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Interstate Highway Project Seen As Outstanding LOS ANGELES FREEWAY-This four-level interchange freeway is the product of the Federal-State highway program, now seven years old and nearing the mid-point of its race to accommodate an increasingly mobile citizenry. (UPI) By JOSEPH D. HUTNYAN United Prett International Washington - lUPU - The na tion gradually is being swathed in bands of concrete and asphalt which some ex perts believe already have saved thousands of lives and exerted a lasting influence on American social customs. The new look is the pro duct of the federal-state high way program, now seven years old and nearing the mid point of its race to ac commodate an increasingly mobile citizenry. It is an event that is stir ring up new debate about old concepts, not only among en gineers and highway admin istrators but among psycholo gists and sociologists. The planned 41,000 -mile network of so-called defense highways is scheduled for competion by 1972. The Bu reau of Public Roads reported today that by the end of last June, 14,800 miles were open to traffic. Another 5,300 miles were under construc tion. About 77 per cent of the total either was handling traf fic, under construction or in some phase of the -planning process. The federal government is paying 90 per cent of the approximate $41 billion dol lar cost. Work on Schedule Meanwhile, assessments of the interstate program's pro gress are coming in almost as fast as the concrete or as phalt is being poured. Federal highway officials are satisfied the mileage is be ing licked off on schedule and that the nationwide net work will be a reality by 1972. But the automotive lobbies argue that the pace will have to be speeded up in the next nine years if that rosy predic tion is to come true. Avid mass transportation advocates say the whole thing is a multi-billion dollar mon ument to misplaced emphasis. 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Some of the ob servations include: Higher safety standards on the new roads have saved an estimated 6.000 lives in the past three years.. -The capacity to travel longer distances in shorter periods has opened up new regions to the touring Amer ican and broadened his per spective and range of inter est. . -Communities near the freeways fanning out in the 50 states have felt their presence in their economic lives. Aidt Construction -The knowledge gleaned from the new splurge of road building has aided highway construction technology and safety research. -The new emphasis on high sustained speeds has influ enced the kinds of vehicles that are rolling off today's automotive assembly lines. Even those closest to the project concede that it is not easy to write a progress re port on the interstate program because of its size and many facets. (It often has been called the biggest public works project ever conceived by man). For instance, the states getting most of the attention are those emphasizing con struction. However, others, while opening few new miles of roadway, are spending their time and money snap ping up rights-of-way which they consider a more pressing problem. In several states, the pro gram has been tarnished by scandal but the bureau does not expect this to affect the time schedule. "We are on the lookout for waste and irregularities," one official told UPI. "How ever, we think there have been remarkably few proven cases when you consider the mammoth size of this enter prise." Fear Congestion Mass transportation adher ents feel that federal plan ners are going out of their way to dump more automo biles into already congested urban areas. They argue; that the na tion s transportation pattern must put more stress on moV' ing numbers of persons by rail, especially those day-to day commuters from suburbia. The most heated opposition has been of a localized na ture - irom neighborhood groups who are enthusiastic about new highways but would like them built some where else. Or from citizen organizations incensed over potential destruction of an historical shrine or some other cherished landmark. Generally, the interstate program seems to have public endorsement - for at least one obvious reason. There are few voters who at some time dur ing a week don't find them selves in the family car, its tires singing along on a vast new expanse of roadway sprinkled with red-white-and- blue Interstate markers. Economists feel the new ex pressways pep up business not only in those communities they touch but in some that they miss. The Bureau of Public Roads recently released a survey re porting that construction of highway by-passes around a city generally helped business and increased real estate val ues in the community. It ac complished this by freeing city streets of through traffic, opening up more parking spaces and making it attrac tive to shop again in the down town area. . Pott-War Fever The crisp new highways spanning the nation s heart lands are considered by many sociologists as symbolic of a fever of the post-war years- the yen to get out and go places. Americans are making more money than ever before. They also have more time to spend it because they are working fewer hours. Thus, the average family is roaming farther from home across the new expressways in cars es pecially designed to absorb the punishingly high speeds permitted. As for the safety aspects of the new Interstate roads, au thorities say the new limited access roads save lives main ly by eliminating the stop-and-go character of traffic and by including wide medial strips to avoid deadly head-on crashes. . One estimate placed the fa tality rates on the new roads 50 to 75 per cent 'lower than on the highways they re placed. . The Bureau of Public Roads is preparing more refined safety studies but its prelim inary data indicates the Inter state system saved 2,000 lives in 1960 and at least that many in the following two years: "In my opinion," one high way official said, "you will find that when the evidence is in, the Interstate program will be the greatest single thing that has ever been done in the name of safety." Seven Criteria of Education Discussed At Kiwanis Lunch "Don't rest on your laurels. Strive to improve your qual ity education." That is what Mrs. Betty Lou Dunlop, Southern Oregon college associate professor of education, advised yesterday at the noon luncheon of Med ford Kiwanis club. She spoke on "Philosophy of Education" at a meeting which also noted the 40th an niversary of the club. A birth- day cake was the gift of Rogue Valley Country club. Bill Warner, first Medford Kiwanis president, was pre sented a life membership by Curtis Nesheim, incumbent president of the service club. The Medford club dates from Aug. 22, 1923. Repeats Talk Mrs. Dunlop, repeating a talk she gave recently before the Medford school districts citizens advisory committee on education, listed seven cri teria or cardinal principals of education and outlined how Medford schools have met them. The criteria are making sure students command fun damental processes, good health, worthy home member ship, vocational efficiency, civic efficiency, worthy use of leisure time and ethical char acter. Outlining the tradition alist, essentialist and progres sive views on education, Mrs. Dunlop said that public schools reflect the voters and their diversity of thought so they have all three philoso phies. She pointed out that Med ford has a "democratic" ap proach to education and de clared, "You try for quality." Well-Rounded Program On the matter of funda mental process, Mrs. Dunlop told of the well rounded pro gram for academically and non-academically inclined and for the slow learner. On the criteria of health she men tioned the "tremendous" phys ical education program, meet ing needs of children of al most every age. She spoke of tne growth study which, she said, may become one of the most famous studies in the United States. She pointed to tne counselling program. On the matter of worthy home membership, she report ed that Medford schools stress individual responsibility, pre sent group living situations ana nave excellent homemak- ing studies. She cited advance placement, the distributive ed ucation program and trade and business courses as exam ples of vocational efficiency Civic Efficiency Leading toward civic effi ciency, she slated, are student body government, state con fcrence, the program bring' ing foreign exchange students and city government day. She mentioned the. ability of pres ent day students to get up be fore a group and talk. 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