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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East Germany Alerts
Troops in Fear of
Hungary-Type Revolt
Berlin (U.R) A West Berlin
intelligence organization said to
day East German Communists
have alerted 250,000 troops and
police in fear of a Hungarian
type revolt.
The anti-Communist "fighting
group against inhumanity" said
the Reds have alerted their 100,-000-man
people's army and bor
der police as well as security
and territorial police.
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.
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