Faster Commuting And above all, taking big tran sit buses of the streets, and en ticing commuters . . by its noise less, almost vibrationless high speed operation ... to leave their cars at home. Murel Goodell, a professional engineer who masterminded the pilot model of the' Texas Mono rail system, says a commuter, instead of needing an hour or more, can be whisked from his downtown office to his suburban home in a matter of minutes. An in smooth, "floating" air conditioned comfort. Goodell calls his brainchild the "transportation mode of the atomic age." His consulting en gineer, Col. Sidney H. Bingham, former general manager of the New York Transit Authority, is equally enthusiastic. Goodell and Bingham, fi nanced by a group of Houston ians, have built the pilot line at Houston's Arrowhead park, an abandoned auto racing track do nated for the project by oilman R. E. "Bob" Smith. The park is Blind Workers Sue Retirement Fund Portland (U.R) The state public employers retirement fund was sued yesterday by 17 persons employed at the service center for the blind here who seek benefits under the fund. The suit claims the persons are subject to the control of the state, acting through supervis ory personnel, in that they can be discharged and must conform to discipline and hours of work set by the employer. They stated they are engaged at the center in making articles which are sold with the proceeds paid to the state. The suit followed an opinion by Attorney General Robert Y. Thornton in which he said the workshop employees were not state employees within the terms of the state public employees re tirement act. An earlier opinion by Thorn ton had resulted in withdrawal of state accident insurance, caus ing temporary closure of the workshop. But Thornton later reversed this opinion and the workshop reopened. Secret Military Contracts Voted Out Washington (U.R) The House Armed Services Committee has voted 36 to 0 to force the Defense Department to do more of its buying by competitive bids. It approved a bill repealing a wartime law which permitted the military to use secretly ne gotiated contracts to aid small business and . for purchases of certain research and develop ment equipment, food and cer tain military items. Otherwise, all buying would have to be done through advertised, competitive bids. an old Spanish trail, a road which has seen foot, horse, wag on, auto and bus traffic for cen turies. Fibreglass Coach The pilot line is full scale, with a sky-blue fibreglass coach, capable of carrying 96 passen bers, suspended from a steel beam which runs 970 feet be tween 30-foot high pedestals which arch to one side like giant walking canes. The coach is powered by two gasoline engines and is air-conditioned. It will boast a sky hostess whose duties will be equivalent to an airline stewardess. Goodell says riding in the coach is like "floating." Actual tests of the system are scheduled to begin next week, with the public invited to watch the gliding coach from the road side. But free rides won't be given for several weeks. Goodell s a y s his engineers want to shake out any hidden bugs in the system on a 3-to-l safety factor before opening the test line to the public. As Good ell puts it: "Monorail systems have been used in heavy industry for many years. The only difference here is that we will be hauling hu mans instead of materials." Auto Safety Devices Have Little Effect On 'Accident Prone' By United Press Safety devices just don't work as far as our most dangerous' drivers are concerned. In spite of a long series of valuable safety improvements made in automobiles, such de vices have had little effect on the 20 per cent of drivers who cause 80 per cent of the highway accidents. So says the family economics bureau of Northwest ern National Life Insurance com pany. The - Bureau said this deadly segment of drivers, called "acci dent prone" by safety drivers, nearly always have twin records as repeaters, records of repeated safety law violations coupled with records of repeated acci dents, until they die or are stop ped from driving. Given longer range headlights, they have merely increased their night driving speeds. Given cars with a lower center of gravity, they take cures still faster and turn turtle as in the past. Given tires with greater trac tion in rainy weather, they drive still faster on slick . pavements and so skid anyway. Given far better brakes, they dash up to a highway or railroad intersection and try to "stop on a dime." Too often they don't. Given greater acceleration for safer passing, they try to pass in still shorter spaces, so that the resulting collisions have still more impact. Given improved windshield wipers . . . well, says the warn ing bulletin, statistics show that 78 per cent of all traffic acci dents occur in clear weather, 70 per cent occur on dry road sur faces, 77 per cent on straight stretches of road. In 70 per cent of all fatal crashes, one or both drivers have violated one or more safety laws. Of some 4,000 auto-train collisions per year, 40 per cent occur at crossing guard ed by watchmen, closed gates, or special warning devices which blink red lights, sound gongs, or do both at once. Thus only a small fraction of our traffic, accidents "happen." The rest are strictly man-made, the Bureau points out. Theme safety device on which all other safety devices depend is only the driver. Our terrible traffic toll could be nearly eliminated if every motorist would merely keep himself sober, alert and de centl courteous at the wheel. Ford Stock Soars Past $70 Mark - New York (U.R) The price of Ford Motor Co. stock .today soared past the S70 a share mark in frenzied over the counter trading. This was a big premium over the original offering price of S64.50. a share for the 10,200, 000 shares of Ford common stock. Brokers report demand is "simply terrific." They quoted the stock, at S70 and S71 asked, the price they, are willing to buy and sell it at. The stock officially went on sale this morning through a giant syndicate of 722 invest ment; banking firms. The group is committed to sell the stock at S64.50 to those lucky invest ors who have been allocated shares. iBut thousands of persons who were left out in the cold when the stock was originally allotted to investors across the country are offering Ford's new stock holders a big profit if they'll sell. Eisenhower To Hold Conference Thursday Washington (U.R) President Eisenhower will hold a news conference at 7:30 a.m. (PST) Thursday, the White House has announced. It will be his first White House news conference since last Aug. 4, before his heart attack. Mr. Eisenhower met with re porters in Key West, Fla., Jan. 8, but the session was compara tively brief and attended for the most part only by reporters traveling with the chief executive. Westinghouse Strike Goes Into 94th Day Pittsburgh (U.R) The West inghouse Electric Corp. strike moved into its 94th day with top negotiators trying to pave the way for resumption of full-scale talks. Federal Mediator John R. Murray met again today with Westinghouse Vice President Robert D. Blasier and President James B. Carey of the. striking International Union of Electri cal Workers following a second consecutive after-dark session Tuesday night. Negotiators stood firm on their news blackout policy. There was no indication the full bargaining teams would meet in.the near future unless Blasier and Carey reach agreement on certain issues. The IUE's 44,000 Westing house employees went on strike at 30 plants Oct. 17. The United Electrical Workers (Ind.) called its 10,500 company workers on strike a week later at 10 other installations. , Wednesday, January 18, 1958 MEDFORD COREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE FIVE Trouble Shdoter's On Way To Middle East Regions By UNITED PRESS Two international trouble shooters are on their way to the tension-packed Middle East. Hammarskjold, the other India's roving ambassador Krishna Menon. Hammarskjold' left London- by One is UN Secretary Dag plane for Athens yesterday and then will make an unscheduled visit to Jordan, the scene of anti western rioting this month. Krishna Menon left for Cairo for talks with Egyptian leaders on the problems facing the Arab nations. Court Records POLICE COURT Robert J. Morton, failure to yield the right of way, 510. Richard Francis Arndt, violation of basic rule, $10. Clinton Pearl Slick, violation of bas ic rule. S10. Wayne Harold Verschoor, . no oper-' ator's license. So. Larry Wayne Yarnell, violation of basic rule, 510. John Henry Helman, violation of basic rule, S10. Edwin LeRoy Neeley, reckless driv ing, S25. DISTRICT COURT Michaelyn O. Basey, violation of basic rule, S10. Everett R. Armstrong, no operator's license, S6. " Dewey D. Tipton, overload, $105. Benjamin V. Shearer, defective tail light. S10. Max A. Kulbe, illegal left turn. S6. Carolyn C. Jasmann, failure to sig nal. 15. DYKE'S DEALS DYKE'S DEALS DYKE'S DEALS in LU O to Ul Q to LU LU Q to LU - Q ON DIVAN & CHAIR SETS Every one of them makes into a bed! Divan, Reclining Daveno 2-Piece Chair & Ottoman & Chair Sets Sectionals Cushioned with Paratex ' ' ' . Reg. $209.95 Reg, $179.95 Reg. $189.95 no-516995 H..S14995 ns15995 SAVE! SAVE! SAVE! WEDNESDAY NIGHT SPECIAL! 9x12 Rugs $ Free Rug Pad! 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