Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 53, Number 4, Decatur, Adams County, 6 January 1955 — Page 8

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Kangaroo Traffic Courts Are Scored Charge Is Made By Attorney In Ohio - (XHJUWBUS (INS) —-Aprom.Bent Ohio attorney charged in a national magazine today that the Ohio state patrol subjects traffic violators to "kangaroo" courts and deals out a high-handed form of justice that would never be tolerated by juries. -.-The Attorney asserted that the patrolmen will go out of their way to arraign traffic offenders in a , ■mall court such as that of a justice of the peace where the patrol can put on pressure for convictions. > ■ And the IP’s and mayors’ courts which depend upon the fjues for revenue, cater to the patjol to the point where the" police tfaujhsaat of9B percent convit'tiops, the article charged. The article appeared in Esquire magazine distributed today, it was •—written by Julius Long. Bellefontaine attorney and former county bar a j so<iatiori president and a substitute municipal judge. v Loug c:|ed he Bcllefotf aine court which he claimed, was "boycotted" by the etale patrol after several traffic violators, araigned on flimsy' charges, were acquitted. Long laid the evils of the system to the Ohio statute which prov vides that an offender is not entitled to trial by jury unless there is a jail sentence involved or the fine exceeds SSO. After that law was passed Id years ago. Long • said, "the handsome boys in blue had you where wanted you.” He warned: "Police authority supplanted that of the old-fashioned juries. You'll never be a free man on the highways until you get those juries back.” Long attacked the-* attitude that makes a /Sacred cow of the state patrol, keeping them immune from criticism. H,e said when he tried to raise the isAue of highhanded justice in the bar association. he was heckled by such queries as: "Do you want to see reckless and drunken drivers on our highways?” In fact, says Long, -the record of the Ohio state patrol is not 'so. good, fie uses the department’s own statistics to show that between 1951 and 1952 the patrol increased its arrest from 26.257 to 80,515. In the same period the number of persons killed went up from 705 to 728. What does that show for the patrol’s "get tough”

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■ •peJiey. he a*ks. ——— -i Col. Qerge MlntUe, the superintondent -of the state patrol, refused to comment cn the article ex. ept Lu paiuL out thatthe ua- | ttonal safety council and the inter-' national association of chiefs of I police recently honored the Ohio patrol for effective law enforce-1 ment. He added that "efficient service and protection for the people of Ohio with the highest re- j gard for al) human light-; has been j and will be the continued aim of tbh.pstrol." , Attorney general C. William O'Neill and state bar association president -John C. JDurfee declined , to comment also until they had studied the charges. ' Attorney Long’ also gives the mo'torlst some advice. You are not guilty of breaking the speed limit, ( he points out, just because you are ' going more than 50 -miles an hour. ; That is the prirna facie limit. It , means only that if you are going faster than that it’s up to you to show that your speed was not ex- , ceaeive under the circumstances. He alap advised anyone arrested not to plead guilty jus; to get it over with quickly, or your plea will be conclusive aginst you if you are sued for damages. This may cost you or your insurance ' company thousands ffr\dollars at some later date. He also asserted that patrolmen are often sloppy. In making their 1 reports of accidents. If a car is found on the left side of the road, they will use that as the cause, even though the car may have spun there after being struck Qr lacking any better reason, the patrolman, he said, will jot down “exqltsive speed.” Long main-j tained that speed is actually seldom the killer usually there is j some other cause such as someone making a turn without warning, and that speed only contributes to the accident. « IKE DELIVERS (Continued from Page One) elections.” He suggested no specific age in the message but last year proposed 18-year-olds be allowed to vote, He also urged congressmen to vote a "long overdue” raise, for themselves along with higher salaries for federal judges. He recommended increasing the federal minimum wage from 75 to 90 cents an hour, a proposal underscoring the administration’s confidence in the soundness of the ' nation s economy. He asked, as expected, for continuance of the public housing program, with 35,000 new starts in each of the next two fiscal years, 1 The President also renewed his ' recommendation for revision of the 1 1

Two Are Charged - On Traffic Counts ■ Reckless Driving Charged To Driver Roger I). Braun, of 222 North Seventh street, was charged with reckless driving after he was involved in a wreck at Thirteenth and Monrbe at 8 p. in. Wednesday. A car driven by Francile Bultemeier. of 1215 Madison streeJL*was stopped for a red light, when the Braun car plowed into the rear end of the Bultemeier vehicle. Damage was estimated at $225 to Braun’s car. and SSO to the other auto. Both vehicles were headed north on Thirteenth street at the time of the accident. Braun will appear before justice of the peace Floyd Hunter this evening. Mathias J. Coffee, of 347 South, Third street', was charged with disregarding a stop sign at Tenth and Monroe streets at 8:40 p. m. Wednesday after a wreck with an automobile driven by Harry E. Hanimrick, of Ohio City. O. Coffee was going south on Tenth street, and Hammrick was driving west on Monroe at the time of the accident. Coffee will appear in justice of the peace court this evening. Dwight Hoffman, of 101 Marshall street, reported to the city police today that someone stole the four chrome wheel rims from his car between the hours of 1 and 8 o’clock this morning, while the car was parked in front of his home. Vincent Parker, through his attorney. Robert G. Smith, entered a plea of not guilty to the charge of failure to yield the right-of-way to a pedestrian, filed after the car he was .driving hit John Helm, 86. Tuesday morning. Parker asked justice of the peace Floyd Hunter to continue the case for 30 days. Justice Hunter stated that he would, confer with the prosecuting attorney before setting a date for trial. , Taft-Hartley act to knock out the so-called "union-busting” clause, the provision requiring union leaders to take non-Commu-nist oaths and amend other objectionable features. 25 Are Killed By : Philippines Storm MANILA (INS) -r Twenty-five persons were reported killed today in a typhoon which whipped across the southern and central Philippine islands. » v

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Methodist Bishop To Visit Africa INDIANAPOLIS A 25.000 mile trip by boat, auto rail and air will take Methodist Bishop and Mrs. Richard C. Raihes into the huge African continent to study Protestant missonary work there. The Hoosier bishop is spiritual leader for .150.000 Indiana Methodists. The trip will start from Lisbon, Portugal, January 29 and conclude in New York City about May 1, thiee months later. Mayor stops include the XJntd 'Cnast. Nigeria, Angola, central and south Belgian' Congo, Southern Rhodesia. Union of South Africa and Kenya. . ; 10 Men Are Rescued From Disabled Ship Damaged Fishing Ship Crew Saved NEW YORK (INS)—The ebast guard in New York today inter cepted a message from the liner Queen of Bermuda saying it bad picked up all ten men aboard a damaged Npva Scotia fishing vessel, the Student Prince, which was disabled off Bermuda. The coast guard said the Queen of Bermuda reported all men "safe.” The British cruise ship went to the rescue of the men after the disabling of the ship in rough seas about 200 jniles northeast of Bermuda became known. Earlier reports had said that the fishing vessel's two’lifeboat* had been smashed and could not be launched, which had led to fears fcr: lives of the Student Prince’s crew. One lifeboat was smashed in'ltk davits, and the other wrecked when it was put over the side. Young Maintenance Man Electrocuted EVANSVILLE. Ind. (INS) —A 22-year-old maintenance man for the Southern Indiana Gas & Electric Company was accidentally electrocuted Noday. The fatality was the first in Vanderburgh coun-. ty for 1955. z Robertj Eugene Weber, of Evansville, was working at McCutcheon near -Evansville, helping to string new wire. The wire which he was pulling, in an effort to take up the slack. caine In contact with a 2400volt transformer and the youth was shocked fatally; '

Former Erie Mayor Given Prison Term Sentenced For Port In Gambling Ring ERIE, Pa. (INS)—Former Mayor Thomas W. Flatley of Erie today was sentenced to 18 months to three years in connection with the city’s gambling ring scandal. Flatley, who was arrested during a crackdown on a set-called ; multi-million-dollar gambling ring last October, had pleaded guilty to the charges against film. Judge Elmer L. Evans, who pronounced sentence, gave Flatley a term of one to two years in the Allegheny county workhouse, plus a SI,OOO fine, on a charge of violating his oath of office. He also sentenced the 67-year-old former Democratic mayor to six months to one year and fined him SSOO on a charge of accepting bribes. Flatley was one of about two Score persons arrested in the gambling scandal crackdown led by district attorney Damian McLaughlin. who said that an underworld syndicate did a $20,000,000 a year business in the lake port. The former mayor's chief political advisor, city Democratic chairman Arthur Schwartz, also was one of those arrested. RECORD NUMBER Pfm PiMte o»«) and Rep. Stout, which caused Democratic state vice - chairman Georgia Arnsman to chortle: » “The Democratic party always has given women the £est break” ■js. While records of the Indiana general assembly have never stressed the battle of the sexes in {listing membership, a inemo in the Indiana division of the Indiana state, library notes that the 1943 session, which seven women seated. marked the highest number of feminine legislators up until then. They included, in addition to Sen. Balz and Miss Malinka, Mrs. Clara Van Coons, Crawfordsville; Mrs. Nelle B.’ Downey, Indianapolis; Mrs. Mabel Lowe, Indianapolis. and Mrs. Ida R. Wilson, Boonvifie. Then two yehrs later, a new record, with eight lady lawmakers was set. Mrs. Balz, Mrs. Downey, Mrs. Coons, and Miss Malinka were batk. with the other four women being Mrs. Margaret Wyatt. of Indianapolis,' now of Nashville; Miss Emma M. May, Terre Haute; Mrs. Irma S. Lynch, Evansville and Mrs. K. W. AtinS. Indla-

Prayer Band Rally At Muncie Sunday The Victory prayer band will bold a Sunday afternoon rally next Sunday at Aultshire tabernacle, starting at 2 o'clock, the Rev. James R. Meadows, Decatur, founder of the group, announced today. 1 ' ■ - The Rev. Joyce V. Symons, Portland evangelist, will be the principal speaker and the Rev, Archie Blair. Muncie, will lead the singing. Rev Meadows will preside and the general public is invited. Approve Transfer Os Fund In Ohio Approve Fund To * Finance Road Study COLUMBUS (INS) — The Ohio board of control today unanimously approved the transfer of $795,600 to finance the final engineering study of the proposed CincinnatiConnegut turnpike ’witti a spur to Toledo. Although the grant had been blocked for some time by the, two legislative members of the board, the, final action took place in a session which lasted exactly ten minutes. , The motion to release the fund was made by Republican state auditor James A. Rhodes and seconded by Sen. Tom V. Moorehead (RBanesville). Governor Lausche, who was presiding, put the question and there was no dissenting vote. - .-Lit ■ napolis. There were seven women in the 1947 assembly; six in 1949; five in 1951 and four in 1953. More Registered As Assembly Lobbyists INDIANAPOLIS (INS) — The line of registered lobbyists at the 1955 general assembly grew longer today with these further additions: Indiana State Chamber of Commerce, Indiana State Medical Association, Layman's Society for Chiropractic, United Auto Workers (CIO) of Anderson: Indianapolis Industrial Union Council CIO, Indiana Taxpeyers Association, Indiana Hairdressers’ and Cosmetologists' Association. if you have -omethlng to sell or rooms tor rent, try a Democrat Want Ad. «t brings results. Trade iff a Good Torn — Decatur

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