TEN MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE
Wednesday. January 1, 1951
Roundup
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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
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. 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.
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