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TEN MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE Wednesday. January 1, 1951 Roundup (Continued From Page 7) green buses to provide Med Smitb appointed district for ford school service . . . county school boards to meet in Med ford . . . Tommy Carlyle Na- wick arrested for second time in two days . . . worst fruit blight season in 15 years re ported . . . action on city sub division ordinances postponed ... new plywood plant under construction in White City area ... council objects to itate speed limits on Main at. ... Richard Hogan, Vernon Thorpe appointed to fill va cancies in city administration . . . Congressman Charles Por ter visits city . . . Medford ham radio operators hear beeping of Ttussian satellite father, son found after all night search in Butte Falls 8rca Power outage causes "30-minute blackout in south ern Oregon . . . Harold Jaff rey named chairman of great decisions . . . passenger in jured when youth shoots at airplane . . . city receives sug- gested plans for freeway from - state . . . Shakespeare Festi- - val directors elected . . Christmas parade scheduled Nov 16 . . . civic leader John .. R Tomlin dies . . . new Apple gate Grange hall building to . be dedicated . . . Bruce Bauer Lumber company destroyed in fire three businessmen ar raigne'd on charges of viola tion of business license ordi nance . . . county treasurer re ceives $132,170 check from state for highway funds . . . $350 000 log barker unit put into operation at Olson-Ross Lumber company . . . lumber industry spokesmen say mar ket is worst in two years . . . "Medford officials take part in " League of Oregon Cities con vention . . . storm sewer con ' struction starts . . . bulk of Tomlin estate goes to char- - ities . . good return reported 'on county tax statements . . . Eagle Point High school closes .t because of increased number ol absences due to flu . . . $173,066 awarded to Crescent " City man for damages in lum ber suit . . ; shots fired in at tempt to apprehend Lowell Allen Bish in Roxy Ann area $10,045 damages award--ed Eugene man for .injuries auffered in police car collis ion . . . changes ordered by PUC for trains in city limits -- 150 register for Oregon 'Public Health association meeting in Medford ... new switchboard put into opera tion at court house . . . police look for Grand hotel holdup gunman . . . police apprehend Bish in routine check . . . Eu gene K Peterson transfers to Portland office from Medford office of BLM ... 175 attend Polled Hereford association L convention in Medford . . " Copco authorized to borrow money for construction pro "iects . . . Medford planning commission recommends changes in Berrydale area . . . hotel clerk admits reporting armed holdup false . . . new Talent Post Office opens . . . city subdivision ordinance to .'be revised and modified . . . -'children to collect UNICEF " funds during Halloween . . . -".,,, free of nolio until mid- :. October, according to Dr. A. Erin Merkel . . . NOVEMBER - Talent community hall, post "office dedicated . . . Muir- rheads awarded $3,150 for property in city condemna tion suit . . . Mrs. Aletha Emerick Vawter died at her residence . . . Larry Sheehan resigns as chairman of Jack- .son county Democratic Cen tral committee . . . semi-invalid rescued from house by firemen . . . district attorney seeks opinion on County Judge Rodney Keating' s term . of office . . . briefs submitted in city business license ordi nance violation . . . Copco -puts new hydroelectric plant into operation in Eagle Point "area . . . $1,786,000 Medford school bond issue approved by m-mjil, i ill I 1. ' ' - - - - . - :, , I Ws&A ffc A VJ W'Z J 22 t , 9 m '" , rSf r af ; f p . New Detention Home Opens Oregon Planning Extensive Traffic Campaign in 1SSB Luiuir I uulc; 4391 Haft dccu uue of the worst years ever on Oregon highways. In the following article prepared lor the united press. Ken Johnson, assistant director of the state Mntnr Vehiple DetiArtment. tatkei x look ahead at plans for 1958. passenger injured On incoming Plane Hugh D'Autremont . . . coun cil anDroves agreement with state highway commission for Eighth st. couplet . . , eignt additional performances Dlaned at Ashland Shake spearean Festival next year Medford safety council recommends radar equipment for city police . . . autopsy planned for man who died in county jail . . . Curt Butter- field named chairman of county March of Dimes cam paign . . . planning commis sion approves .changes in city subdivision ordinance . . . meeting held to discuss voca tional school possibilities nere American Legion iooks for building property . . . Medford man dies in car crash near Myrtle Creek James A. Redden named new head of Jackson county Democrats . safety fair held at mea- ford armory . . . third polio case reported in county . . Butte Falls youth killed in car crash near Jacksonville . . Camp White Domiciliary float wins sweepstakes in nnsi- mas parade ... Mr. and Mrs. Alfred S. V. Carpenter donate $1,500,000 to Harvard college . . . R. L. Palmer named Med ford March of Dimes chair man . . . 81 acres purchased for agricultural research by Southern Oregon station . . Mayor John Snider appoints Kenwood sewer committee . . . Municipal t,,ho Nnren Kelly upholds city business license in ordi nance violation case . . . unA n spttinp business li IIlCmv V o - cense fees changed by count" tols nnH motels '. . . the- 1UI I1U , ater group granted TV closed circuit franchine . . - pi" ovex in death of man UUOG , in countv jail . . youth ad mits attempted armed holdup of high school girls . . . b- man found dead in citv iail . . . Sputnik rocket t- TVTorifnrd residents seen uj v.- Bernard C. Kelly named ,r.iina1 court judge in jac sonville to become third mem- hr nf familv to be judge rural school board receives $49,000 check from secreinj of state . . . Central Point post office becomes branch office n( Mpdford . . . Mr. and Mrs venile home . . . council au thorizes purchase of land for airport lights . . . area fruit to be shipped to England on first polar flight from Portland. DECEMBER Countv tax levy totals $5,- 757,437, rises 11.7 per cent over 1956 . . . State Sen. Phil Lowry to file brief on aban donment of passenger service on Southern Pacific line to Medford . . . Medford-made doghouse to fly over north pole in Pan-American Polar flight . . . timber sales to be stepped up in Rogue River national forest . . . bhady Cove-Trail tax levy for fire eauioment defeated . . . John R. Tomlin estate appraised at $5.4 million . . . 'professional burglars crack Sanitary Ser vice office safe for $580 . . . 1958 bicycle licenses being sold in city schools . . . man attempts to hold up First Na tional bank . . . 2,800 gallons of gasoline spilled in truck ac cident on North Pacific mgn way . . . bids opened on South ern Oregon college buildings . Grange erouD studies pro posal in reactivate hospital at Camp White . . . Lininger and Sons awarded contract for Eiehth st. crossing . . . California freight rate boost to benefit Oregon lumber shippers . . . sanitay examina tion due for attempt bank robber . . . county tax league formed here . . . Orville C. Hamilton of Central Point elected state horticulturist head . . . Izaak Walton chap ter gives favorable opinien on Rogue river, flood control . . . hitchhiker dies of injuries suf fered when struck by truck . . . Rep. Charles Porter opens Medford office . . . 'rocket fuel' in youth's pocket ex plodes causing severe burns . . . unemployment claims show reduction in area . . . Otto J. Frohnmayer elected to head Chamber of Com merce . . . heavy fog remains in Medford area . . . special session of county budget com mittee called to transfer funds for fixtures, furniture in de tention home . . . agreement ma1 tor WOrK scneauie in UMC passes goal . . . 300 at tend dedication of county ju venile home . . . Ashland vot ers defeat school bond issue by five to one . . . Dick Travis selected as chairman of UMC in 1958 . . . woman dies of injuries after being struck by car on Stewart ave. . . . com bined Christmas program of Medford schools held in Hed rick gym . . . survey shows Medford Christmas shopping good . . . county court changes road names for post office . . . Jacksonville man killed in car crash at Bybee corner . . . most children get third polio shot. . . . $2,400 received to ward sending high school band to East-West game . . . Christmas lighting contest for homes won by A. C. Pierce . . . welfare commis sion notes rise in expenses for first six months in Jack son county . . . heavy snow blocks mountain passes . . county reports about 61 per cent of taxes collected . . three men reappointed to ronntv nlanning commission . . . birdwatchers take annual Christmas count ... A, Allan Franzke, deputy district at torney, resigns to take Mult nnmah county iob . . - rain fall Vinnsts season total to above normal. i'JSSSSiJSS Robert Swan appointeel -Per1 completing road link to Klam u ,. . ,.f nattr .mmfw -in. ath Falls from Medlord . . indictments pending against i mieuucuu j- Adlai Warns On Arms Race Chicago (W Adlai E. Stevenson last night warned that no one can ever win the present arms race and urged the United States to "empha size our basic peaceful pur poses." The twice defeated Demo cratic presidential candidate said he issued the statement in response to "numerous re auests." "The New Year arrives at a perilous time," Stevenson said, "when America is con fronted with a fateful para dox: That there is a race, of arms in which we must again draw abreast, but that this has now become a race that no one, neither we nor any other nation, can ever win "Mv greatest concern is that the division between the East and West is getting harder. So we must empha size our basic peaceful pur poses which the weapons only exist to protect. "And it is well to remind ourselves cf the lessons of the satellites that we are part the human family and Driving Record Just Piain Luck, Teacher Shows By ROBERT J. SERLING United Press Correspondent Washington TiPl I've been driving for 23 years and have had only two medium-size ac cidents. So I thought I was pretty solid behind a wheel. But a driver - training ex pert convinced me I've just been lucky. My driving hab its are poor enough to get me into trouble 10 times a day without realizing it. The expert is Harold L. Smith, training director of Detroit's Institute of Driver behavior. Under sponsorship of the Ford Motor Co. he is teaching safe driving to thou sands of trucking firms throughtout the United States. Smith's theory is simple. He believes most motorists do not use their eyes properly; He teaches you to use your vision so you can anticipate trouble before it happens. And his definition of an ex pert driver is one who has never had to skid his tires on a dry pavement oin five to 10 years of daily driving. : Smith gave me a two-hour test in Washington's busiest streets the same examina tion he gives his regular stu dents hefnre thev take his course. We used a 1958 sedan. J drove carefully I thought I tried to keen alert, avoid jamming on brakes, obey all traffic laws. After two hours. Smith handed me mv grade 64 out of a possible 100. bhghtiy above average, he said. "You were lucky. You committed enough errors to get you into a dozen accidents if other dri vers had been committing si multaneous boners." A Few Examples These, according to expert Smith, are just a few of the things I did wrong (bmitn comments in brackets): Wher. unsure of the in tensions of someone else, waited too long to adjust speed, change lanes or tap horn. "You were so busy look ing at one other car and won dering what it was going to do, you completely ignored other traffic situations around you. You saw only one pic ture, you never saw about 20 others." Failed to take frequent glances in rear vision mirror to see what traffic behind me was doing. "You should get into the habit of checking that rear vision mirror once every five seconds." Not Far Enough Behind Didn't stay far enough behind vehicle ahead of me to see nast it. "Too many drivers focus their vision on what's just ahead of them, without getting a big picture of tne entire traffic situation. They don't leave themselves enough space when the unexpected happens. Drove too fast in curb lane, without regard to what might happen if someone sud denlv ODened a door on the left side of a parked car, or pulled out from the curb." "You observed the speed lim it, but you still didn't give yourself enough time to stop if an emergency developed in such close quarters. And you weren t watching those park ed cars ahead of you. nf must learn to live not only By KEN JOHNSON Assistant Motor Vehicle Director Written for United Press Salem (IF) Oregon will see in 1958 the most exten sive traffic safety campaign in the state's history. Coordinated state govern ment and citizens' groups will bear down as never before on the three E's of traffic safe ty enforcement, engineer ing and education to check the rising toll on lives and property. , The 1957 Legislature pass ed and Gov. Robert D. Holmes signed several bills which will promote traffic safety. Most important is a law making state funds avail able, through the Department of Education, for assistance to schools for student driver training, beginning next fall. But much remains to be done. While Oregon traffic deaths during 1957 didn't surpass the record of 482 set in 1946, the first postwar year, they al most equalled it. Damages exceeded the $50 million high of 19o6 because of increased insurance, medical and repair costs and value 01 lost worx time. This human and economic waste prompted Gov. Holmes last November to call his Traffic Safety commission to gether for two meetings. The result was an "action" Dro gram for 1958 and thereafter. Fewer Warning Tickets The commission is comoos ed of the administrative heads of eight state departments, commissions and boards, and the attorney - general. Its chairman is the governor's administrative assistant, Har ry R. Swanson Jr. Included in the enforcement portion of the commission's action program will be fewer warnings and more traffic tickets by state police, re quests to local police to tight en up, efforts toward a legis lative interim committee study of the traffic courts sys tem and requests to judges to increase their fines and sen tences for traffic crimes. Engineering will come in mostly with 'ie Highway De partment's better highways with built-in safety features, such as controlled access and highway dividers, and with the state police participation in the two-year study of au tomobile crash injuries being undertaken by Cornell Uni versity. Ever-present but not so spectacular will be the edu cational program to keep dri vers constantly aware of their responsibilities. Most of this program, and much of the coordination of thi whole action Drogram. will be borne by the Depart ment of Motor Vehicles under Director James , F. Johnson. The department, responsible to the governor, is specifical ly charged by law with pro motion of traffic safety. With four veteran Dublic information experts working daily on safety education, the department's Traffic Safety Division will carry most of the load. The department's Driver's License Division, which has power to grant and withdraw the privilege of driving, will use its power more during 1958, Director Johnson prom ises. And he says its three- man driver improvement sec tion, constantly alert for j careless drivers, will get an other man to help review driving records and inter view faulty drivers. Thou Shalt Not Kill' The Driver's License and Traffic Safety divisions have recently started an education al campaign including publi cation of suspended drivers names in order to deter them from driving, stamping the commandment "Thou Shalt Not Kill" on all new driver's licenses to remind drivers of their great responsibility, and including an "insert" in driv er s license envelopes show ing the high tost in lives and property which Oregon traf fic inflicts. For all its scope, such a program would be useless without citizen support. Such support will have to come in three ways if 1958 is to see a downturn in traffic waste. First, the Highway Lifesav ers committee, a statewide citizen group headed by Port land banker E. C. Sammons, has pledged full support of the governor's action pro gram. Long an influential force for traffic .safety, the committee now has a state program jto put its consider able energies into. It will look for wider membership and help on the local level. Second, the Traffic Safety commission will need citizen help and advice in planning, and therefore, will increase its present advisory commit tee with representatives from many walks of life. Mother Takes Own life After Killing Son, 5 Kennewick (IP) Mrs. Ruth Kilbourne, about 30, Tuesday apparently took her own life after beating her five-year-old .son to death in their home here, police reported. Chief O. C. Lincoln said Mrs. Kilbourne apparently had beaten her son Bruce to death, then took her own life by slashing her throat and wrists. An older son, Larry, 15, found the bodies and notified police. The woman's husband, Don, was working in Pasco at the time. Third, and the key to the success of the whole program, will be the support given by the other responsible citizens the citizens who will insist upon fair but strong enforce ment of traffic laws by po lice and courts, who will back the highway programs to el iminate the hazards of high way travel except for those created by drivers themselves and who will sn"-""-4 - " spread the educational cam paign, to reacn nu -every driver that driving need not be deadly if people will follow the laws. Daily's U-Drive Medford Airport Have You Ever Wondered How To Become A Member of Your Humane Society?' CLASSES OF MEMBERSHIP AND DUES ARE AS FOLLOWS: Junior (non-voting) Annual (voting) Supporting (voting) Life Membership $1.00 pr year 5.00 per year 10.00 per year .100.00 per year 3tnr th New Year riaht and end in vnur dune for 1958 - ' " - ... 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