Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 51, Number 134, Decatur, Adams County, 8 June 1953 — Page 2

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Series Os Articles On Highway Deaths

- By JACK SCHREIBMAN (Daily Democrat Reporter) It’s an unfortunate coincidence that the beginning article of a series designed to deal with traffic deaths should be underscored by the slaughter of two people on the road, Mr. and Mrs. Richard F. Storer of Indianapolis, who were killed yesterday north of here on U. 9. highway 27. The needless tragedy came about through the failing knowledge of the mechanics of a car and the forces at work on the road. In this case the brake was as dangerous as the accelerator, just one of the points that will be covered in future stories to appear here. Had the death of this man and his wife occurred at the point, of a gun, a great clamor would have arisen. A search for the killers would have started. The general public would have been up in * arms. The newspaper wire services would have given perhaps 15 inches to the story instead of the two paragraphs customary in road deaths. But it doesn't matter much to the relatives of these people. Their grief will bo just as black. Society’s loss will have been just as great. They will have been as equally dead. Death by auto is a violent one and deserving of as much horror on the part of the public as violent deaths attributed to other causes. But they are becoming so common a thing as to raise merely a low clucking noise with the tongue against the upper palate and a solemn intoning: “too bad.” When a driving public realizes that the modern toy of civilization, the car. is a weapon to be treated as gingerly as a loaded gun, then there may be an answer. An analogy is simple. The accelerator is the trigger, and the foot the index finger. Not long ago a series of articles played up nationally was acclaimed. as the answer, even if unpleasant, to wake up the f public to the dangers of.the road:! “And Sudden Death,” was the name. The newspapers in the country came to realize that accidents i were “good copy" and deserving of top treatment in the news col- I limns. And since the accident and death rate attributed to the road

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increased 'alarmingly, a new tack was suggested. “Show r the public what happens at the scene of an accident,” cried the editors. And so they did, with unpleasant results. It was decided throughout the country to “scare” the public into saner driving. Reporters were instructed to play up each and every gory angle of an accident. Photographers were instructed to get shots of the victims. whether they were decapitated; whether their legs were torn from their bodies; or the viscera was torn open. This went oh for a few' months, but instead of a scared and saner public on the road, nausea came and the citizens cried “uncle.” So the. campaign stopped. In the meantime l the fatalities still took the upward swing and no effect was felt, except from the “psych” individuals who actually enjoyed reading of the blood and guts. A new road was suggested, with a reasoned display of facts and a procedure to appeal to the intelligent mind. The very first step in enlightening a driving public as to what they're up against is getting the facts. A word, however, as an introduction. *\ It must be absolutely assumed that a traffic 'problem exists in this community and Adams county. Do not doubt this. The latest tally is ten dead since the first of the year. The responsibility of achieving a safer community lies basically with two groups who’ have a tremendous job before them. It is a job that will reap results as correspondingly large. First of these groups in public officials: the municipal officers having jurisdiction which relate to highways, traffic control, law enforcement and education. It is tragic for either of these groups to think that everything has been tried and the public is bound and determined to go on killing thom- I selves despite what they do. A I zealous and alert official, never willing to compromise with the screeching tire, the rending crash, the broken body, is the man to lick, this problem (a hopelessly inade- i quate word). Second of the groups that share , the burden is the people. Since they are the users of the highway. ,

and the pedestrians who walk'the highwrays, they have a great moral, economic and civil stake in safety on the streets and highways. Without the cooperation of these two groups, an effective safety program is out of the question. What good is a public attitude willing to accept traffic fatalities as a matter of course with the failure of the first group to bend every effort towards relief? Likewise, public officials who are disturbed over the deadly situation’ and promote towards greater safety are helpless in the hands of a scoffing public whose attitude is depicted by the often-heard “what are you knocking yourself out for, there isn't any answer?” It is fortunate that in dur community the (citizens are inspired to .“belong” to groups for the betterment of their lives and their lots. There are numerous charity organizations who make the life a little easier to take for those less fortunate. professional groups give of their (time to see that children get off to a good start in life. What good is it all when no provision is made to guard the life which is so preciously fought for, only to find the heartbroken, frustrated mother visit her son’s smashed body and shed bitter tears over an accident that “could have been avoided." They all can be avoided, and that without qualification. \ To return, there Is a group that operates on a national scale with cities over 10,000 population in setting up saifety programs. That leaves Decatur out. But Decatur feels no less the loss of her sons because of the dearth of Ijer citizenry. It follows, therefor-e, that Decatur must have a safety program. An aggressive approach to a horrible problem that drains society of useful people and (provides another statistic for the national safety council, a mark that Jells i them how many people will be ! killed on a given day in the year. Not very nice, even if efficient. The skeleton for defense against death on the road is then all put together. However, the! bones must be covered and a living heart installed to provide ps with an active and vibrant symbol of I knowledge, perserverance atid far- i sightedness that will give us the assurance of driving on the road ! . . . and living always to tell about "■ Next: The facts of traffic hazards in Decatur and Adams county. |

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Dr. Terveer Resumes i 1 i ' I■ ? Practice Next Week I: 1 \ Decatur Physician| ; Released By Armyf ‘ 1 Dr. John B. Terveer has Received his final separation papers as a captain in the United States army and will resume the practice of medicine in Decatur ' starting Monday, June 15. I A , Dr. Terveer will ocdtipy t|e bfifiices being! vacated by Dr. RMlafid Reppert at 222 Soijth ShcoAd street. Dr. Reppert is from the medical profession to devote his full time to his|bu3iness interests. |4 ? Dr. Terveer served tlie second U. ,8. infantry for onMye|.r in Korea and spent the' of his army service in thd States. For the last months the Terveers have at Franklin, near Camp Atteflfury. Dr. Terveer has completed||fuos.'ing his family back to their tur home at 415 West Madisdn street and he will move liis al equipment into his new this week, he said. • Prior to his enlistmen|htWjb years ago, Dr. ( Teryeeti ticed in Decatur for about Ifomyears. 1 ’ ' ; Legion Polls Open $ Until 8 Tonight 'i ■ ! I Comamnder of American Legion post 43, Don Cochran, reminded all Legionnaires today thatihthe polls for the annual elections! t<H day at the home are oipen until 8o’clock tonight. — | Dr. Chas. Prugh To ® A Study In Germany I" Dr. Charles M. Prugh, formerdean of men at Heidelberg ;College. Tiffin, Ohio, and a former pastor of the Zion Evangelical:aild Reformed church in this city) . sail July 4 from Qt)febec f Can..: lor Germany. ■ i -V Dr. Prugh will head, the Gerimut department at Heidelberg and will take a refresher course in 'thej German language at the Univ'ira-} ity of Tubingen. Germany. He will? i return in Soptembet - . Dr. Prught’ studied at Heidelberg I'niversßy in Germany several years ago. . ’i lA-M

South Koreans Push Forward On East Front Seeking To Regain Lost Ground Before Battleline Fixed Korea UP —South Korean troops pushed forward on the eastern front today jn>a campaign to regain lost ground before the Communists and Allies fix the battleline in ,a cease fire agreement. ROK 12th division opened a counterattack against North Koreans occupying a strategic outpost known as "Luke the Gook’s Castle’* scene of bloody fighting for .almost two weeks? Eighth army headquarters said the ROKs jumped off at 2 p.m., the same moment the enemies in the 35-month-old war were signing a prisoner exchange agreement at the other end of the battlefront. The ROK assault broke a nightlong lull in the fighting. Heavy rain along the 155.-:mile battleline had slowed ground fighting, but Allied aircraft defied the bad weather. " ! American Superforts rocked through the tail end of a dying typhoon to bomb a Communist supply area deep in MiG Valley. Communist night tighter* came up in swarms to challenge - the medium bombers and four Red planes made firing passes. Ao F-94 Starfire on \ a screening mission shot down one of the enemy jets. It was the first time the radarguided nightfighters have scored while protecting Superforts. Capt. George Patton, son of the famed World War II general, commanded an American tank cainpany supporting South Koreans in their fight for Luke's Castle. Young Patton, of Washington. D. C.’ followed his father's rough and tumble tactics by racing his tanks some 44) miles through Eastern Korea's mountains to get into the battle. ’ / i

Five Men Are Fined in City Court Here Enter Guilty*Pleas In Mayor's Coart i. Five men were fined & total of Sb2o and costa in mayor’s -eosrt I this morn in# for criminal offenses committed in the city over the weekend. Driver of a car carrying four intoxicated men. 'Rol>ert WJ; Johnson. 21. of teilO Krick street, was arrested on a charge of drunken driving at Second and ‘Madison ; Saturday and. upou pleading guilty, as charged. fined >SO and costs, sentenced to 10 days -at Jhe county Jail and had his driver's license suspended for one year. This is the first time in Adams county, since the law was passed at Indianapolis, that a licence suspension of one year baa iltoen invoked on a guilty idea to drunken driving. A passenger in the Johnson car, Jess Carpenter, 42, ot Marshall, pleaded guilty to pub|ft intoxication and was fined SSO and costs and sentenced to JM» days-on the state farm, suspended. His H>rother. Fred Carpenter. .',9. West Jackson, was fined >5 and costa on a guilty plea to public intoxication. , ~ Another brother, Ira Carpeiiter, 50, was dined >5 and costs for the same charge Sand ordered to leave the county for six mokthkj He pleaded guilty. The. fifth passenger. Clarence r ’Mohr. 41, of route 1 Monroeville, was hailed on the same charge pleaded guilty, and was fined >5 a/id costs and ordered to the county for six months. Eugene .Meade, a 30-yea.r-old Fort Wayne man, pleaded guilty to assault and battery and was ordered to stay out of the county for six months. t Lase Grimm, of 1025 Schirmeypr, was arrested for disorderly conduct and freed on >25 bond. ‘An appearance date has not yet been set. Atom Weapon Output Is Growing Rapidly WASHINGTON, (UP)"— T h e United States is turning out atomic weapons at such a rapid clip that the atomic energy commission is running out of sites to store them, it was disclosed today. Gordon Dean. AEC chairman, also told a house appropriations subcommittee that parts at the vast Savannah River atomic plant in South Carolina have started operation. This could moan that Urge scale production of hydrogen bomb materials has begun. The South Carolina plant will produce both H-bomb and Adiomb materials. If you nave sometmng to eel) or rooms for rent, try a Democrat Want Add. It brings results.

City's Brief In Witnesses Case Procedure Is Filed With State Courts V The Decatur board of zoning appeals vs Decatur, Indiana, Company of Jehovah’s Witnesses, appeal from the Adams circuit court, is the title of cause number 18438 now before the Indiana appellate court. All procedure has been filed with the clerk of the supreme and appellate courts of Indiana, Robert Anderson, board attorney of the firm of Voglewede, Anderson and Whttted, reported today. The appellants brief, printed by the Gunthrop-Warren printing company of Chicago, contains 203 pages, is 'bound in paper as required by the high court, and has been properly filed. A copy ot the brief also has been served on attorneys fpr the Jehovah’s Witnesses, Custer and Smith of Decatur and Hayden and Covington, Brooklyn. Since the appellate court does not meet during the summer months, no decision on the appeal is expected until next fall. The deadline for filing an appeal in this cause is next Wednesday. The action is the result of a refusal of the Decatur board of zoning appeals to grant a variance io permit the Witnesses to build a building without meeting certain zoning ordinance requirements. Later, an appeal fa Adams circuit court was filed by attorneys for the Witnesses and Judge Myles F. Parrish ordered the finding of the zoning board to be reversed. A motion for a rehearing also was denied by Jndge Phrrish and the cause was then appealed.

Early Returns Show Gasperi Is Leading Heavy Balloting Ons In Italy Election ROME, Italy, (UP)—First fragmentary returns from Italy'# crucial parliamentary elections tonight showed Premier Aleide de Gasperi’s pro-American alliance of center parties running ahead of its Communist and Neo-Fascist opposition. The first 2.268 votes counted of an anticipated total of 26.000,000 gave I De Gasperi’s coalition government 52.16 percent of the popular vote. The fo,ur-party Democratic alliance needs just over 50 percent of the popular vote to remain in power and clinch the 64 percent of the 590 champer of deputies seats which go to the winning combination under Italy’s i»ev' election law. Indications of a record turn-out ■ of votes boosted the government's hopes for victory. Polls closed at 1 p. m., (7 a. m. CST) apd election boards immediately began counting the ballots. A heavy turnout of eligible voters is considered essential to victory of De Gasperi. Sunday’s turnout, under sodden skies, was considered disappointing to the De Gasperi chances. But in today’s balloting voters surged to the polls, from the’ northern Alps to Sicily. Government -workers were permitted to leave their jobs this morning to swell the turnout at the polls and party workers used ambulances to transport the ailing to voting places. / The balloting is for 5(10 seats in the chamber of deputise and 237 senate seats. Defeat for the western government might pave the way tor a Communist or neoFasclst seizure of power. ' Under a new election law, any party or coalition polling 50.01 percent of the popular vote will automatically win almost two thirds of the seats in the lower house. Retired Farmer Is ! Killed In Accident ANDERSON, Ind., UP —George Givens, 69, a retired Madison county farmer, was killed today when an auto plowed into his car at an intersection on Ind. 67 southeast of here. ■I Police said Givens drove into the path of a car driven by Harry Greenleaf. 50, Anderson. Greenleaf and three women riding to their jobs with Givens were hurt but not seriously. South Bend Doctor Polio Consultant \ j NEW YORK. UP — Dr. Charles C. Terry. South Bend, Ind., today was named regional medical consultant for six central states by the National Foundation for Uufau tidlc Paralysis. will servo iu UUnois, Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio and Wisconsin. Terry graduated fro'm the University ot Michigan and practiced surgery 14 years Iu South Bend. Trade in a aoud Joau— -Decatur

Ten Killed As i ■: i Tornado Hits During Reunion ■ Prairie Tornado i Kills 10 Pedons Meeting At Reunion j ARCADIA,,Neb. UP —Ten per-' J sens, gathered for a family reunion, j and Bunday dinner, were killed in- ‘ stantly by a prairie tornado that j rolled across Nebraska farmlands! ! like a "big black ball” and struck; with the power of an exploding ; bomb. The twister hit the Mad Madsen ' farm home near here with incredible force, tearing the house to pieces, crumping steel auto bodies and even stripping the feathers off barnyard chickens. Jack Witty, whose wife and three children were killed,\ was lator found alive at his own farm home nearby. He was believed to be a victim for a time. Telephone lines, were down and it was not possible to reach Witty to learn why he did not attend the family reunion. Other tornadoes Sunday buffeted at least four other Nebraska com-! munities, and damaging high winds lashed two other cities. Twisters were also sighted in Kansas, Colorado and lowa. The bodies found in the ruins of the Madsen frame house five miles east of here were battered and widely scattered by the big wind. “They didn't know what hit them,” said R. Glenn Fox, Custer county sheriff who rushed to this valley county community to help with rescue operations. “It was a complete mess.” lie added, describing how every building on the farm was demolished. Fox said that the five adults and five children had apparented seated themselves for Sunday dinner when the twister struck at about 4:25 p.m. e.d.t. The twister that struck here did not assume the traditional funnel shape, witnesses said, but appeared to be a “big black ball.” Authorities said they had to dig Lester Hubbard, bachelor farmer, out of his wrecked home near here. He was in “critical condition" at the Ord, Neb. hospital. Farmer Guy Lutz, who lived across the road from the Madsens, said he hurried his family and hired man to a storm cellar just before the storm hit. Although Ills

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