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-- Safer Cars Object Of House Committee Hearings Set Soon By Congressional Quarterly Washington -(CQ- A House subcommittee next month will hold hearings on a bill de- signed to force auto makers to build safer cars. The hearings will pit Rep. Kenneth A. Roberts (D-Ala.), the five -term Congressman Vho pushed through a law requiring manufacturers t o put escape handles inside their refrigerators, against the might of Detroit. Pointing to the chilling sta tistics on highway accidents, Roberts' contends "the time is ripe for some measures that tjill improve the situation, ut we'rbucking the richest iidustry in the country. It ton't be an easy fight." The bill to be discussed at (SJia hearings starting July 7 Should forbid the Federal QSovernment to buy cars not . Equipped with safety features commended by the Secre 4fery of Commerce. Since the Jjjtderal Government is such & iant customer, Roberts be- lUitves such a law would result (H the specified safety fea (jl&XJs becoming standard (uipment on all cars. Roberts says the kinds of (tty devices he has in mind 4pt) 4ttachemenfs for safety tj)lt; padded dashboards to IfffAucV the chance of skull (jfftctures in a collision; steer &tg heels designed to keep ffci Stiver from being speared th steering column in a fifth; roof-top bars which i&ouif Support the car if it roll over; f nd better "pack aging" of the driver and pas sengarf; Packaging sugges- ' tions Aade to date include seats iesifjjied to support the 5 back to jpevent "whiplash" ' injuries v "I don't set any reason," " Robert eys, "why autos shoulf b ny more exempt "from federal safety standards than airplanes." He contends setting safety standards for automobiles "is the same prin- ' ciple as making canned goods and drugs come up to stand- " ards of safety. The auto in dustry ought to put every known practical safety device , on cars." . At the hearings, the auto industry is expected to em phasize that it too is vitally concerned with making-cars ' safer and is adding devices as ' soon as they are adequately : tested. The manufacturers say - precious little is known about what actually causes highway frijvues. They point to num erous research projects they jr , Supporting to get facts 9 guide them ' in designing $sfer cars. They are expected S appose Federal standards mJtfucrnr zyniEsnnv comes ;B25 I suiwff PSSJSSS I BROOK TWAIOHT OLD SUNNY BROOK CO- 10UISVHLE.KY, DISTRIBUTE) CT NAT101ML DISTILLERS PRODUCTS "COMPANY. KENTUCft on grounds more basic re search must be done first. To many people, Roberts in this fightagainst Detroit looks like a pedestrian, trying to knock over a Cadillac. But he is optimistic, partly because of the support he expects to get from medicine. The toll on the highways (37,000 deaths and 4.7 mil lion injuries in 1958) has reached epidemic proportions. So epidemiologists in several quarters are seeing what can be done about the : environ ment, instead "of just trying to cure the victims. The American College of Sur geons, Armed Forces Epidem iological Board and Public Health Service all have in the works projects taking this epidemic approach. As Ions ago as 1955 Dr. C Hunter Sheldon told his col- lea eue in an article in the American Medical Association Journal that "the elimination of the mechanically hazard ous features of interior con struction (of cars) would pre vent approximately 75 per cent of the fatalities, or 28,500 deaths each year." The Amer ican College of Surgeons Feb. 19, 1955 adopted a resolution urging auto makers to "stress occupant safety as a basic factor in automobile design. The industry has come up with several safety features since then, but not enough in the eyes, of Roberts and some others in and outside oi uov- eminent. Roberts pointed to a thick file of letters from the public supporting his Fed eral standards bill. One par ent, in supporting Roberts' bill, wrote: "I have a boy 17 and a girl who will be 16 this summer. I suspect the auto mobile will present the great est single risk to them in the next 10 years. After the . July hearings, Roberts bill must receive ap proval of .the parent House Interstate and Foreign Com merce Committee before it can get to the floor for a vote. It is unlikely that with such a late start the controversial bill will reach the House floor before adjournment. The Senate has no hearings sched uled on similar legislation. But if the subcommittee hearings accomplish nothing else, Roberts contends they will help turn public atten tion away from horsepower and .toward horse -sense in highway safety. He says he will keep pushing his bill for Federal standards well be yond 1959 if necessary. (Copyright 1959, Con gressional "Quarterly Inc.) (Copyright 1959, There are two great tastes in American whiskey. Some people prefer blends. Others like straight bourbon. With the quality assur ance of Sunny Brook you can buy either. In Sunny Brook's round bottle is an unusual blend of Kentucky whiskies and the lightest grain neutral spirits. In the square bottle is Sunny Brook's straight Kentucky bourbon, deliciously mild and sunny. ; . W.INOIB wHiSKiy MISSING WITH ITS crew for 16 years, this U. S. B-24 bomber was found in barren Libyan desert 440 miles southeast of Benghazi. Pentagon was unable to explain why plane crashed or what happened to its crew. Fast-Buck And Their Told by Manager, Jackson county has its share of suckers and fast-buck art ists, Don McNeil reported at the Jackson County Chamber of Commerce roundtable luncheon yesterday. , . . "Apparently", said McNeil, the chamber's manager, "the pocket book is the least sensi tive part of a person." He en titled his talk, "Sure, They'll Take Your Money." McNeil described several schemes inflicted with amaz ing success by dupsters on loc al residents. The" chamber of commerce can take no legal steps to as sist victims of such schemes, he explained. It can simply offer advice, he added, and keep the community inform ed. ' Not Prohibited McNeil also explained that these activities for the most part , are not , prohibited by law. The individual, citizen must protect himself. One, practiced for years by the notorious "Terrible Wil liamsons," he called "The Chiseled Price." The approach: someone comes to your door, offering to sell some fine old Irish lace, a family heirloom. The gimmick: the lace, and other such materials, are manufac tured by a Chicago firm for one-tenth the asking price.. Another form of chiseled price McNeil called, "The Septic Tank Racket." The ap proach: you are told you can have your septic tank clean ed out for a mere .04 cents a pound. Thegimmick: at this rate, the fee may be well over $100. When you are duly astounded, you are told the price will be cut to $75 as a special favor, but you must not tell your neighbors since "" -"-5. "ft Round bottle blend or square bot tle straightevery drop is Kentucky whiskey. Artists Schemes competitors would be unhap py. $35 Average Price , Actually, McNeil said, a septic tank cleaning by a reputable service should cost about $35., The Williamsons and others of their ilk. he said. have also entered such fields as roof spraying and lawn fertilizing. Anotner scheme now in vogue is "The Advance Fee, MCJNeu reported. One ap proach: marginal businesses are offered an advertising service to sell their plants at only 1V per cent of the sales price-payable in advance. Ad vertising aa 200 newspapers across the country is prom ised. The gimmick: the business is advertised, by tiny items in small, out-of-the-way news papers with low rates, and many business owners never receive inquiries for their property. Pay In Advance ur tms approacn: corre spondence schools promise to help you become an airline hostess or a beauty operator, The gimmick:, one pays' for the course in advance, sign ing a contract with no can celation clause, no matter what your age or size. A 180- pound girl, as McNeil ex plained it, could sign up for the course but would stand little if any chance of be coming an airline hostess. Still another approach: you are offered a substantial loan, subject to the low rate of l per cent payable only if the company approves your application. The gimmick: the company approves your ap plication, you j)ay the lVi per cent, and that s that. The ap plication may be approved, but the loan itself is another matter. Coupon Books . The coupon book, McNeil reported, is another approach: the gimmick: when the service companies discover too many people are coming in with coupons, they decide not to honor them. And you, the sucker, are stuck with a hand ful of worthless paper. Business opportunities, Mc Neil said, offer another fertile field. - - One approach: you are of fered, for a franchise costing you about $1,200, a vending machine route you are told should bring in as much as $1,000 a month. The gimmick: once you discover the owners of the stores where they are located do not want them around any more. Or, a second approach: you are told you can learn re weaving and earn mony at home. The gimmick: of course, you must buy a $36 reweaving machine. Once, you have learn ed this skill, you discover no one has much reweaving to be done-at least not by you. Such companies, McNeil ex plained, want to sell that ma chine, not teach you reweav ing.. v Address Envelopes A third business opportuni ty: you address envelopes ad vertising a product, and are offered a commission on sales. The gimmick: you must prove Life insurance available on BORROW WHERE PEOPLE LIU TO BORROW OUSEHOLD FINANCE 128 E. Main St., 2nd Floor Open Monday Evening till 8:00 Mickey Cohen Said Free With Gifts ' Los Angeles (DPO Stripper Candy Barr told internal rev enue agents Monday that ex- gambler Mickey Cohen was free and easy in showering her with expensive gifts dur ing their brief romance. The exotic dancer, sub poenaed by Internal Revenue Service which is looking-into the source of Cohen's finances said the pudgy ex-boxer gave her a diamond ring, fur coat and other gifts but that she returned everything after their affair cooled off last month. i Grange News Gold Hill Grange Because many members of Gold. Hill Grange attended graduation ceremonies for members of their families, at tendance dropped consider ably at the last meeting, Thursday, June 4. However, a business meet ing was conducted by the mas ter, Charles Foote. The main report given was by the Agriculture Chairman Chauncey Page. Page stated that farm wages and other production costs had been rising at the rate of 5 per cent a year, and the trend is expected to continue through this year, even going higher. With prices received down and costs up the cost price squeeze will pinch most farmers.1 Marie Christensen spoke on the use of garlic extract, the newest "antibiotic, used in plant diseases. It was brought to the atten tion of members that straw berry pickers are needed. The meeting concluded, re fresments were served by Bertha Potter and the' Loef flers, Josephine and Mary anne. Jackson School kBy Linda Johnson and Caro- . lyn Cole The weeks have been busy weeks at Jackson school. The library helpers have worked hard on inventory. We are fortunate in having none of the books missing. On Wed nesday, May 27, a party was given by Mrs. Precia Medley, head librarian, to the library workers. Bruce Metzger, prin cipal, gave a talk and pre sented them their library let ters. The three remaining days of school brought final exam inations to the upper grades. It has also brought picnics for everyone. , ' : The close of school was June 3 for the fourth fifth and sixth grades and June1: 4 for the lower grades. t The sixth graders had ah enjoyable time at McLough lin Junior high. They had seventh grade students to tour them through the building. A very impressive flag ceremony was held at Jack son school in memory of John Foster Dulles. Catherine Wat son, student body president, and Kenneth Curtis, ; president-elect, presided. Mrs. Mar garet Nesheim led the stu dents in singing The Star Spangled Banner and Faith of Our Fathers. that your, yourself, were re sponsible for the sale. 1 Another field McNeil dis cussed is promotion. A promoter comes to town, McNeil said, and offers to bring Industry-that J'magic word"-into the community. The promoter is paid in ad vance for his services, and disappears without producing any industry. "The Acceptable Front" Mc Neil called another promotion scheme. The approach: a serv ice club is approached by the promoter of some road show or entertainer, and talked into sponsoring a "benefit per formance." The gimmick: the benefit is mostly the pro moter's, since according to the contract he may get as much as 80 per cent of the proceeds. Why do more people come to HFC for loans than to any other consumer fi nance company? They like HFC. 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