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IN MEMORIAL A hooded ghost was present at this acci
dent scene at Sioux Falls, S.D., as it looks over the already
. standing signs in memory of four persons who were killed
at the corner previously. Let's not have a sign in your
memory on Memorial Day! (UPI)
Memorial Day Start of Deadly Summer
Pleasure Driving When Casualties Mount
Editor's note: This week be
gini the grim annual count of
vacation bloodshed on the na
tion's highways. If the past
Is any guide, Memorial Day
will be a deadly beginning to
three months of summor
pleasure during which more
than 10,000 Americans will
lose their lives needlessly.
Here is a message to drivers
from Bradford M. Crittenden,
commissioner of the Cali
fornia Highway Patrol, writ
ten for United Press International.
Dear Driver:
You probably have read
predictions on the number of
traffic deaths expected during
most of our major holidays.
They are part of a standard
appeal to drivers to be extra
cautious through these pe
riods when accident totals
"climb".
Unfortunately, the TDredio
tions too often are true. Even
more unfortunate is the fact
that on many so-called aver
age week ends-when no pre
dictions are issued and no fa
tality totals publicized-deaths
run as high or higher than
during holiday periods.
And week days are no ex
ception. Traffic deaths occur
on week days, too. They
mount up monotonously, day
after day, week after week,
until by the end -of a month
there are several thousand.
During the three summer
months which are about to
begin, for instance, there will
be 10,500 traffic deaths in the
Unitad States.
Today that's a prediction.
A little over three months
from now it will be a reality.
The frightening part of this
statement is that 10,500 lives
have been committed as traf
fic fataltiies.
These people aren't dead
yet. Is there no way in which
they can be saved?
Point to Police
About this time, the accus
ing finger points at me, and
police officers all over the na
tion. "What are you doing
about this, Mr. Enforcement
Officer?" The citizens' ques
tions usually add up to that.
What is enforcement, what is
engineering, what is some
body else doing?
Frankly, we have done
much, all of the agencies, both
public and private. And we
will do more. But I don't want
to talk about officialdom to
day. I want to turn the finger
of accusation upon the one
group which really can do
something about traffic acci
dents, America's drivers. I
think it is time they answered
their own question.
What are you doing to make
our highways safer, Mr. and
Mrs. Driver?
Not nearly enough, in my
opinion.
Own Contribution Important
I'm not talking about the
support you could provide
law enforcement, or the stern
demands you could make for
stricter punishment of viola
tions, or the backing you
could provide private safety
organizations.
These are all important, but
not as important as your in
dividual and very personal
contributions as drivers.
Let me ask you another
question. If you can answer it
in the affirmative, you will
have made a sizeable contri
bution toward reducing acci
dents. Do you, as a driver, want
traffic safety strongly enough
to drive at all times as if a
Medford
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SECTION B MEDFORD, OREGON. TUESDAY, MA 2D, l&Z PAGES 1 to 8
Small Worlds
Around Us
By LYNN M. W ATKINS
(Reetttei and Tribune
SynditJtt 19621
Fog Causes Delay
In Search for Plane
Ronton, Wash. - lUPIUHeavy
fog today delayed the resump
tion of a search for three men
in a light plane missing on
a flight from Renton to We?l
porl. Aboard the missing aircraft
were the pilot, Leon Coles,
Renton: Clinton Julson, Se
attle, and Harold Manifold,
Renton.
PARTY DAMPER
San Dieso, Calif.- OJPP -Six
police cars and a paddy wag
on put a damper on an al
ready damp party during the
week end. The law routed
some 300 revelers from San
Diego Stale college who were
hurling water-filled bags and
balloons.
traffic officer were looking
over your shoulder?
Have you ever noticed traf
fic when a patrol car comes
into view? Everyone "gets
legal" and stays legal. In Cali
fornia we call it visual en
forcement. . Drivers trim their motor
ing sails in a hurry, and for
a very practical reason - to
avoid a citation. In the
process, they automatically
begin to achieve the goal we
have, in mind-safer driving
because drivers who comply
with the law arc far less like
ly to be involved in accidents.
Self-Enforcement
But what about those times
when no traffic officer is
around to "remind" you of
your obligations? Are you
willing to accept, the respon
sibility to drive legally even
when no officer is present?
Are you willing to follow a
policy of self-enforcement.
Only you can answer the
question. The correct response
can do more than all the en
forcement agencies, Highway
builders, and safety groups
combined . to enhance your
motoring safely.
It could make that figure
of 10.500 deaths this summer
nothing more than an exag
gerated prediction.
Yours sincerely,
Bradford M. Crittenden
Commissioner, California
Highway Patrol
Sacramento, Calif.
May 26, 1962
Those traditional showers
that occur in April help to
bring forth the wildflowers of
May, and some of the most
important ones are the "wake
robins." Snugly and silently they
sleep in the frozen forest floor
during the winter months.
The beating rain, lashing
unhindered through the leaf
less trees drives the frost from
the earth, saturates it, turns
it wet and soggy and alerts
the seeds, roots, bulbs, and
rhizomes. May comes and
with it the awakening wood
land floor.
There are many kinds of
trilliums, commonly called
"wake-robin;" all members of
the lily family and all seem
ing to prefer to grow in moist,
shady woodlands, or along
side stream banks.
Favorites of All
Among the favorites of
children and adults who
search the spring woods for
wildflowers, are the dwarf,
painted, nodding, and large
flowered trilliums. The pur
ple variety has a repulsive
odor slightly similar to putrid
meat. This one is avoided by
small children as well as by
nectar loving bees. It is vis
ited by small carrion flies at
tracted by the odor. Looked at
closely the colors somewhat
resemble a piece of over-ripe
beefsteak.
Another variety of trillium
is called the Toadshade by
some folks because of an old
legend that claimed toads
sought the three-cornered
shade of the wake-robin when
the spring sun shone brightly
through the bare limbs of the
woodland trees.
However, no actual record
can be found where any toad
ever sought the shade of this
plant. Another name used in
some areas was birthroot; per
haps because the leaves lie
curled in the roots during the
winter, waiting to be born in
the spring.
The trilliums arc interest
ing from many standpoints,
one of which would seem to
be the arrangement of the
flower parts, always in threes.
Three petals, three sepals,
three leaves and three stig
mas. The flower itself is al
ways solitay, a single blos
som nodding above the whorl
of pointed leaves.
Gregarious Plants
Usually the trilliums grow
in colonies, seldom is one
found growing alone.
! Some dwarf trilliums push
I their heads up through mcll
i ing snow. These early risers
i contradict the meaning of
their name, since someone,
whose chronological sense
was a little off balance, nam
ed them wake-robin because
he thought the first robin
awakened the flower, causing
it to rear out of the ground,
knowing that spring had
come.
Actually, the wake-robin is
awake and in blossom before
the first robin arrives from
its winter vacation. Perhaps
the name implies the flower
is wide awake and ready to
greet the early arriving bird.
A little inconsistency should
be allowed any plant hardy
enough to spring from an al
most frozen floor.
Korea Veterans Reminded
Of Benefit Termination
Many Oregon State Korea i in 1063. A veteran discharg
veterans, in night school or led in 1956 has a termination
part-time training under the i date in 1965.
Korean GI bill, should accel
erate their training if they
wish to complete all their
courses before their GI ben
efits terminate, R. J. Novot
ny, manager of the Portland
Veterans administration re
gional office, warned today.
Novotny suggests that all
veterans taking Korean GI
Bill training check their own
individual termination dates.
If the-termination is in 1963
or. 1964, they may consider
accelerating their program by
taking additional courses or
Under the law. a Korea 1 by attending summer school,
veteran's termination date is j , Veterans who attend school
eight years from the date of at night after working at
his discharge or release from their regular employment dur
active duty. In no event may ; ing the day. should give this
he take GI training beyond ! problem careful considera
Jan. 31, 1965. j tion, Novotny, advised, be-
Veterans may not be paid j cause their training of neces-
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If resular delivery arrives
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notify office, thus eliminating
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GI educational allowances
after their termination dates
have passed, Novotny ex
plained. , .
As an example, Novotny
cited the fact that a veteran
discharged in 1955 faces a
termination date next year,
rity is slower and extends
over a longer period of time.
They should make every ef
fort to complete their most
essential courses before their
deadline.
Beaverton Man
Trapped in Hopper
Portland - HOT - Hugh Car
ter, 42, Beaverton, was
trapped for about 90 minutes
in a sand and gravel hopper
Monday but apparently es
caped serious injury.
Firemen, harbor police and
I fellow employees freed Car
ter, whose head was said to
be covered for a time.
RURAL TRAFFIC GAINS
Salem - lUPIl - The Oregon
Highway Department said
Monday that rural traffic on
non-interstate routes in the
state gained 4.8 per cent in
March over March, 1961.
POCKET MONEY...
can make for a trunkful of
good times this summer.
Wherever your vacation
takes you, take enough
money. One-visit service.
IDCAL IOAM
535 E. JACKSON IIVD.
Midlortj Shopping C.nttr
Hm: 773-7456 Dick Wibb, Mir.
Omu Friday Exaiau 'III I
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of vision foresight. Before the Continental
was born, its designers took a long, careful look
at the automotive future. Using the utmost care
and discrimination, they designed a car that
will not be outdated by the calendar, a car that
anticipates tomorrow.This extra time and effort
has raised the reliability standards so high that
the Lincoln Continental is the only American
automobile to be warranted for two years or
24,000 miles. The Continental is an enduring
investment the automobile for men and
women of discrimination, taste and vision.
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