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Fast Super Highways Have Fewer Fatal
Auto Crashes Than Older Country Roads
Vtor't ;Tte: This is tlis Tut
r of Tivc articles dealing with
traffic accidents in the L'nited States.
Br ROBERT J. SERLING
United Press Correspondent
New York U.P.i You're saf
er when you drive on a good
road.
There are those who doubt
that statement, contending trgt
super - highways invite faster
driving and therefore afe more
dangerous.
But the facts support the claim
that a well designed road is saf
er even with higher speed limits
and (generally faster moving
trafficT
Giant toll rQ3s like the New
Jersey and Pennsylvania turn
pikes have had consistently low
er accident rates than the na
tion as a whole. This superior
record didn't just happen. It is
the result of these factors:
The turnpikes are better
patrolled with more rigid en-
Gorcement of the higher limits.
They are engineered for saf
er driving. Their traffic lanes
are wider, divided, scientifically
O
banked and graded with no in
tersections and traffic lights.
Cut Driver Fatigue
They are easier to drive on
and therefore eliminate one of
the leading Causes of accidents,
driver fatigue.
When a turnpike accident does
occur at high speeds, it can be
a grisly affair. Yet turnpike of
ficials say speed is not the ma
jor factor.
The Pennsylvania Turnpike,
for example, has a maximum
speed limit of 70 miles an hour.
But a survey of accidents on the
highway over the past few years
showed that 75 per cent of the
cars involved were going less
than 51 miles per hour.
California freeways last year
reported 2.2 fatalities for every
100 million vehicle miles. The
fatality rate for the state's rural
highways was 9.39. 7
Other super highways report
similar statistics.
Fatigue a9 an accident causer
cannot be overrated. Recently,
the American Automobile asso
ciation sent two cars over paral
lel routes, one on a r2w super
highway, the other on an older,
narrow road passing through a
number of towns and cities.
Same Miles More Work
The driver of the second car
drove nearly nine hours longer,
drove approximately the same
mileage, averaged about 15
miles an hour slower, applied
his brakes more than 1,200 more
times, stopped for 164 more traf
fic lights, made 454 more turns
and 102 more stops for traffic.
He naturally was more tired and
much less alert by the end of
his trip.
Last year. New York univer
sity safety experts put two iden
tical t twins into two identical
new automobiles and told them
to drive to identical destinations,
from Portland, Me., to Youngs
town, Ohio.
One twin used the Main Turn
pike, the Merritt Parkway, and
the New Jersey and Pennsyl
vania turnpikes. The second took
paralel routes on older roads,
involving heavy city traffic.
They were accompanied by
Proposftf Beundario
Berrydale Ayincaxafog
Sn ,Apeompnying Reticle)
By Peg y Reorganization Pleases
All Sides in fisheries Debate
Planning Ggaiisslsi
Meeting Is (Q9A8ite
gxaiiga
The Medford planning com
mission will consider making a
recommendation concerning tft
proposed Berrydale annexation
at special meeting in the city
hall at 7:30 p.m. Mond5y. '
The proposed annexation area
is shown on the accompanying
map by a dashed line starting
near the junction of Highway 99
and Court st. and extending
around to Crater Lake highway
to connect with the present city
limit.O
The proposed boundary was
determined at a meeting of the
"lanninff rnmmissinn rnmmittpo
and the Berrydale Sanitation!
committee last Wednesday.
Nick Gier, chairman C the
Berrydale committee, said Gne
Elk City district west of Howard
ave. was added to and console!
dated with the Berrydale dis
trict by request of a citizens com
mittee from the Elk City area
which had conducted a house-to-
house canvas. The Elk City com
mittee assured the Berrydale
group the majority of the citi
zens contacted were in favor of
obtaining sanitary facilities,
Giw said.
Northern Boundary
Gier said the northern bound
ary crossing Table Rock rd. was
determined after considerable
discussion of opposition voiced
by Peter R. Bateman, 3088 Table
Rock rd.
The boundary north of How
ard school was agreed upon by
both the planning commission
and Berrydale committees to ex
clude an area of six residences
VL'hprp annpYalinn wa nnnncpri
and which would be difficult to'
seJug) with fenilgry (gJwer, l'that annexation was the most
Gier Sid. (feasible way to obtain necessary
tvCV i. 1 1; ,rv, J-r, 1 sewer facilities which must be
114 MiiUfiiy i"r; jvsi tia 1
of the north id of Houeyd feve.
w o5,wn on property lines of
proiSrtj) owners in tht reg d&
siring nnexfition, hcid. The
north bouodOry lingrom How
ard ,vg west to Highway 99
follows a section line tvougn
that district.
The line south of Hitfiwav 99
was otenedd to include 300-
foot frontage of Medford cor
poration property mutual
aQ'eemcnt between the corpora
tion ,yid city officials since last
Wednesday's meetinA Gier said,
was the extended boundary
east of Bear creek to Biddle rd.
including t h q outdoor eater
site.
BsvTuQt Extension
Property ownjj-i on TplS
koc ra. Detween uaams ana
Sling lanes had requested the
Berrydale committee to extend
the eastern boundary to Bear
creek previously, Gier said.
The area just north of Med
ford city limits south of Crater
Lake highway and paralleling
Biddle rd. along a section of re
cently annexed Kenwood-Grand-view
district was added to the
proposed district by request of
the planning commission to pro
vide a continuous boundary line
for annexation. Gier said.
The Berrydale Sanitation com
mittee has been holding public
meetings in the area and study
ing pros and cons pertaining to
a feasible solution to the sanita
tion problem. Gier said Jhat after
studying all the facts and fig
ures, the committee determined
installed in the district at an
early date.
Pamphlet Plgnrl
Gier said that a pamphlet will
be preparQ and distributed to
all residents in the proposed
area concerning facts developed
by the committee and from
speakers at meetings. He noted
that meetings and facts relating
to the sanitation problem have
.been publicized pigviously.
ine pampniets win oe pre
pared and distributed in the dis
trict aft the city council has
made decision concerning a
special election for annexation
in the area, Gier said.
Hceaf Starts
tan To State
Hong Kong (U.fi) American
turncoat Samuel D. Hawkins,
who returned to the free world
Wednesday from Communist
China, left for the United States
today.
He told a newsman prior to
his departure aboard a Pan
American plane, "It's g"eat to
be back on this side."
When asked what possibilities
his Russian wife has in rejoin
ing him, Hawkins replied, "I
am quite sure she'll be coming
to Hang Kong as soon as she
gets her entry visa."
Mrs. Hawkins is still in Pei
ping awaiting word from her
husband. Hawkins, of Oklahoma
City, Okla., said he had written
his wife from Hong Kong that
the British embassy would get in
touch with her once her entry
iisa for Hong Kong is glinted.
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NflQ wonder what naia would
please her
Charlotte. -lulla or t.ouisa?
Ann and Mary, they're too common
Joan's too formal for a woman,
t'.dith's pretty but that looks
Better in old English hooks.
Blanche is out of fashion now
None I have named as yet
Are so rood as Margaret.
Fmily is neat and fine
What do you think of Caroline?
Marv Lamb
(NAMING THE &BY)
Gina Lollobrigida. who is an
expectant mother, recently said.
'"I hope it is a girl. They are
much greater fun especially
when they are very young." Do
the majority of mothers prefer
daughters to sons? It would
seem that way because many
more girls are adopted than boys.
Of course, it is much more ex
pensive to rear a daughter than
a son but perhaps the women
have in mind the old rhyme:
A daughter is your daughter
For all of her life
But a son is only a son
Until he gets a wife.
Borrowed Time
A Californian. in stating she
believes herself eligible for mem
bership in the Borrowed Time
Club, says when she was 16. a
doctor said she had an incurable
case of tuberculosis and would
only live three months. She is
now past 80 and is the mother of
five children and has eleven
grandchildren and 24 great
grandchildren. She adds. "And
we are all healthy and happy."
Horses and Women
An occasion on which a wom
an can greatly endanger her ap
pearance in a bathing suit and
make her girdle more difficult
to don is a cocktail party. Few
females realize how fattening
cocktails are. The most fattening !
is the dry martini which has 130
calorie. A jigger of Scotch has
113 calories: rum. 134 and gin
122. Women who wish to remain
streamlined should have a limit
of two cocktails per party.
Asking
Queries from clients. Q. Is the
Racquet and Tennis Club of New
York the most exclusive men's '
club in the United States? Are ;
actors barred from membership? i
A. The Racquet and Tennis Club
is quite an exclusive oraaniza- i
tion but whether or not it rates
being called this country's "most
exclusive club" is open to ques
tion. In any event, it does not
bar actors. Fred Astaire has long
been a member . . . Q. Who sang ;
the musical numbers titled "To- j
tern Pole" and "Indian Love j
Call" in the hit show "Rose
Marie"? I claim it was Pearl
Regay. &. You're half right, sir. .
Pearl Regav sang "Totem Pole." !
However, it was Mary Ellis who
sgins, "Indian .ove Call."
The expenses of the weddjgg
of Prince Rainier of Monaco and
Grace Kelly of Philadelphia
amounted to 5420,000. The
Prince took care of this by order
ing a special isue of stamps to
commemorate the matrimonial
alliance. So far this special issue
has shown a profit of about
$600,000.
Patting By
"Wahoo Sam" Crawford. Bril
liant and picturesque baseball
star of the yesteryear. One of
the two great men born in Wa
hoo. Neb. The other is, of course,
Darryl Zanuck, the film produc
tion genius. There has been some
discussion as what trio of heavy
hitting major leaguers made up
the original "Murderers Row."
Get it right. It was Cobb, Craw
ford and Veach of the Detroit
Tigers.
Sy At SOBERT SMITH
Mail Tribunoj Correspondent
Washington - A reorganiza
tion of the U. S. Fish and Wild
life Service, after several pain
ful episodes,
ha been com
pleted by In
terior Secre
tary Fred A.
Seaton to the
general satis
faction of both
and com
mercial fishing
interests who
fought for control of this agency.
Neither group got entirely
what it wanted, for Seaton suc
ceeded in balancing them off
under the new setu Within the
Interior Department.
Until last year, the Fish and
Wildlife Service had been head
ed by a director who was in turn
responsible to one of the depart
ment's three assistant secretaries,
each of whom has jurisdiction
over several Interior agencies.
Under the director were two as
sistant directors, one for com
mercial fishing and the other
for wildlife and game fish. Con
flicts that arose between these
two interests had to be resolved
internally.
In the last Dart of the tenure
of Interior Secretary Douglas
McKay, commercial fish interests
won approval of a plan for cre
ation of separate bureaus each
for commercial and sport fish
eries a move calculated to give
commercial interests some of
the power they once had prior to
creation in 1940 of the F&WS
when fisheries were handled
only by the Bureau of Fisheries
in the business-minded Com
merce Department.
Shortly after Seaton tpk of
fice last summer, he heard that
conservationists were up in
arms over this reorganization
scheme, which the White House
had already announced was
about to go through. Seaton,
after listening to argumenlQpro
and con, put the ax to the re
shuffle, with presidential ap
proval. Seaton then recommended a
oil! pending in Congress, spon
sored by Sens. Warren G. Mag-
nuson ID-Wash.) and Thomas
Kuchel (R-Calif.), which passed,
and called for a fourth assistant
secretary, whose responsibilities
lay only in the fish and wildlife
field; and under him a commis
sioner to head the Fish and Wild
life Service; and under him two
co-equal directors, one for the
newly created Bureau of Com
mercial Fisheries, and the other
for the Bureau of Sport Fish
eries and Wildlife.
As assistant secretary, Seaton
picked Ross L. Leffler, long
time head of the Pennsylvania
Game Commission, and widely
acclaimed by conservation lead
ers. Leffler is planning an in
spection tour of Northwest and
Alaskan fisheries. He then ap
pointed as his commissioner,
Arnie J. Suomela, former Ore
gon director of fisheries who had
been serving as assistant director
of F&WS during the McKay era.
Seaton eased out John L. Far
ley, director of F&WS under
McKay, who had been under
heavy fire during much of his
four years in office. Farley owed
his appointment originally to the
recommendation of California
bankers who wanted less strict
regulations over duck baiting ,
for their hunt clubs. J
Under Suomela, two career j
men were installed: Donald L. j
McKernan, former head of Alas-'
ka fisheries, to head the Bureau 1
of Commercial Fisheries; and j
Daniel H. Janzen, former head I
of the F&WS office at Minneap-'
olis. to head the Bureau of Sport
Fisheries and Wildlife. Their as
sistant directors also are from
F&WS career ranks. Commercial
fishing interests grumbled over
scrapping of the reorganization
plan which they had fostered,
but they are not displeased with
selection of Suomela, whose spe
cialty is commercial salmon fish
eries. Conservationists were
pleased with Seaton for scrap
ping the original plan and selec
tion of Leffler, but have mixed
feelings on Suomela.
Their view was indicated by a
statement by Sen. Richard L.
Neubcrger (D-Ore.) the conser
vationists' chief spokesman in
Congress, when he said he would
support Suomela's nomination,
but he wished he had had some
wildlife experience. A leading
conservation spokesman put it
this way: "Conservationists gen
erally feel that since it's the top
job in the F&WS, it's good to 1
have a man who has been active
in the field as Suomela has heen.
There is considerable unhappi
ness on the part of wildlife peo
ple. But most feel happy, be
cause, at least, he is a fisheries
conservation man."
psychologists who were to give
them tests at the end of each
day's drive. The one driving on
the older roads collapsed from
fatigue three hours before the
first day's run was completed.
This was a dramatic demon
stration of what the nation's new
41,000 mile interstate system
will mean in terms of driver
comfort and safety. One federal
official has estimated that thi
new network will cut highway
fatalities in half. And the Auto
mobile Safety Foundation re
cently claimed that improve
ments even on older highways
can reduce accidents by 40 per
cent.
The foundation cited a study
madeof a narrow, 18 foot road
stretching for some 200 miles. It
ad a whopping accident rate of
230 wrecks for every 100 million
vehicle miles traveled.
The road was repaved and
widened to a minimum of 22
feet. The accident rate in the
next year dropped 39 per cent.
More First Year Crashes
However, virtually every turn
pike built in the United States
has had a higher accident rate
during the first year or two of
its operation, compared to suc
ceeding years. The reason is ob
vious: As motorists get useo. to
driving on high speed roads.
they get into less trouble.
A super highway can be de
ceptively dangerous to anyone
not used to fast driving. One
troublemaker is "highway hyp
nosis," being lulled into drowsi
ness by the very smoothness and
ease of a super highway.
That is why the new interstate
system will deliberately place
gentle curves, rolling hills and
even carefully-planned scenery
at strategic intervals to keep
motorists alert. Such planning
has made the New York State
Thruway one of the pleasantcst
roads to travel as well as one of
the fastest.
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TARDINESS GETS DIVORCE
Detroit (U.F) Mrs. Jean ! ernment
Priest has given up hope that Middle Eastern nations.'
Doctrine Faces Loss
Of Aid Stipulation
Washington (U.R) Sen. John :
F. Kennedy (D-Mass.) said today !
a proposal by fellow Democrats
to strip a $200 million aid pro- j
viso from the Eisenhower Doc-1
I trine would "embarras our gov- J
and dismay friendly .
her husband will return from
the store. She obtained a divorce
Thursday after telling a. judge
that her husband went to the
store in 1919 and never came
back.
TUNNEL TOTAL
Boston U.Ri A total of 8,
448,151 vehicles passed through
Boston's Summer Tunnel during
the first eight months of 1956.
This was an increase of 453.772,
or 7.8 per cent, over the same
period in 1955.
Senate leaders pressed for a
vote late today on the proposal,
by Sen. Richard B. Russell (D
Ga.) and others, to cut the $200
million aid clause out of the
doctrine resolution.
The outcome could be close
but administration backers be
lieved they could defeat the
Russell amendment. The State
Department declared Thursday
night the amendment would
"largely destroy" the effect of
the Eisenhower Doctrine.
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