Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 53, Number 147, Decatur, Adams County, 23 June 1955 — Page 9

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Careful Driving Is Urged For Holiday Urge Safe Driving Over July Fourth CHICAGO — There are 59 million reasons why you should drive carefully on the Fourth of July, the national Safety council says. That is about the number of registered motor vehicles in the United States today, and adds up to 10% million more reasons to drive carefully over the Fourth this year than on Independence Day five years ago. — - ? The council admits you won't meet that many cars on your own Fourth of July trip, but the tremendous increase in the number of vehicles and the amount of travel greatly increases the chance for an accident. While auo mishaps always lead the list of Fourth of July accidental death causes, the council says drowning also claims a high toll on this mid-summer holiday. Last year 348 persons died in traffic accidents and 189 by drowning. Fireworks, once the cause of many deaths, killed four persons last year. r "Accidents don't Just happen,” said Ned H. Dearborn, president of the council, "They are caused by the three i’s of the highwayincompetence, indifference and irresponsibility. "So if you’re driving somewhere over the Fourth, start early and take it easy. Don’t be in too big a hurry to get there. Remember, your trip is for relaxation and pleasure. “Obey legal and common sense speed limits and keep your car under control at all times. A car does not go out of control unless the driver loses his control over it. Slow’ down at sundown, and hold down your nighttime speed so you can stop within the range of your lights.

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. ‘SKY TROOPERS’ PATROL ROADS: Indiana state police troopers are taking to the air to spot rural *, traffic violators. On sighting a violation through field glasses from the state police plane, the observer then radios a titooper below who personally checks the driver. The enforcement technique is directed against speeding, following too closely, improper turns, passing on hills and curves, disregarding stop signs and other moving infractions, in the photograph, an air-ground police team coordinates plans for the day’s patrol. ~

"Sky troopers” are aiding ground police fight the safety battle on Hoosier highways these days. Observers in an Indiana state police airplane recently saw a car on U. S. 40, west of Plainfield, passing, other traffic at high speed. Lt. William G. Spannuth flashed information of the offense from the plane by radio to a trooper on patrol in the vicinity, while Cpl. Robert H. Myers, the pilot, circled over the car. Meanwhile, the motorist had sighted the circling craft and reducea speed. He was halted a few minutes

j later )>y ,the ground policeman and - cautioned about the hazards of » fast driving. Other violators have not fared > as well. The combination of troopr ers in the air and on the highways , is resulting in court appearances . by drivers whose infractions enl danger other travelers. 1 Corporal Myers once spotted a i man walking in the center of Ind. • 25, five miles southwest pt Lol gansport. Automobiles were veer- ■ ing off the pavement onto the - berm or stopping, creating a Sunday afternoon traffic jam. i Superintendent Frank A. Jessup,

who was on patrol with Myers, picked up the plane microphone and reported the situation to Car 3-10, manned by Trooper Robert S. Kelley. In five minutes, Kelley had arrived under the orbiting aircraft and had the pedestrian, a mental patient, safely in custody in his prowl car. Quick action by the air-ground state police team probably prevented an accident and serious injury or loss of life. On several occasions the "sky troopers” have flown over traffic smashups that had just occurred and were not yet reported to authorities. In these instances, the

crash victims benefited from the swift arrival of police and medical assistance, summoned by a terse dispatch from the airplane. "Our targets are the intentional or careless drivers whose irresponsibility often leads to death and injury,” Jessup said recently. "Through field glasses, we can witness the violation and Identify the car.” The air police spotters are on the watch for moving violations, such as speeding, following too closely, improper turning, passing on hills and curves, failure to observe stop signs, slow drivers and weaving in and out of traffic. Trucks and buses, too, receive attention from the flying htate policemen. On Ind. 37, hear Elwood, Specialist Merill N. Wann clocked several trucks and arrested their drivers for speeding one day recently. Wann had been "tipped” by First Sgt. John W. Webster, public service commission enforcement chief, in the state police airplane. Superintendent Jessup has said “the plane gives us the eyes of 50 additional troopers.” This is important in a relatively small department which' has the main responsibility of patrolling 10,500 miles of state and federal highways and nearly 75,000 miles of secondary roads in rural Indiana. Here’s how the new system is used to search out dangerous drivers; Troopers in the radio-eqnip-ped state police plane team up with troopers in radio-equipped prowl cars. The ground troopers patrol singly or in “"wolfpacks” along stretches of roads where records indicate vehicular crashes are most prevalent. When in visual contact with state police cars, the plane crew - men identify their colleagues by means of large numerals painted on the car tops. The air spotters may also talk directly with a state police district headquarters commander, who relays the necessary orders to his patrol personnel by radio. “We intend to make full use of this enforcement tool in all parts of Indiana,” Superintendent Jessup has warned. Where will the “sky troopers” be today? Well, if you drive right, you needn’t worry.

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SECTION TWO

South Korea Now Has 4th Largest Army Strong North Korea Army Still Poised As Danger To Roks SEOUL (INS) — Smith Korea still stands face to face today with 1 a massive, dangerous enemy across the 38th parall#, just as it did before the outbreak of the Korean War five years ago this week. ' But in the five years since the Reds first gambled on the fruits '.of - aggression, South Korea has put on muscle and gained valuable fighting know how. In the place of its once poorly ‘ equipped constabulary force, South Korea today has the world’s fourth largest army, he equipment and ( support to guarantee a different . story. [ The ROK army today, nurtured , under the experienced hand of Gen. James A. Van Fleet, has grown to a 20 division fighting . force. Tanks and artillery pieces are ’ standard equipment in all dlvit slons. I Os the standing ROK army of i perhaps 700,000 men, mofe than 1 half are frontline fighting men. > Facing them across the silent t wastes of the demilitarized zone, as they once did across the 38th parallel, is a revitalized North ‘ Korean army of an estimated 600,- . 000 men. They, too, are Well equipped, j Since the armistice, the smashed , North Korean divisions have been . remolded and completely reoutfitted with Russian guns, artillery, mortar pieces and tanks. Behind the protective guns of ■ the iMw ROK army. South Korean ! citizens are busily removing the , scars of war. Scaffolding in Seoul marks re- ' building efforts on the capital’s , modern western- style structures. Her streets; bridges, rail systems and city facilities are almost back to normal. People, losing thp tenseness of war filled days, are dressing better and eating better. New automobiles are beginning to appear in increasing numbers among familiar military jeeps and trucks and aged civilian vehicles. With assistance from the United States aid programs, new thermoelectric power plants will soon be completed to double South Korea’s power output. Cement plants are nearing completion, fertilizer and glass factories are being built and railways, rehabilitated by the U.S. army, are back in IROK hands. The rice crop is good in agriculturally rich South Korea, and as long as that holds true the people will have more than enough to eat. But behind the signs of renewed prosperity is the ever - present knowledge that his was once all wiped out — and could be destroyed again. South Koreans remember with dread personal reminders how their world once changed so abruptly. It was Sunday. It was raining. It was peaceful. Then, with loud rumblings, Russian built tanks nosed across the 38th parallel at strategic points, artillery and mortar shells sudden- * ly rained down on cities and villages, followed by he tramp of thousands of Communist boots. Spread thinly along the 166-mile CONTINUED ON PAGE FOUR—A.