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A [O A 4 I-1 O -C O A S I IT'S YOUR LAW C O A ST TO CO AST STOBES~| Hapeci [at Lew Malta Demoeracy Live AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENTS Serious injuries do not always re sult in immediate pain or blood shed. 8. Consult Your Lawyer Immed iately. The sooner your lawyer is brought into the matter, the better he can advise you and protect your rights. He can obtain statements from the witnesses while their mem ories are fresh, and do many other things to insure that the true facts are preserved. Get your lawyer’s ad vice before giving any interviews or statements to investigators or ad justers for the other side. 9. Inform Your Insurance Company Promptly. Failure to do may void your policy. 10. Report the accident to the sher iff, or the Police Department, or to the Department of Motor Vehicles. An official accident report may be procured from any of the above-list ed agencies. (Oregon lawyers offer this column as a public service. No person should apply or interpret any law without the aid of an attorney who is com pletely advised of the facts involved. Even a slight variance in facts may change the application of the law.) Now that millions of people are taking their vacations and driving about the country, automobile acci dents are occuring with increasing frequency. When involved in an acci- dent, it is hard to keep your wits about you and know just what to do. It is therefore a good idea to plan in advance just what you would do in event of a smash-up. Here are a few simple rules that every driver should commit to memory: 1. Stop! Failure to stop can result in serious criminal consequences. 2. Render Aid. If anyone is injur ed: (1) Render first aid. (2) Stop bleeding. (3) Call a doctor or an am bulance or both. (4) Do not move an injured person in any way that could possibly add to his injury. 3. Protect the Scene from Further Damage. You may be liable for damages to approaching drivers, un less they are properly warned. If the highway is obstructed at night, have someone turn his headlight beams on the wrecked vehicles. 4. Call an Officer. Highway Patrol men, Policemen, Sheriffs and their Deputies are trained accident investi gators whose testimony may be in SUING THE GOVERNMENT valuable in estabishing your civil “The sovereign can do no wrong” claim for damages. still means that no one can sue the 5. Gather information . . . Write United States, the state or the gov it down. Don’t trust your memory. ernment agencies or their employees Don’t guess — be specific. Measure without consent. skid marks. Step off distances. Be But the law has given up much of sure to obtain names and addresses the government’s “sovereign immun of witnesses. You are required by ity” to allow one to sue an agency law to exhibit your driver’s license for injuries or damages suffered. to the oth<>r driver — and he must do But as a citizen you may have the same. claims against your government for 6. Be Careful What You Say. Even damages, overpaid taxes, license re if you feel you probably are to newal or anything else. If so, be sure blame, it is best to make no admis to follow strictly all the legal pro sion. You may learn later that the cedures and conditions like filing other driver was equally at fault, or your claim in the city counci’ or with more so. Emotional comments can a government agency. be misconstrued by others, or may The Federal Tort Claims Act al be misquoted. Whatever you say, lows one to sue the United States for make it factual. injuries such as when an army or 7. See Your Doctor if there is the postal truck runs into you, or you get sightest chance you may be injured. hurt in a national park or in a federal building, or a military plane falls on your house, etc. This law makes the United States liable in many cases where a fed- 8 THURSDAY, NOV. 5, 1964 e rf’ employee harms you by lack of due care or negligence while he is on the job. The act does not allow suits for certain intentional miscon duct such as assault, battery, false imprisonment and the like. The law allows any federal agency to settle cases involving less than a thousand dollars. If your claim is for more, you can sue in a federal court. Bring claims or suits within two years after injury. Some agencies have you make your claim on a proper form in which you state facto about your in jury or damage. Some agencies may pay the smaller claims from funds on hand. 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Mrs. Mae Tallman and Mrs John Bino attended the meeting at the Manning hall last Tuesday of the Work and Win club. Mrs. Roy May was a guest of Mrs. Tallman. After the usual pot luck lunch, birthday cards and gifts from secret pals were presented to the members having birthdays during the current month. Mr. and Mrs. Gene Adams, who were recent guests at the John Alviso home have returned to their home in Lodi. California. They moved from here to Vernonia, then to California. B B Wright, who is working near Klamath Falls, spent the week end with his family here. Mr. and Mrs. Ed Hojen came with him and were guests at the Wright home. The men were appearing on the port la bor commission at Portland A irc ra ft Factory Visited in Texas BIRKENFELD— Mr. and Mrs. Art Bellingham flew to Kerrville, Texas recently and went through the Moon ey Aircraft factory. Mr. and Mrs. Buddy Larson and family spent the week end with his folks, the Francis Larsons. Buddy did some hunting. Miss Shirley Berg was in Portland Sunday afternoon. She took Ann Ramsey back to her school. Donna Sanders accompanied them. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Udey took a drive to Astoria, Warrenton and Seaside one day last week. Mrs. Elsa Richardson is spend ing some time at Sutherlin visiting with friends. Seven-Point E lk Is W eek End H u n t Prize BIRKENFELD—Jim Barlow was a lucky hunter. He got a seven-poinr elk which he killed not too far from the road in the Banzer area. Mr. and Mrs. G. P. Wanstrom were Forest Grove callers Saturday. Tom Colvin of Clatskanie visited at the Francis Larsons for awhile Monday. Wineina HEC will meet at the home of Mrs. G. P. Wanstrom next Tuesday, November 10 at 1:30 pm . The Mesdames Helen Nordstrom, Grace Berg, Pat Larson and Mrs. Chuinard were in Clatskanie last Wednesday Grandson Home From Boot Camp RIVERVIEW — Fireman Appren tice Jack Greenwood came Saturday to spend a two-weeks leave at the home of his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Bud Rose. He has finished boot camp at San Diego and will be on the aircraft carrier USS Oriskany when he returns to duty. Mr. and Mrs. Everett Brown and children were in Portland at the Bible Chapel Sunday evening where he was the speaker. Rev. and Mrs. Kermit Freeman and daughter of Portland spent Sun- day at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Vir gil Snook. Sunday visitors at the Henry Hud son home were Mr. and Mrs. Frank Lara and children and Mrs. Opal Bechtold of Portland and Elders Toole and Brown of Hillsboro. Mrs. Bill Eckland and children spent Sunday with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jewell Lloyd at North Plains. Mr. and Mrs. Walter Parker spent the week end at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Sam Ray at Gearhart. Mrs. Alice Mills came home Wed nesday after spending four days at the home of her daughter and fami ly, Mr, and Mrs. Cleon Woodruff in Portland. 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