Medford mail tribune., May 30, 1957, Image 5

Nicaragua, Honduras
Border Dispute Dates
Back To Spanish Reign
Washington The current
boundary dispute between Hon
duras and Nicaragua is a strug
gle between two countries that
have much in common geograph-
ically, economicall, and historic
- ally.
Both extend across the widest
part oi the Central American
isthmus, facing the Caribbean
an' Pacific. They are agricul
Uiral countries, thinly oppulated,
with soma mineral production.
In both cases, hot, wet low
lands border the seas, and the in
terior is a high backbone of
mountains.
Dispute aa Old On
The border area in question
called Mosquitia lies like a
. rough wedge between the two
.countries. Mosquitia is wide on
the Caribbean side, narrowing
as it extends inland some 175
miles.
The boundary argument goes
back to the early history of the
nations,' when both were part of
Spain's colonial empire. After
the breakup of the empire and
later dissolution of the Federa-
tiori of Central America, the
ownership of Mosquitia con
tinued to be a problem. The
boundary was ' d e m arcated in
1720, but the argument went on.
In the early 1900s, the King
of Spain, by then a neutral
party, was asked to referee. His
decision, made in 1906, put the
boundary on the Coco river.
Nicaraguans r e f u sed to ac
cept this, and declared the King
had no authority to act in the
matter. Hondurans declared the
matter settled, Mosquitia theirs.
Simmering for centuries, the
argument has boiled into fight
ing several times, from 1863 to
the present. Rumors of possible
oil deposits in the undeveloped
and primitive Mosquitia have
added a new element to the
prize.
The peoples of both countries
are largely a mixture of the
original Indian population and
their Spanish conquerors, with
a group of pure-bloods on each
side. There is a smal proportion
of Negroes former slaves, and
imported labor.
A triangular country of 57,
143 square miles, Nicaragua is
about the size of Illinois. Most of
its 1,302,000 people live on the
lowlands of the Pacific side. The
capital, Managua, is situated be
side the large lake of the same
name. Southeast lies the even
bigger Lago de Nicaragua. This
was the key to plans for an At
lantic-Pacific waterway consid
ered for a time by the United
States as an alternative to the
Panama Canal.
Short Canal Naadtd
Under these plans, shipping
would have gone up the San
Juan river to the lake. From
there only a short canal would
have been needed to reach the
Pacific.
Honduras, to the north, takes
its name from the Spanish word
for depths, a reference to the
deep water Columbus found off
its shores. About 1,711,000 per
sons live in its 43,277 square
miles of land an area the size
of Tennessee.
Bananas, grown in a belt of
plantations extending inland 50
to 75 miles from the Caribbean
shore, are the leading export of
Honduras; in Nicaragua, coffee
heads the list. The mountains of
each country yield gold and silv
er. The major trade of both is
with the United States.
TheyH Do It Every Time
By Jimmy Hatlo
Only 22 States Have
Speed Limits OK'd
By Safety Council
Chicago (If) Only 22 states
impose speed limits approved
by the National Safety Council,
a United Press survey shows.
The council supports the un
iform vehicle code, which calls
for daytime highway speed limits
of 60 miles an hour, and 55 at
night, according to Harry Porter
Jr., acting manager of the Traf
fic and Transportation Depart
ment. The 22 states which follow
this fornrila include five with
slightly higher speeds allowed
on turn-pikes. Only 17 abide by
the letter of the code,
bight Set Highar Limit
Eight states set limits higher
than the recommended mile a
minute by day, with maximum
speeds ranging up to 70 miles
an hour.
Nine other states allow night
time motorists to drive faster
than the 55 miles an hour speci
fied in the code.
Four states impose no speed
limits and plan no such restric
tion. They are Massachusetts,
Arizona, Nevada and Oregon.
Legislation was pending in
five others to draw a check rein
on motorists, but all were high
er than the council recommends.
In only a few states has there
been an effort to revise limits
upward. New Mexico this year
upped its limits to 70 by day and
60 at night, from the previous
limits of 60 to 55. Oklahoma
lawmakers tried to raise their
state's limit from 65 to 70, but
opponents argued that the high
way death toll already was ex
cessive, and succeeded in kill
ing the bill.
Lower Limits-Opposed
Five states impose speed limits
lower than the council recom
mended. They are New York,
New Jersey, Penniylv ania,
Maryland and Vermont.
A number of bills ' to set a
flat 65 m.p,h. limit in California
Israel Notes Fewer
Poliomyelitis Cases
Jerusalem, Israel (W The
Health Ministry reported today
that only five children contract
ed polio during May this year
and that 26 were struck during
May of last year. The ministry
attributed the 'decline both to ad
ministration of Israeli manu
factured Salk vaccine and to
cool weather but said two of the
five children afflicted had re
ceived doable shots of the vaccine.
have been introduced, but ob
servers said it was unlikely any
would be passed.
Gov. Goodwin J. Knight, the
Highway Patrol and the gover
nor's office safety conference
are backigg a 65 limit, but some
law-makers believe such a limit
is too slow for multi-lane free
ways. Here's how western states line
up on speed limits:
States imposing the recom
mended 60 and 55: Idaho and
Utah.
Higher n i g h t -1 ime limits:
Washington.
States in which legislation is
pending: California.
India Not Offered
Arms by Communists
New Delhi, India (W In
dia has not been offered arms
by any Communist country al
though Prime Minister Jawahar
lal Nehru has decided to increase
the nation's supplies of military
equipment, official sources said
today.
The official sources denied
press reports the Soviet Union
had offered arms to India and
said Nehru turned down an of
fer by Soviet Premier Nikolai
Bulganin to supply Soviet arms
during his visit here two years
ago.
The sources said India needed
arms to match the continued
build up of Pakistan's armed
forces with American weapons
and to balance "unsatisfactory"
British deliveries of arms to In
dia. In the past Britain has been
this country' major source of
supply of arms.
Dalles Dam Worker
Plunges To Death
The Dalles W Bert Lund
quist, 45. a worker on The Dalles
dam project, plunged 65 feet to
his death yesterday afternoon
while working on a turbine unit.
Lundquist, of The Dalles, was
cleaning headbolts when he
slipped and fell into the shaft.
This was the 14th fatality since
construction on the dam started
in February 1952.
Lundquist was a millwright
for Cascade Constructors.
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Snuff Lives of Four Young Girls
Editor's, note: The holldav slaughter
on the highways begins again today
with the Memorial Day week end.
The following dramatization of a
single accident is intended to make
more real the peril that faces every
one of us who gets in a car today.
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BEAUTY SALON
JOHNSON'S MODEL BAKERY A BAKERY LUNCH
By JAMES GEGGIS
United Press Correspondent
Maynard, Mass. (If) This is
the story of the last day in the
lives of four young women.
Tuesday, May 21.
It began as a very ordinary
day. Dorothy Boothroyd, 27, and
her sister, Naomi, 22, drove to
gether to the telephone com
pany building where they work
ed as switchboard operators.
Attended Quiet Dinner
In the doorway that morning
they met their friend, Barbara
Doran, 24, a company secretary,
and made plans for the evening.
They were going to a phone
company dinner for its employ
ees. A fourth girl, Kathryn
Brobitsky, 24, had called Doro
thy the night before and, since
she formerly worked as an op
erator too, they invited her
along.
Miss Brobritsky picked up the
others at 6:30 p.m. in her light
blue, 1952 Plymouth sedan. All
four had dressed up for the
dinner. Rain had fallen during
the day but by evening the skies
were clear.
There were about 60 phone
company people at the Twin i
Tree Restaurant and almost !
everyone knew the others. But
it was a pretty dull evening.
Food and then a talk from a
company executive on courtesy
to customers. No drinks, no
dancing, no entertainment.
When it finally broke up. the
girls were in the mood to have
some fun and Dorothy suggest
ed bowling in Harvard, 12 miles
away.
Talent High Wins
Shorthand Awards
Talent Talent High school
shorthand students last week
were presented a third place
trophy won in competition with
schools' throughout the nation
in the annual National Com
mercial contest.
Tecumseh, (Neb.,) High school
placed first. Talent's individual
medalists in first year shorthand
were Maudalene Searcy, seventh
and Gloria Quackenbush, tenth;
second year winners, Thelma
Cole, third, and Peggy Walls,
sixth.
Miss Walls also placed third
in the unlimited section of typ
ing. Thirty-eight certificates of
proficiency in both typing and
shorthand went to other Talent
contestants.
In ten years of entering na
tional competition, Talent High
has placed among the top five
school in shorthand for six years.
Belfast Girls No Longer
Exposed To Ads for Wine
Belfast, Northern Ireland
1P An Australian trade group
switched its promotion drive
among Belfast factory girls from
wine to fruit juices today be
cause of protests from union
leaders.
Sadie Paterson, a union organ
izer, said "many woman employ
ees complained bitterly about in
troducing young girls to drink."
Thursday, Mar 30. 1957
MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE FIVE
Hungarian Attache
Ordered To Leave
Washington W The Un
ited States today announced the
expulsion of Karoly Meszaros,
Hungarian military and air at
tache stationed in Washington.
He was given until June 30 to
leave the country.
It was believed that Meszaros
was being expelled in reprisal
for the expulsion from Hungary
a month ago of U. S. Capt.
Thomas R. Gleason, assistant
military attache at the U. S. Le
gation in Budapest.
Gleason was ' ordered out of
Hungary on charges of taking
unauthorized pictures.
Asked if the action was in
reprisal for Gleason's expulsion,
a state department spokesman
said:
"I think I'll leave that to you."
The spokesman said there was
no connection between the ex
pulsion of Meszaros and Hun
gary's demand of a week ago
that the staff of the American
legation in Budapest be cut by
one-third.
NOTICE! At Public Request
We Will Extend Our Deliveries on
GREEK UflSPLIT DOUGLAS
FIR HEART WOOD
To Cover the Month of June!
Soma SPECIAL PRICE of $9.00 per cord in leads
of 2 cords delivered within 5 miles of our plant.
PHONE SP 2-8086
. 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday to Saturday
TIMBER PRODUCTS COMPANY
MEDFORD
P.S. Now is the best time to get the
best wood at the .best price.
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1 "It's still earlv and it's a won
derful night for a drive," she
said. j
It was. The stars had come out
and the air was mild. The girls
tried to persuade Kay Sullivan
and Ruth McNiff to go bowling,
too. But Miss Sullivan said she
was "getting too old" and Ruth
said she wanted to read and go
to sleep.
So Miss Bobritsky dropped off
the other two operators at their
homes. Then she headed for Har
vard on Route 2, a four-lane
highway. It was 10:20 p.m.
At the cloverleaf intersection
into Harvard, Kathry apparently
became confused for one brief
moment. She slowed down the
car in the right hand lane.
Gas Tank Ignited
There was a thunderous, then
grinding crash as a huge trailer
tank truck hit the sedan from
the rear. It crushed into the
passenger car whose gasoline
tank ignited.
The sisters, Dorothy and Na
omi, were pinned in the Jack
seat. They wen? burned black.
It was after midnight before
rescue workers cut through the
welded steel of the truck and the
car to remove their bodies.
Truck driver ShelcFon P.
Steady, 25, himself unhurt, pull
ed Kathryn from behind the
wheel. She was dead.
It was not really the last day
for Barbara but it might as well
have been. She clung to life for
48 more hours.
" All four girls drove cars. None
of them ever had an accident
before.
Their story is not too unusual.
Something very close to it is
going to happen to some 500 of
us this Memorial Day week end.
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