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IQ ThUHfaUAY. JUNfi 21. 1962 111 irV?)n te'llW MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFOHD, OREGON 4 to RIDER INJURED Police and passersby give first aid lo Edwin Houghton, 21, of Quincy, Mass., as he lies injured on Soldiers Field Road near Harvard University stadium in Boston, after being hurled from his motorbike, foreground. A jacket lashed to the rear of the bike became entwined in the rear wheel and jammed it. Houghton suffered mul tiple cuts and bruises of the face and arms. (UPI) Motoring America Riding on Time Bomb, Expert Explains By RAY FARKAS United Press International Washington - IUPII - Motor ing America is riding a time bomb which could explode into federal control over the every-day act of driving. The bomb is fused to go off when the annual death toll hits 40,000. The fallout could include, hopefully, traffic safety con- A test of traffic safety altitudes, prepared for United P !'! International by the l..;u.anc Institute for Highway Salety: Are you willing lo be lieve that you are at likely to have an accident at any one else? Do you tell your best friend that he deserved the traitic ticket he got lor speeding when he com plaint about the "injustice of it all?" Do you refuse a cocktail because you are driving, and do you call a cab for a friend who hat had too ' many? Are you willing to admit you make mistake! in traf fic; that you drive by hab it; that your attention wan dert while you're driving? Are you willing to go to a school board meeting and lay you are for driver edu cation and that you are willing to pay for it? Do you go to the chief executive of the organiza tion you work tor and rec ommend that the company help tupport your commun ity tafcty council? Are you willing to go to a city council meeting and stand up lo tay you believe the police force should be expanded even it the tax rate must be increased to pay for it? Do you urge your com pany lo take a strong public stand on an enforcement measure that your city or country ncodt for traffic laloly? Do you make a conscien tious effort to observe the posted tpccd limitt - even on "open" tlretchet of high way and on freeways? Last year, traffic took more than 38,000 lives. The present date rale - 5.2 per 100-million miles travel led - coupled with projected increases in licensed drivers (there now are at least 87 mil lion) could add up to the 40, 000 figure in the mid-lDBOs, according to Damon. He predicted that when this point is reached the federal government will enter the safety picture, now left most ly to the states. Mainly, he said, federal participation would mean more federal money for safety projects, such as aid to driver educa tion. Damon also sees the possi bility of federal driver licens ing and federal policing of roads built w i I h federal money. In the field of licensing federal or slate - he hopefully predicts tighter testing. He compared present driver ex aminations to what was once said of the military draft: "They touch you, you're warm, you're in." i High speed and night driv-j ing checks would be included in his driving test. He also i favors driver re-examination,1 similar to a system in use in Pennsylvania. It is based on accident and violation fre- quencies and is mandatory! tor drivers H5 years of age j and over. Policing - federal or slale - should get tougher, accord ing to Dmnon. He foresees police backed by wider use of ! radar and stricter chemical tests tor drinking drivers. Damon predicted a real "outbreak of crackpots" when the fatality figure reaches 40,000. He offered a sampling of "crackpot" suggestions the foundation gets frequently: -For all cars a red dome that goes on when the speed limit is broken. -A metal ball on a golf tce- like gadget on the dashboard. The ball clinks into a cup when the car goes around a curve too fast. -A box .of nails mounted near the front wheels which spills and flattens the tires at excessive speeds. The main hope or safer roadways, Damon said, lies with the average driver, who he says, is "sincerely trying to operate safely, but isn't, though he thinks he is." Having watched more than 25 years of traffic safety pleas fall many times on deaf or in different ears, Damon pro fessed he is "not optimistic enough to think voluntary traffic safety will sweep the land." But come the 40,000 death figure, he said. "We're going to be forced to do something." Company Actors to Aifend Luncheon Ashland - The Ashland Chamber of Commerce will host Shakespearean Festival scholarship holders at its luncheon meeting Tuesday, the final meeting prior to a two month summer hiatus. Next Tuesday's luncheon will start at noon at the Mark Antony. The weekly lunch eons will then recess until September. At this week's meeting, Norris Porter presented a pro gram on his Alpine log busi ness in Talent. Porter's firm manufactures Alpine logs from fir wood for construe- j tion of building walls. A majority of the logs are being used in construction of permanent residences. Porter I said. However, they have also ' been used in cabins, children's j playhouses, motel units, an j airport hangar and even a 1 monkey house. Porlcr wound up his pre- i sentation by demonstrating ; how a small section of wall j can be assembled with the I logs and parts his firm makes. Branch Box Offices Open for Festival Ashland - Twenty-six branch box offices in Oregon and northern California will again offer Oregon Shakes pearean Festival patrons res ervation service. The 1962 network, now in operation, links key popula tion centers from Portland to Palo Alto, maintaining a di rect telephone wire contact between each location and the theater's central box office in Ashland. Now in its fifth season, the auxiliary box office system has become popular with the Festival's audience members. According to General Man ager William Patton, ticket orders placed through branch agencies have gained steadily since the plan was launched in 1958. Each of the offices is located in a prominent busi ness firm, allowing the patron to combine ticket procure ment with a regular shopping trip. The local agent, by using the direct telephone circuit, can immediately determine the best seating availabilities for all performances. The 22d season at Ameri ca's First Elizabethan theater begins July 2. Performances continue nightly through Sept. 2. Rotating on the main bill are "Comedy of Errors, "Henry IV. Part II." "As You Like It," and "Coriolanus." A special dance-music produc tion, "A Thieves Ballad," joins the schedule Aug. 6 fol lowing each subsequent per formance of "Comedy of Er- Recess Called In Railway Talks Chicago - IUPB - Work rules talks between the nation's railroads and five on -train unions were in recess today while a federal mediator left town to make a speech. Leverett Edwards, chair man of the National Media tion Board, Wednesday called the one-day break in order to address the convention of the Order of Railway Conductors and Brakemen at Colorado Springs, Colo., today. Edwards entered the dis pute last month after the car riers walked out of negotia tions on proposals made by a presidential com mission to overhaul work rules. After meeting with Labor Secretary Arthur J. Goldberg, the parties agreed to media tion of the issues, including proposals unilaterally. "If any railroad puts into effect any part of the presi dential railroad commission s recommendations arbitrarily. I'll guarantee that carrier won't be running." i one recommendation that I eventually would eliminate ithe jobs of some 41,000 fire men allegedly "ieaineroea-j ding" on diesel engines. The unions represent more than 200,000 workers. It was believed the bargain- j ers were discussing pay scales i GETTING GALS DOWN rather than the work rules i Indianapolis, Ind. -iL'PP Doc issue. I tors have prescribed pills for Earlier this week, Roy E. I two young women who work Davidson, head of the Brother-1 in the new 25-story city-coun-hood of Locomotive Engi-. ty offic- building. The gals -neers, warned the carriers not ' elevator operators - were af to introduce any commission ' flicted by motion sickness. GOING TO IE THIS SUMMER? Wherever you go, a vaca tion takes money . . . but what can take the place of a well-earned vacation? Up to $1500 on your signa ture only, car or other se curity for vacation and oth er purposes. IDCAL PAN 53S E. JACKSON BLVD. Medfoid Shopping Can tar Phone: 773-7456 Dick Webb, Hjr. Opii Friday Evaninis 'Til 7 sciousncss. Federal licensing and federal policing are dis tinct possibilities, along with more federal money for traf fic safety projects. These hopeful and doleful opinions belong to Norman Damon, who has been at traf fic safety about as long as the brake pedal. Damon, now vice president of t lie Auto motive Safety Foundation (ASF) has been In the traffic safety business H2 years. He helped organize the ASF, which was 25 years old this month. Damon's own driving rec ord is testimony to the fact that the highways are becom ing more dangerous. In 25 years of driving, he has been involved in two accidents -both in the last five years and neither of them his fault, he said. In an interview with United Press International called the 40,000-death mark the "magic or, rather, tragic" point at which the public and the government will wake up lo what's happening on tile highways, now being traveled by more than 75 million ve hicles. There never liave been 40. nno traffic deaths in the United States in one year, though it was close In 103!). Hearing Set on Fire District Petition A public hearing on with drawal of the Lampman rd. area from the Hogue River Rural Fire district will be held at 2 p.m. July 25, the Jackson county court has an nounced. Residents of that area de clared that their properties are too far from Rngue River, where fire equipment is kept, to be served adequately. County Clerk Marvin Mad den said he has received a de posit of $55 to cover the costs of a lire district election. Pe titions also have been re ceived by the county clerk The hearing will be held In the county court room. 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