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irtuttbUAY, DLCLMttLH 20, 1362 E 5 OPEN SUNDAY, DECEMBER 23 MVS IE D 'VAN LIN MLUt UHU MAIL iniouiib, Mllt wnu. waboun e ! j MS; R? ISO 4- p-h D i. to. If 1 l ft I I . r-- izt?. T - fiwmx at is- i m wi M0L10Y B P t: . LOW BRIDGE Long Island Railroad commuters gape out of their windows as their train crosses this over pass at Garden City, N.J., at reduced speed after this large moving van smashed into the low bridge. A Nassau county police wrecker finally removed the truck after letting the air out of the tires. The driver was taken to a hospital with a possible skull fracture. The bridge was not dam aged. (UPI). Court Records MKOFORD MUNICIPAL COURT John Craig Rorex. failure to yield right of way, $23. Paul Elbert Lea, violation of basic rule, $10. Marvin Francis Taylor, improper leu turn, iu. Marianne Ruth Hale, disobeyed top sign. $10. Glenn Edwin Dean, no opera tor's license in possession, $3. Robert Herschel Upchurch. ex pired vehicle license, $5. James Edward Reinholu, viola tion of basic rule, $25. George Edward Yung, violation of basic rule, $10. Jerry Michael Bogart, disobeyed traffic signal, $10. Capital Memo Book Published About Mean Things Scottsdale, Ariz.-lUPH-Robin King has a theory about in animate objects. They hate people, says he. As a result, the mean things make people angry. He has a whole alphabet full of them. Take "B" for buttons. He says they fall off, roll under tables. Drawers are mean because they wrinkle shirts, they stick, fall on toes. King's ABC of mean things "The1' Angry Book" (Norton) is for chil dren. He lists "washing" as a mean thing invented by parents. Mary's Garden Now Grown Scientifically Chicago -IUPII- Mary, Mary, quite contrary, would find it takes more than silver bells and cockle shells to master today's scientific growing techniques. One of the newest wrinkles In greenhouse gardening is "atmospheric fertilization" with carbon dioxide, says Cardox Division of Cheme trop Corp. Boosting the CO, concentration found natural ly in the air produces bigger, healthier, faster-maturing plants, the firm says. Drunken Driving Not Major Cause Of October Crashes By ZAN STARK Salem - IUPII - Drunken driving was not the cause of most highway accidents in Oregon dur ing October. A summary of fatal motor vehicle t r a f fic accidents for October prepared b y the State Highway de partment list- sum ed 42 fatal crashes in which 45 persons were killed and 31 injured. Only six of those accidents involved drinking, a review of the department's accident summary report showed. Seven were killed, and four injured in those six accidents. Eight of the accidents oc curred during rain or fog, or resulted from skids on wet pavements. Eight were killed and six injured in those mis haps. There were five auto-pedes-trian accidents, resulting in five fatalities. In one, near Woodburn In Marion county, an elderly pedestrian was struck while crossing the highway. Near Hood River in Hood River county, a pedestrian crossing a highway was struck consecutively by two autos. Three pedestrians were killed in Portland. One jumped from a parked trurk and was struck. A pedestrian jaywalking from behind a parked car was killed. In one case a car failed to yield the right of way to a pedestrian crossing at an intersection. 3 diffm The summary indicated it is more dangerous to drive at night. Twenty-five of the fatal crashes occurred during dark ness, and 17 during daylight. Six of the fatal crashes oc curred in incorporated cities, the rest in rural areas. Here Is a capsule summary of the crashes that did involve drinking. Crossed c e n t e r 1 1 n e, struck car head-on, four miles south of Eugene in Lane county. Two killed, one in jured. Disregarded traffic sig nal, struck truck - tractor broadside, five miles north of Cottage Grove in Lane county. One killed, two in jured. Skidded out of control, ran off road, plunged over embankment IM miles east of Clatskanie in Columbia county. One killed. Inattention, struck car going same direction, impel ling it into ditch, six miles west of Portland in Washing ton county. One killed, one in jured. Struck auloist changing tire on highway shoulder, two miles east of Merrill in Klamath county. One killed. Skidded out of control, overturned, struck utility pole, one mile south of Trout dale in Multnomah county. One killed. Three of the fatal accidents, in which three died and three were injured, were caused by following too closely behind the vehicle ahead. There were these oddities: One person died and four were injured nine miles east of Burns in Harney county when a car struck a horse. One person died near Modoc point in Klamath county when a blowout caused the car to veer out of control, cross the highway, run off the road, and over turn. And 2' it miles north of Cor valiis in Benton county one person was killed and one in jured when an inexperienced driver lost control of his car on a curve, skidded, and over turned on the roadway. A review of accidents oc curring within the next 11 days may. however, show a major increase in the number of fatal crashes involving drinking. Holiday time is here. Lack of Exercise Cited for Obesity Washington -Wl' -"Obesity in school-age children is much I more likely to be due to lack j of physical activity than to eating unusually large amounts of food." Dr. Freder ick J. Stare of the Harvard School of Public lltallh. said at a recent meeting of school lunch officials. Dr. Stare recommended physical activity, not only in games and sports, but also in properly supervised exercise or calisthenics. He also sug gested that plump school chil dren drink skim milk or one of the newer skimmed milks in which the nonfat milk sol- ! ids have been increa.-ed. HAZING VICTIMS These eight boyj gained the distinction of being the dirtiest, smelliest group to be brought into the Montrose. Calif., sheriff s substation after they were found in Big Tujunga Canyon by a patrol car. They explained that thry were being initiated into a hi;h school fraternity. They had been smeared with honey, molasses, shaving cream, heating ointment and fertilizer, then had been set free in the canvon and told to walk home. Deputies released tnem Lighthouse Life Lonely Duty Tour Galveston, Tex.-WPh-Il a lonely life, running a light house. And it gets more lonely as time wears on, especially to ward the end of a one-year tour of duty. But the four Coast Guards men manning the lighthouse marking the ship entrance to Galveston bay all agree they've had worse duty. The four are serving their one-year duty at the light house in virtual solitary con finements. The lighthouse is accessible only by boat. Their only con tacts with the outside are radio and television,- a supply boat every five weeks and occasional fishermen who anchor just off the light. The lighthouse is controlled and operated by the Coast Guard. It is stationed in the water near the mouth of Gal veston bay to guide ships at night and in foggy weather. The four crewmen are from Texas, Mississippi and New York. Commander of the light house crew is Eddie Culpep per of Biloxi, Miss. Crewmen are James Bacon of Pough keepsie, N. Y., James Gaspard of Houston and James O. Dowdy of Jacinto City, Texas, a Houston suburb. The men pull six days duly, then are off two days. For relaxation, they watch television, read, listen to the radio and fish. For conversation, they have each other and the occasional fishermen. Every five weeks, a supply boat unloads 1.400 gallons of fuel to run the generators which power the light. The boat also drops off 2,500 gal lons of water. The four men lift weights and punch bag to keep in shape. Their living quarters in clude an office, a kitchen and a bedroom. They do their own cooking and laundry. Of the four, only Dowdy is at the lighthouse by choice. He requested the duty. The duty. The other four were transferred there. Purebred Dairy Cows Increase Production College Station, Tex.-'UPH-Purebred, registered dairy cows have more profit-making potential than grade cows, the extension service at Texas A & M college reported. The service said a U. S. Department of Agriculture survey showed a typical 30 cow dairy farm would net about SI. 000 more a year by using registered cows rather than the a"erage grade cow. t J i r Sprinx on Holiday Treats' APPLE WEIGHTS Washington 'trl'- T n gave you a trip to the scales or a j wait in line, marketing ipe- j cialiMs in the U. S. 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