Connecticut Highway Crackdown
On Speeding Produces Results
Hartford, Conn. (U.R) When
you drive into Connecticut a
high-way sign warns: "Don't
speed. Conviction means loss of
license."
Connecticut isn't kidding. For
three months motorists in this
state h a t a been experiencing
an unusual crackdown on high
way speeding.
Traffic judges are under
threat of losing their jobs if they
fix" speeding tickets.
Any motorist convicted of
speeding gets his driving license
suspended 30 days for first of
fenders, 60 days for repeaters.
Gov. Abraham Ribicoff order
ed the unprecedented crackdown
three months ago and the first
returns are just in. During the
three months, there were 10 less
traffic deaths than during the
corresponding period of 1955.
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NO ADMITTANCE Actor Hugh Marlowe (right) finds
nimeK locked out of the Alcazar Theater in San Fran
cisco by doorman C. P. Bernitt (left) as the result of a
backstage battle between Marlowe and his leading lady
Marjorie Lord, in th-- "Anniversary Waltz." Thelfracas
allegedly followed Miss Lord's objections to being kissed
too passionately" in certain scenes by Marlowe. Actor
Andrew Duggan replaced Marlowe in the male lead
This is highly gratifying,"
Ribicoff said, "but we still have
a long way to go." The accident
statistics also show that of the
19 fatalities that did occur last
month 16 were blamed on speed
ing.
A Bit of Irony
The governor says the cam
paign will go on indefinitely.
"When drivers realize we mean
business and start obeying the
traffic laws the number of acci
dents will continue to drop," he
says. "It's ironic that drivers
won't slow down to save their
lives but they will slow down
to save their licenses."
Ribicoff ordered police and
judges to lower the boom on
speeders when Connecticut, win
ner of many national safety
awards in the past, came up with
a total of 320 highway deaths
in 1955, an increase of 78 over
the previous year.
State Police Commissioner
John C. Kelly calls it "the most
effective crackdown I've seen
in my 35 years as a policeman.
You can look at traffic anywhere
and tell it's moving slower."
No More Dismissals
Ribicoff, in discussing his war
on speeding, tries to make two
things clear. First, judges have
not been told to find everyone
guilty. "What I was concerned
about was the widespread dis
missal of warrants. Too many
cases were being thrown out.
His second concern is seeing
that Connecticut doesn't get a
reputation as a "speed trap." The
truth is, he said, the campaign
has resulted in fewer arrests for
speeding. The motorists them
selves are taking it easier.
Not everyone is happy with
the governor's program. "You
just lost one vote," one motorist
wrote Ribicoff. "You're a lousy
guy," another wrote, "if you
don't do favors you won't be
governor long."
Some motorists praise his idea
"I used to find myself driving
hell-bent for election all the
time," a traveling businessman
said. "Now for the first time
realize what Connecticut looks
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Height of Fashion ...
Douglas fir roof beams and
decking have become outstand
ing features of pictorial art on
the American home, new style.
Pick up any one of the many
fat and gaudy "homes" maga
zines, architectural or popular,
and the exposed beam, post and
deck of west coast lumber strike
the eye from page after page.
The big timbers from Oregon,
Washington and Northern Cali
fornia forests dominate magazine
views of home interiors simply
because the eye of the beholder
naturally rises from floor and
walls and furnishings. The old
time home ceiling, in most illus
trations, has gone with the wind
md the plaster. Young Amer
ica has learned to identify Doug
las fir with the roof beam. West
coast hemlock has been made a
DODular decking choice. So it
is with western red cedar for
siding, paneling, fencing and out
door furniture.
Homes architects of the hour
have met a tidal wave of re
sponse on the theme of "outdopr
living," which in terms of design
engineering means more spacious
living, fewer traffic jams, in the
daily routines of members of the
family.
Big wood beams are the magic
key. At low cost they are now
being extended outdoors from
sidewalls sometimes even to
the yard's wood-screen posts.
Uplifting Example ...
To illustrate, here's the April
issue, 258 pages strong, of "House
Beautiful." It is one of nine
spring home-making publications
on the slab table of the old boom
pond shack where I beat prose
from a 1909 Model Oliver Visible
Typewriter. A leading credit
line on its featured modern home
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like I never saw it before be
cause of the blur."
"Roof beams and decking,
Douglas fir, West Coast Lumber
men's Association, Portland,
Ore."
The house is on a 50x150 foot
lot and has just 1650 feet of
space for family living. The
front walk leads through center
of lot, lengthwise, past carport
and between two side wings.
Roof beams extend from carport
over the walk as a trellis. Huge,
widely spaced posts provide for
an open-side carport. Across the
walk and a garden rectangle rise
vertical cedar boards of the
second wing's wall. Greens,
blossoms and browns blend hand
somely under the springtime
sun.
Inside, the living' room space
takes wing on wood to the toof
peak. The beams, made so beau
tiful to see by the magic of archi
tect, builder and decorator, look
like Standard grade plank to a
lumberman's eye. Knots and
checks are beauty in the home
world of today, as thev should
be, for they are of the true na
ture of tree growth, and beauty
abides in the natural.
Camera Trail . . .
The pictures lead to bedrooms,
past bookshelves of an inner
court, to 30-foot kitchen and
dining nook. Everywhere the
eve is drown t obeam and deck
The latter, in a page-wide color
view, is uniformlv honev-hued
making one wonder if it might
not actually be west coast hem
lock. The beams in early New Eng
land tney were termed summer
beams" are stained a striking
shade of green. The natural char
acteristics of Douglas fir stand
out, modified, softened, to add
to the whole picture. And the
green blends well with the plant
ings that show through glass ex
terior walls.
In short, here is just one sam
pie out of a score that might be
Monday, April 16, 195S
MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE FIVH
Quotes From the News
By UNITED PRESS
Monaco Father Francis Tucker, palace chaplain, on the com
ing marriage of Prince Rainier III and Grace Kelly:
"God will keep them together just as the water was changed
to wine."
Atlantic City. N.J. Sen. Estes Kefaurer on recent Democratic
campaign criticism by Adlai Stevenson:
I think his statements look like statements of desperation.
Jerusalem Israeli Premier David Ben-Gurion in a warning
to Egypt:
"For every blow the Egyptian army delivers against us, we
shall return two."
Washington Rep. Thomas J. Dodd (D.-Conn.) on possibility of
U.S. intervention in the event of war in the Middle East:
"If Israel gets arms so Ihey can defend themselves, I do not
think we need to send American youngsters over there."
Speeding Violators ,
To Pay By the Foot
Bowling Green, O. U.PJ
Motorists will have to pay by
the foot for speeding violations
under a new system devised by
Mayor Lorin Janzer.
The plan calls for a fine of 15
cents per foot for each foot of
difference between the safe
stopping distance at the speed
limit and the safe stopping dis
tance at the speed which the
motorist was driving.
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the Cuernavaca quick divorce
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end the latest marital ties.
ACCUSED of burglarizing
fashionable homes where she
gave piano lessons, Thelma
Politte is in Beverly Hills,
Cal., jail. (International)
Barbara Hutton Lawyers
Preparing Divorce Papers
Cuernavaca, Mexico (U.R)
Lawyers for oft-married Bar
bara Hutton were reported to
be preparing to cut her loose
from husband No. 6, German
tennis star Baron Gottfried von
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