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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. Fol
lowing the hearing, the coun
ty court may set an election
date.
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IWA Officials
Talk Strike Action
Portland -HTIi Officials of
the International Woodwork
ers of America continued to
Damon I nieei loaay lo discuss possioie
strike action against lumber
employers
The union, as well as the
Lumber and Sawmill Work
ers, has asked a 30-cent hour
ly pay Increase. Employers
have SHid they cannot afford
it.
The contracts opened th's
year for wages only. IWA's
region three has nearly .10.
000 members
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