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About Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 26, 1956)
HUDSON ON DISPLAY The 1957 Hudson Hornet is on display today at Stevens Auto Sales, Inc., 505 North Central ave., Medford The Hornet will be available in V-8 series, two inches lower in height, with a 255-horsepower V-8 engine. Shown above is the new Hornet four-door sedan available in super and custom two- door "Hollywood" hardtop. Styling modifications include new rear fender fins, dual-fin front ornaments, silver textured alumi num panels on custom models, and new 14-inch wheels. A Nichol's Worth of . . . Comment On This and That By HARMAN W. NICHOLS United Prctt Feature Writer Washington (U.R) The Na tional Safety Council makes a careful breakdown on the cause of fatal acci dents on our highways. Like 37 per cent dut to speeding; 20 for drinking; 14 for weather conditions; 14 for obstruction &.iXi of vision; 8. , unman Nichols m e c n a n icdi failure; and 8 for physical de fects of the driver. This adds up to over 100 per cent for some reason which' I CAN'T FATHOM. Fact of the matter is, though, that nobody thought to pitch in the pitch dark of night. The council admits that 56 per cent of all fatalities occur after the sun sets. But the black out of night is treated merely as condition of driving, rather than a cause of accidents. Truth Is if you can't see you can't fly straight. Beside the point of course, but who wants to wind up a statistic? The council; ever on the job, would like to make this point: Not only do far more fatalities occur during darkness but, are made more serious by darkness. Wrong Reason "For instance," says the coun cil, "if a crash occurs in which a driver was traveling 30 miles an hour in a 25-mile zone, at night, speeding is listed as the cause. Even though it was the drivers inability to see in time to stop that made his speeding serious." The council, which gets its statistics off the blackboards of the several states, would like to point out that in its opinion there are a number of weak nesses in safety planning. Take the schools. It is com mendable that there are driving training courses. But they most ly all are conducted in the light of day. "A driver traiped in daylight is as helpless In night time as a switch hitter facing no-hitter Don Larsen with blinkers on," one director said. About 19 per cent of all traf fic messes involve rear-end col lisions. But only five states are offering the reflective license plates that can be seen 1,500 to 2,000 feet away. They are, bless 'em, Maine, South Dakota, Min nesota, Delware and Louisiana. Bad Roads Also, of the 3,394,500 miles of roads In the U.S., only 750,000 re paved. There are 1,200,000 miles of improved gravel and other surfaced highways, and 1,450 miles of unimproved dirt roads that run to murk in bad weather. Most of the Door roads are not marked for night time driving. No reflective signs hazard markers, curve delinea tors of center line. In other words, if von rinn't know a curve is ahead, you're apt to wind up upside down in a cornlield, maybe badly hurt or out of commission forever. Fortv-six of all nieht collisions between cars and trains happen when a car knocks into the side of a train. Some railroads tn their credit, now mark their coaches with emblems that re flect the light from the head lights of a car. The council worries on. Not a single state, it says, requires a test of night vision for a driv er's license. Maybe we need new laws. State by state. Nixon Sees Tide 'Running Heavily' For Republicans En Route With Nixon (U.R) Vice President Richard M. Nixon flew to the Pacific Northwest today to give a final push to GOP efforts to dump Democratic Sens. Wayne Morse and Warren G. Magnuson. Control of the next Senate may ride on the outcome of the Re publican drives to replace Morse Oregon and Magnuson in Washington with two favorites of President Eisenhower. Nixon headed west after a day of hard campaigning in the Chi cago area long a Democratic stronghold. Sees Heavy GOP Tide Before taking off, Nixon issued a statement proclaiming that "a tide is running heavily" in favor of Republicans and that he was revising upwards his estimate of the Eisenhower vote. He said the President is going to roll up a victory on Nov. 6 "that will surprise the experts." Nixon predicted Republicans will poll 40 per cent of the Negro vote in northern industrial cities twice that of 1952. The famed old Trianon Ballroom in the heart of the Chicago Negro dis trict would not hold all who came to hear his civil rights speech Thursday. Nixon scheduled an afternoon rally at Walla Walla, Wash., and a night meeting at Medford, Ore. He also planned to speak at Great Falls, Mont., earlier in the day. Saturday he will go into his home state of California. 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At the same time, the Com munists organized special classes to teach their militia how to put down revolts. The intelligence report from East Germany said "alarm three," the most urgent alert, was sent out to the army and all police units. Soldiers Confined All soldiers except those with special passes were confined to their barracks. They were al lowed to leave their quarters only in armed groups, the West Berlin organization said. It said all East German army units were being given two 30 minute political lectures daily on the troubles in Poland and Hungary. Members of the so-called "fighting groups" met in fac tories to discuss "how the wea pons training and knowledge of the fighters can be improved," the Communist party newspaper Neues Deutschland said. Fear Disclosed The emergency measure dis closed a deep fear in the Soviet zone that the Polish and Hun garian defiance of the Soviet Union might spread to East Ger many. The Red militia, composed of trusted factory workers, was alerted throughout East Ger many and was given arms. The Communists also alerted 60,000 police and security troops which could attempt to put down any revolt before it became neces sary to call out the 22 Soviet divisions in the zone. , However, there were no signs of an impending revolt. But the Communists, frightened by events in Hungary and Poland, were taking no chances. COLLEGE GETS LOAN Portland (U.R) A spokes man for Lewis and Clark col lege said today a federal loan for $590,000 to finance construc tion of a dormitory and dining hall for the school had been ap proved in the nation s capitol. Court Records DISTRICT COURT Turner James Mitchell, overload, $50. Frank Seely Graver, shooting from a public highway. $30. Jack Leonard Potter, violation ba sic rule. $12.50. Blaine Biles, improperly changing lanes on highway, $10. Harris Holsapple Jr., violation basic rule. $12.50. Raymond Lee Owen, overwidth. $10. Clarence TerriU Greb, inadequate muffler, $15. Norman Alfred Van Orsdol, over load, $27.50. Gary Mitchell Burgess, no motor vehicle license. $6. William John Cook Jr., truck speed ing. $10. Barry Eugene Baer. no emergency rake, $10. bail forfeited. Ruben Ray Strong, one license plate. $10. Elmer Marion Adams, overload. $117. Robert Earl Manasco, violation ba sic rule, $12.50. Arlie Allison Frost, failure to stop at stop sign, $10. POLICE COURT Primio Ciardi. driving on wrong side of street, $5. Edard Hart Collins, failure to stop at stop sign. $5. Gerald Dennis McCollum, failure to stop at red light, $5. Brice Rohrer, improper left turn. Doris Olive Davis, failure to yield right of way, $10. Vernon Ray Stickel, violation of basic rule, $10. MARRIAGE LICENSE APPLICATION . Robert Stephen Aver. 1708 West Main st.. Medford and Mildred Lee Weaver. 2036 Table Rock rd.. Medford. Melvin Vievra Amaro, 625 Lozier lane, Medford. and Shirley Wendell Clower. box 168, Phoenix. 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