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Mounting Traffic
Restricts Sport
Driving in Beirut
By DAVID DUCAS
United Press International
Beirut, Lebanon-il'Pli-Sadly,
Inevitably, the fun is going
nut of an amateur sport once
unmatched for daring and ex
citement driving in Beirut.
You can still slalom the
wrong way down a one-way
street or scare nimble pedes
trians back on to the pave
ment, but it's getting harder.
Gradually, restrictions are
appearing. A few months ago
there were only about half a
dozen traffic lights in all of
Beirut, and they seldom
worked. Now there are many,
and they work. Traffic police
men armed with ticket books
collect fines on the spot.
In its heyday, Beirut driv
ing was as fine and classical
a sport as bull fighting. Now
it is getting to be as tiresome
as six-day bicycle racing.
More Can
Mounting traffic is to
blame. In 1946 there were
8,000 cars in all of Lebanon,
b nation with 1.5 million per
sons spread around a country
half the size of Massachusetts.
A year ago the total of cars
had soared 700 per cent to
56.000.
A Beirut magazine figured
out Hint Beirut's business dis
trict, made up mostly of nar
row, twisting streets, could
handle 1.500 cars a day but
get an average of 4,500.
If you took all the cars in
Beirut and lined them up
bumper to bumper there
would be about as much room
between them as there is now.
Despite the clutter of cars.
cirut drivers achieve sur-1
prising speed. This is one of
me lew places wncre tragic
jams have been clocked up to
40 miles per hour.
Alternating Streets
To cope with the traffi
problem, Beirut authorities
have tried one-way streets.
But a street running one way
this week may run the other
way next week.
During a recent safety cam
paign wrecked cars were
propped on pedestals at main
Beirut intersections with
signs warning drivers about
the consequences of Careless
driving. By the end of the
campaign, most of the wrecks
had been knocked over by
passing cars.
Even so, considering the
apparent recklessness of Bei
rut driving, serious accidents
seem surprisingly lew. Driv
ing conditions have given
most motorists and pedes
trians here lightning reflexes.
In Beirut, except fur a few
antique trolleys, publ'c trans
portation is left to drivers of
"service'' taxis that tear along
the winding streets and alley
ways, stopping for anyone
who looks like a potential
fare. With plans on paper for
a municipal bus system, these
may disappear. Beirut will
never he the same if they do.
AEC ANNOUNCES TEST
Wnshinfilon-MPIi-Thc Atom
ic Energy Commission an
nounced that the United
States on Thursday fired its
3Hlh underground explosion
in its current scries at the
Nevada test site. The AEC
described (lie detonation as
being of "low yield." This
means that it had the force
of 20.0(10 tons of TNT or less.
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Childbirth Without Anesthesia
Many women have become
much interested in the book
bv Dr. Granlly Dick Read on
what he called
'natural child
birth." Read
had an idea
that, if well
prepared, wo
men could and
should go
through labor
without anes
thesia. Then
they could
know what was going on, and
could have the joy of know
ing when their child was born.
Read, of course, was an en
thusiast, and many obstetri
cians did not agree with his
ideas. There has now appeared
a hook called "The Childbirth
Challenge: Commonsense ver
sus 'Natural Methods' " (Vik
ing Press) by Dr. Waldo L.
Fielding, an able obstetrician,
and Lois Benjamin, one of his
patients, who gives the vicw
i point of the pregnant woman.
The two have written a
good review of the subject,
such as can be of interest not
only to obstetricians who have
to lalk thinks over with their
palicnlsi but also to every
woman who is wondering
whether she should attempt to
have her child without anes
thesia. The authors doubt if
the method is suitable ior
every woman. Some are too
sensitive, and hence unable to
stand much pain. The doctor
thinks that a woman will be
wise to leave the question of
anesthesia to her obstetrician.
As her labor goes forward, he
can fieeide what is best to do.
MOMS NAG MORE
London - tl'PP Mom nags
more than dad and tends to
pirk on her tern-nge son more
than on her daughter, accord
ing to an opinion survey of
1(1.000 students nindc at 500
Hntish schools.
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In this book, the authors
give information on choosing
an obstetrician and on the
significance of the Rh factor,
and the danger of getting Ger
man measles in the first six
weeks of pregnancy.
Will "blowing your lop"
affect your blood pressure?
Just what is normal blood
pressure? Dr. Alvarez answers
these and other questions in
his booklet, "High Blood Pres
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envelope with your
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'OLD-FASHIONED' STOCK EXCHANGE
(Editor's note: This ii the last in a series of three col
umns on the Floor of the New York Stock Exchange)
Inlaid into the floor of the part of the New York Stock
Exchange where bonds are traded is a hexagon about eight
feet in diameter. When a NYSE member trades a block of
bonds, he must have one foot inside that hexagon, he must
say out loud what bonds he is trading and at what price.
Thus, as one trader remarked when he saw me staring at
the design on the floor and the men's feet, "All other bond
traders in the room can hear what is taking place. It's our
'open out cry' rule.'1
This is automation? This is antiquity, a system of auction
trading going back to ancient times.
On the five-story high walls of the NYSE's main hall are
I two nuge annunciator oonras. wncn a nisfc tirm s tele
I phone clerk wants to send a message to the firm's member
I on the floor, he does so by pressing a switch which flaps a
j little tablet on which is printed the member's number. The
' member sees his number on the board, goes to his telephone
clerk, gets his message. If the clerk is particularly anxious
I to reach the member, he agitatedly flap-flap-flaps the tablet
I which presumably makes
but always, of course, within
gotta walk, not run rule.
This is automation? This
signaling used centuries ago.
In the NYSE'i main hall and "gArage" are seven ticker
tapes on which all transactions in stocks during a trading
day are printed. These highspeed tickers are the suc
cessors to the originals invented by E. A. Calahan in 1867.
refined by Thomas A. Edison into the famous squarish
glass covered machine. Today's high-speed tickeri are
capable of printing 500 characters or 80 transactions a
minute.
This is automation? Yes, In the extent that automation had
progressed by September lftSO, for that's the date today's
stock tickers were installed. And that's why the tickers ran
more than four hours behind actual transactions during the
selling waves of late May and by being so late, compounded
the chaos.
When Keith Funstnn. president of the NYSE, and a group
of NYSE vice presidents escorted me around the floor last
week, I asked a lot of questions about automation vs. an'
tiquity. There is no doubt
exchange could be made much
Consider those annunciator
charmingly old-fashioned way
message, but hardly the most
is considering now a new system whereby members would
get their messages via a type of walkie-talkie device, much
as doclors get their messages
phones.
Or consider those "high-speed" tickeri. True, the NYSE
ordered new, higher-speed tickers a year ago, which will
be in operation 18 months from now and will be capable
ot printing 900 characters, or about 150 transactions a
minute. But while this ticker will be able to keep up with
a trading volume of up to 10 million shares a day, even the
yet-to-come ticker would have twice fallen 20 minutes be
hind the market on May 29, when more than 14.7 million
shares were traded. "We have the best engineering minds
working on this problem, but they haven't come up with
anything better so far," says
I Or consider the fact that when a stock trade is completed,
a liltle piece of paper must be sent by pneumatic tube to an
operator five stones above the floor, then recorded on a ma-
! chine, which in turn puts the transaction on the ticker tape
; "This we'll improve,'- promises Funston "In the future
the In ker operator may be
! wiili romp:irt electronic equipment the size of a memo pad
j he'll be able almost instantaneously to activate the ticker."
! Then, Funston said. "We can't invent machines to handle the
I unexpected. And you wouldn't
would ynu?"
' God forbid.' s.ud 1. as I .s.nd good bye, delicately picked
my way out of the litter of gum and candy wrappers, glanced
hack at the mob of noisy men and decided that, alter an old-
lishinnid afternoon at the NYSE, it was only fitting fv me
work to teach in the Philippine Islands.
She will fly to Peace Corps headquarters in
San Francisco for indoctrination and then
on to the Philippines. (UPI)
Higher Teacher
Pay To Be Sought
Salem -WPP- A conference of
local school officials has been
told that the 1963 legislature
will be asked to hike mini
mum salaries, for teachers
with bachelor's degrees from
$3,600 to $4,000.
The speaker was Cecil
Posey of Portland, executive
secretary of the Oregon Edu
cation Association.
Posey said a higher annual
minimum salary also will be
sought for teachers with
master's degrees - from the
present $4,000 to $4,800,
Dr. Leon P. Minear, state
superintendent of public in
struction, said there must be
a specific program for improv
ing the financial situations of
local school districts.
38TH EXPLOSION
Washington -IUPII- The Unit
ed States Thursday exploded
another small nuclear device
underground at the Nevada
test site, the 38th announced
shot in the long series.
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Worth
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Copyright, Hall Syndicate, Inc.
the member move even faster,
the bounds of the NYSE's "you
too Is antiquity, a system of
that the NYSE recognizes the
more efficient.
boards, for instance. It's
to summon a broker for a
efficient way. In fact, the NYSE
when they're away from the
Funston.
stationed on the floor itself and.
want machines to replace men,
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Many Educational Opportunities
Available for Children in Summer
By DAVID NYDICK
(UPI Education Specialist)
Should schooling end in
June? Many educational op
portunities are available dur
ing the summer months. Will
your child benefit by taking
part in a summer program?
Summer education has se
veral purposes such as repeat
ing courses, acceleration, en
richment in areas of interest,
aid for slow students, and
continuity for handicapped
children.
Various types of programs
exist. Regular courses are of
fered by local schools. Spe
cialized schools for concentra
tion on interests or specific
help generally are available
in many cities. Specialty sum
mer camps serve many needs.
Individual tutoring has gain
ed popularity.
Must Consider Child
Which type of summer in
struction answers your pur
poses? Before this can be de
cided, the most important
consideration is the child.
Children vary in ability, in
terest, physical condition,
social development, emotional
adjustment, and family needs.
These variables should be
considered in your decision.
Udall Approves Dam
On Columbia River
Washington - (UPI) - Interior
Secretary Stewart L. Udall
has approved construction
of Wells dam on the Columbia
river between Chief Joseph
and Rocky Reach dams.
The elementary program is
not geared to a regular sum
mer .school. The philosophy
emphasizes total develomenl
with the child as the center of
instruction. Summer instruc
tion tends to be in the areas of
Grass, Brush Fire
Caused by Children
A five-acre grass and brush
fire about 4 p.m. Wednesday
at Corey and Foothills rds.
was caused by youngsters
playing with matches. Cen
tral Point rural firemen re
ported. Rural firemen were assist
ed on the blaze by a state
forestry department crew.
State forestry department
patrolmen called to a gras
and debris fire back of the
Lithia Drive-In theater south
of Talent yesterday listed the
fire as "railroad caused." A
spot grass fire caused by a
smoker was put out alon? Hil
singer rd. yesterday by a fire
warden who had srone into
the area to Issue a burning
permit.
KHRUSHCHEV'S PROMISE
Hundeoara, Romania (UPH
Soviet Premier Nikita Khru
shchev told thousands of Ro
manian workers Thursday
that within 10 years the So
viet Union will surpass the
United States in total indus
trial production.
IMF WTO
DON'T BE A LITTERBUG!
Don't leave a litter mark in your favorite park. Land every litter bit in the near
est litter basket. Or take trash out with you to the litterbag in your car. That's
how you can help keep streets, playgrounds, highways, waterways always
litter-free. That's how you can help cut the high cost of littering: $50 million
last year just to clean up major highways. Don't be a litter-bug-ever!
That's how you can help KEEP AMERICA CLEAN
AND BEAUTIFUL
reading, math, cultural sub
jects, and recreation. In con
trast, the secondary school
emphasizes specific courses
concerned with definite sub
ject matter. Offerings of for
mal courses are increasingly
available.
Varying Degrees
Many private or organiza
tional camps offer varying de
grees of instruction combined
with a regular athletic pro
gram. Individual or group
tutoring is available through
i clinics or interested teachers.
iThese possibilities should be
; evaluated in relation to your
expectations.
j Let's take a look at the stu
jdent in respect to the avail
i able services.
Which student will benefit
from some type of instruc
tion? Children with physical dis
abilities appear to need con
itinuity of instruction. Lapses
I tend to cause retrogression,
lit is advisable to participate
in some program which will
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maintain educational develop
ment. An evaluation of the
child's reactions, during the
regular school year, will give
some indication of the advis
ability of a full oi- a limited
program.
Important Factor
The demands of the elemen
tary school are not always
met by additional instruc
tion. Growing up is an import
ant factor. Before involving
the child in summer instruc
tion, you should carefully
weigh the values of a relax
ing vacation centered on rec
reation and club type activi
ties. The, structure of the secon
dary school program requires
the successful completion of
specific courses. While one or
more courses may be com
pleted in a summer, remem
ber the possibility of strain
and pressure. The student
who is having difficulty
should be carefully evalu
ated before deciding upon the
extent of his program. The
mm
student who hi interest and
i Innkine for enrichment
could benefit substantially.
Not A Maehlnt
In total, a human being is
not a machine. You do not
"shovel" information Into the)
hmtv and end UD With fully
developed individual. The
child is a complex wno re
quires interest, maturation,
and a variety of experiences
in order to learn.
Look closely at the chances
for success or failure befora
planning summer instruction.
Summer school is not a pun
ishment but an aid. Be real
istic about your child's abil
ity. Examine his needs as a
child and as a student and
you may find you have al
ready made your decision.
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Many of our flood cut
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buy alt of their paint
needs during our recant
paint salt. Wo aro sorry
we did not anticipate
such a tremendous vol
ume of paint purchasers.
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to announce the same
low, low prices will pre
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A huge new fresh stock
has just been received so
you won't be disappoint
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and see why we say
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