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tProbDems off Auto Transportation Big headache to Major Cities in Nation - Editor's note: America's big cities are in a jam a monumental traffic jam that is only part of a vicious cycle: suburbanites who work downtown are abandoning trouble-riddler transportation sys tems for multilated freeways, causing commuter services to de teriorate still further under de clining patronage and bringing so many cars into downtown streets that they are choKing to aeatn. - At the same time, urban shop ping centers are losing their cus tomers to suburban stores that can be reached without suffering the harrowing experience or city tral lie. Following is the first of three disnatches on this vital many-sided -problem describing its causes and Its seriousness, telling wnat is be ing done about it and reporting on what someday may be its cure. By MAC SEBREE UPI Correspondent ' Comedians like to tell jokes about what happened to them on the Hollywood Freeway. To the motorists who use it every day, it's not funny. The Los Angeles area is a prime example of the creep ing paralysis that is the result of the nation's almost com plete dependence on the pri vate automobile for public transportation. ' But Los Angeles is riot .alone with its problem. It is noteworthy only in that things there have gotten out of hand. I In Chicago, Cleveland, New York, Boston, Philadelphia nd every other large city, the dilemma is the same: How j.o get people from their Jiomes to work and back again, without tying the city Into knots twice a day? .Pownlown Areas Dying - Two-thirds of our popula tion now lives in urban and suburban areas. And yet, jvhile our cities are growing 3n every direction, their cores - the downtown areas are (dying of malnutrition. - The cause can be traced to our changing travel habits, The family car has made the .average American so mobile rthat he can work and hop ivherever his car can take liim. Businesses have sprung up on the perimeter of the cities. Why go downtown? This hardening of the arter ies of the cities is both the cause and the result of the "breakdown of public transpor tation in the U.S. "Why fight traffic all the way downtown when I can buy anything I .want right here in suburbia? ZThe bus service is lousy, any way." ; John M. Peirce, general manager of the San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit Dis trict, puts it this way . "Congestion problems are most critical in the central parts of metropolitan areas for here exist the centers of jobs, of shopping, of finance and of corporation manage ment. It is in these central cities that congestion shows definite signs of strangling the diverse economic arteries which make our metropolitan areas so important to the eco nomic health of our entire na tion." T.h i s strangulation Peirce blames on the increased use of the private car for com muting. Rail Lines Scrapped But back to Los Angeles. Forty years ago Los Angeles had the world's finest inter urban transit system - the big red cars of the Pacific Elec tric. Even then, urban sprawl was beginning to overtake the city. Through the years, how ever, these fine rail lines were Security Insurance & Realty You Never Know When A Burglar Will Call Before He CALL US FOR THEFT INSURANCE! All Forms of Phone SP 3-7325 48 Hawthorne Ave. Off Street Perking V.m Robiiwoa Al John Riplf Hank Hart Chri Barkar scrapped one by one as the public took to the private car. Today, the private car is on the verge of strangling Los Angeles. Harrison E. Salis bury of The New York Times said. "It is from Los Angeles that the most anguished cries are heard for rescue from the rubber-tired incubi. It is Los Angeles that threatens to pro hibit new cars unless they are fitted with devices to prevent the discharge of smog-creating hydrocarbon fractions." "It is Los Angeles that sends its officials to plead with the grand viziers of De troit not to put longer fins on RUSSIAN AUTOS The official Russian nevs agency Tass has reported that Russia has sold 10,000 Moskvich sedans to an Amer ican dealer who hopes to resell them in the United States. The cars will be delivered over a period of two years, Tass said. The Russians Laud Introduction Of Soviet Autos in America Moscow-(UPD-T h e introduc tion of Russian-made automo biles on the American mar ket by a Syracuse, N.Y., deal er has been hailed by the Russian press and public as acknowledgement of Soviet technical achievements. Most of Moscow's 16 news papers gave prominent play to the Tass report that Russia has sold 10,000 Moskvich se dans to a firm called Andrea Motors, Inc., headed by Rob ert Castle. The press saw it as . evidence of improvmg trade relations between Rus sia and the United States, j The Moskvich is a four- door, four-seater sedan with a standard shift, a 45-horse-power engine and a top speed of 72 miles an hour. It has one fold-down seat for driv ers who want to sleep in the car. The Moskvich is Russia s 'economy car." It sells here Los Angeles -(UPD- A re morseful bandit has re turned every cent of the $4,000 he stole from the First Western Bank Friday b y threatening the family of a teller. "I am returning your money I took Friday," said a note mailed with the money. "I never did this before. I'm sorry for the trouble I have caused and also sorry to have troubled the teller and his family." Does Insurance! the cars, not to widen the ma chines because there just is not room on the streets or in the parking spaces. "It is in Los Angeles that serious officials say that the system is exhausting the ele ments necessary for human life - land, air and water." Building Freeways Los Angeles is building multi-lane freeways as fast as it can. They cost $10 million a mile in some sections; Metropolitan Los Angeles ex pects to have 900 miles of freeways by 1980. And yet, by 1980, "we may well have worse traffic conditions than Moskvich, shown above, is a four-door, four seater sedan with a standard shift, a 45 horse power engine and a top speed of 72 miles per hour. It has one fold-down seat for drivers who want to sleep in the car. (Photo from official Soviet source UPI Telephoto) for 25,000 rubles ($2,500 at the official tourist rate of exchange), but purchasers may have to wait for as long as two years before getting their cars. An auto export official of The Family Council Editor's Note: The Family Council consists of a Judge, a psychiatrist, three clergymen, a newspaper editor a women's editor and two writers. Each article is a summary of an actual case history. The Council reports on problems that have been dealt wl b by responsible agencies and counselors. Glenda C.-He doesn't want to be seen with the children. George C.-They are ashamed of me. Glenda C.-My husband and I have been happily married for more than ten years. We have an 8-year-old son and a 6-year-old daughter. Unfortunately, however, we have one problem that seems to become more serious as time goes on. My husband was 42 when we married-a late age, perhaps, to start raising a family but I wanted children very much. I was 27 at the time. My husband didn't want a family, but didn't want to deprive me of one. Now George doesn't like to be seen with the children. He feels they are conscious of the fact that is so much older than the other fathers. I feel there is nothing to be ashamed of. Besides, George looks very young for his years. ' . George C-People always tell me I- look young for my age, but when I go out with the kids I feel like an old man. A woman once started talking to them and asked if I was their grandfather. The children sometimes ask me why I have so many gray hairs and wrinkles and why other fathers don't have them. My son wants me to play cowboy with him and I haven't the energy. A man of my age just isn't meant to have such young kids. The kids are affectionate, but I feel that at bottom they are ashamed of me. It's best that I'm not seen with them too much in public. I've told them I'm 35, but they know I'm handing them a line. I'd hate to have them broadcast the truth. The Council: We suspect that George's problem is not age. but immaturity. His immaturity is the emo tional variety rooted in self- doubt and self-rejection. It is the kind that leads adolescent boys to boast of their abilities and conquests. The boys are r IteauxtTcza exist today," according to Sam S. Taylor, general man ager of Los Angeles traffic. Not only do freeways fail to do the job of moving enough cars in and out of the city center, but they gobble up huge chunks of usable land, removing it from the tax rolls. About 28 per cent of down town Los Angeles is occupied by streets, freeways and serv ice ways. Another 38 per cent is occupied by parking lots and garages. That equals near ly two thirds of the down town area dedicated solely to the gas buggy. (Next: What's being done.) the Ministry of Trade said that Castle signed a deal not only for the Moskvich but for Volgas and other Soviet auto mobiles under a "monopoly" agreement for a two-year con tract. uncertain of themselves and feel they wouldn't amount to much in the eyes of their con temporaries if they stood merely on what they are. George's conce r n about himself causes him to be rath er irrational. His children's questions, for example, are typical of every child's curi osity about adults. Children, who haven't yet learned to hide their reactions to things, will often ask an adult why he limps or why he has a mole on his face. The child makes no judgment against the adult on the basis of these interest ing facts, and so is complete ly unaware that the adult has any feelings in the matter. George should also realize that many fathers who are much younger find it hard to keep up with their young sters' cowboy games. They let the kids know it and it doesn't damage a little boy's outlook on life or on his father-unless Dad says it in such an embarrassed and shamefaced way that the child is forced to suspect something shameful is involved. Actu ally George has good reason to feel pride in his young family. If he felt this pride, his children would know it and reflect it. We think George is making a mistake to lie about his age. The children will certainly find him out if they haven't done so already. It will leave a most disagreeable impres sion - again causing them to feel there is something very shameful involved. If he chooses, George can say that his age, like his income, is a private matter and drop the subject. George might be able to come to better terms with himself through some talks with a psychiatrist. In any case, he should remember that the attitude of his chil dren and others toward him is conditioned by his attitude toward himself. (Copyright 1960. General Features Corp.) About 27,000 small boats operate in San Francisco Bay. MEDFORD PAINT and Wallpaper Store 6rh I Holly Diagonally Across from Post Office PHONE SP 2-9321 We Give S&H GREEN STAMPS 1 C MAIL TRIBUNE, Medford, Or. iU Wednesday, Feb. 3, 19 Russian Trouble In Pacific Rocket Tests Speculated Washington -(UPD- The Pen tagon speculated cautiously Tuesday that the Russians may have run into technical trouble in their first program for firing intercontinental rockets into the Pacific. The abrupt cancellation of the test series Monday, after only two rockets had been launched, suggested that the Soviets were taking time out to correct a defect that might have developed during the second firing; A Pentagon official said this might be the. best news so far in the missile race. He noted it could mean a delay in Soviet missile production and could indicate the Rus sians are unable to duplicate consistently the sensational accuracy claimed for the 7,766-mile first shot. No Accuracy Claim Supporting this view, the official said, is the fact that the Soviets made no claim as to the accuracy of the second shot. The first nose-cone, Moscow said, landed 2,100 yards from the bulls eye. There also was a possibility, according to Pentagon sources, that the Russians have decided to complete their test series in some other way. The cancellation of the series, which the Russians conceded was "ahead of sched ule," means that the 44,800 square mile target area they reserved in the Pacific is now open to shipping. The Soviet Union had warned shipping to stay out of the area from Jan. 15 to Feb. 15. .. Ex-Valley Residents Involved in Mishap Word was received here re cently that Mr. and Mrs. Ty ley Evans, and May Evans were involved in an accident while en route to their home in Helena, Mont.. The Evans' are former residents of Cen tral Point. The accident occurred about 26 miles north of Pasco, Wash., when a truck load of new cars was unable to stop on the snow covered highway. Several other vehicles had stopped to put on chains. May Evans, who jumped from the Evans car when the tru-.k headed toward it, suf fered an injured forehead and eye when the truck came to rest with her under it in a ditch. Several other vehicles were damaged by the truck, ac cording to reports. Relatives of the Evans' here said he is now working in a mill at Helena, and that they would appreciate hear ing from friends here. Nickel plating was first used commercially about J870 in England. FEELS FIRM ! mm : 'I !V Wide-Track widens the stance, not the car. With the widest track of any car, Pontiac gives you better stability, less lean and sway, accurate control. SEE YOUR LOCAL AUTHORIZED PONTIAC DEALER DEAN & TAYLOR PONTIAC CO. ' ' ESCAPES INJURY Nerve-shuddering action is caught by a photographer as Chicago fireman Mike Stanton is nearly dashed to the ground while fighting a fire. The near tragedy occurred as a truck started to pull out, snagging a hose which in turn pulled Stanton's ladder over. Stanton made a nimble leap to another ladder as he toppled, and was not injured. (UPI Telephoto) Argument Ends Up With Fire in Husband's Car Setting fire to his car is not always the best way for a wife to keep her husband home. Laurene Emma Matteson, 1832 North Riverside ave., found that out yesterday when she tried it and ended up in municipal court charged with disorderly conduct. City police described the in cident as follows. Apparently Mrs. Matteson and her husband, Clyde Ray mond Matteson, had a "little" family argument, after which Matteson decided to leave home. He packed his clothes into his car and took off just as his wife fired a shot at . the car's tire. The shoe missed the tire and put a neat little hole in the hubcap of the ve hicle. Matteson continued to Padg ham's Glass and Millwork, 1303 Court St., where he is employed, to tell his boss he would not be in for work. Mrs. Matteson followed, and while her husband was inside the store she set fire to a box of his clothing in the back seat of his car. Police and city firemen ar rived on the scene at 8:05 a.m. when a fire alarm was turned in. Firemen succeeded in dous '"y ,Y A W T ing the fire before it did much damage to the car and police arrested Mrs. Matteson and. escorted her to municipal court. Mrs. Matteson received a 50-day suspended sentence on condition that she does not repeat her actions. Grange News Central Point Grange Grange visitation will be the highlight of the regular meeting of Central Point Grange Friday, Feb. 5, at 8 p.m. The lecturer, Mrs. Ho mer Jeffries, has planned a short program, and Mrs. Ed win Gebhard will exhibit jewelry she makes. All visiting ladies are asked to bring cookies and members of Central Point Grange are reminded to bring sandwich es. Central Point Grange will hold "Open House" on Feb. 12. This meeting will honor the new members and will start with a potluck supper. We Give GREEN STAMPS CENTRAL REXALL DRUG Main and Central r:i.:'':-::ii:?:ir MLS Big Chief ANDY Says- HOW can you get finest watch at lowest cost?- r EASY! 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