Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 55, Number 43, Decatur, Adams County, 20 February 1957 — Page 4

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University Conducts Auto Safety Research

By ROBERT J. SEALING United Preu Staff Correspondent NEW YORK (UP) — The familiar motorists’ gripe — “They don’t build cars like they used to" —has taken on a controversial new meaning for automobile safety experts. There are drivers who insist the modem products of Detroit’s assembly line are too flimsy to withstand the impact of a collision. Some charge that by increasing the glass area, automotive designers have dangerously reduced the thickness of comer posts, and have thus reduced the ability of the roof structure to hold firm in a rollover. Others deplore the popularity of "hardtop" styling on the grounds that it takes away roof support and weakens the entire body structure. Hardtops lack the side center posts of the conventional two and four-door sedans. The only organization that has done large-scale research on the relationship of body structure to automobile injuries is Cornell Medical College's auto crash injury research project. Included in the data of its more than 8,000 accident reports is the make, model and body

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style' of every car involved in those accidents. Evidence collected by the Cornell project shows: 1. Complete structural failure, such as total flattening of the roof, occurred in less than 5 per cent of the accidents studied. In other words, for every five accidents involving almost complete demolition of the vehicle, there were about 95 other accidents in which the passenger compartment remained reasonably intact and whose partial crumpling played little or no role in producing injuries. The researchers concluded that what happens inside the car is more important than what happens to the outer shell in the vast majority of accidents. 2. Drivers and passengers were as likely to get injured or killed in cars of 1950-54 vintage as in the older vehicles dating from 1940-49. In some cases, the newer cars resulted in more frequent and severe injuries. But this was not due to such factors as “thinner comer posts and collapsing roofs,” but rather to other factors such as interior design and the tendency of unsupported hardtop doors to pop open, ejecting occupants.

3. Except for Injuries caused by ejection, there Is insufficient evidence to indicate that hardtops built before 1956 (when safety door locks were introduced) have greater injury-producing potential than conventional sedans. What about honepower and speed and their relation to the accident rate? The next article in this series will discuss the pros and cons of the so-called horsepower race. 11-Story Building Collapses Tuesday Four Are Missing In Rio De Janerio RIO DE JANEIRO (UP)—More than 100 firemen and policemen sifted through a grotesque hill of broken masonry and twisted girders today for victims caught in the collapse of an 11-story building. At least four persons were missing and presumed dead. Twentytwo< others were injury a worker who had standing on top of the building inspecting a threatening crack When it collapsed. Police said there was no way of knowing exactly how many persons were buried under the debris until the search is completed. The building, which was condemned for occupation last week, began crapking about 2 p.m. Tuesday. Three hours later it buckled and collapsed with a tremendous roar into an adjacent lot where workmen were constructing a new building. One office worker who left the building just before it folded said it was “the worst thing I’ve ever seen in my life. Nothing in the movies could compare with it.”

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■ School Leader At s r r ; National Meeting j W.Guy Brown Is At B Atlantic City Meet i W. Guy Brown, superintendent . of the Ddcatur public schools, has spent this week at Atlantic City,. N. J., attending the national convention of the American association of school administrators. The convention started last Friday with registration and opening of exhibitions. “New Tools for Teaching” exhibits books, films, teaching aids, furniture, supplies, and equipment for schools in hundreds of booths by 450 exhibitors. “New Schools for Learning" is an exhibit of plans, photographs, 5 and models of 165 new schools 1 representing construction in every f part of the country. On Saturday a special sympo- ? sium on the exhibits was held, and a motion picture shown entitled, - “A Desk for Billie.” Saturday ev- - ening awards were announced and ; Golden Keys given to nationally ! prominent figures in education. i On Sunday the educational poli- - cies commission discussed higher education in a decade of decision. f The first and second general dis- • cussions were held in the after--5 noon and evening. ------ Discussion of resolutions and " teaching by TV occupied the ses- • sions on Monday, Tuesday and ’ Wednesday, with special interest groups holding separate meetings. ’ The eighth general session will close the meeting at 8:15 o'clock tonight. B ! Kills Wife, Takes D . Own Life Tuesday Three Children View Murder And Suicide JASONVILLE. Ind. (W — Woody White, 34, Jasonville, fatally stabbed his wife, Eva, 34, and then killed himself by cutting his throat before the eyes of the couple’s three small children at their home here Tuesday night. Greene county coroner Delmar Hasler said he would return a verdict of murder and suicide. - Mrs. White’s body was found i lying in the yard of her home | by her mother, Mrs. Della Eva Miller. She had been stabbed three times in the chest and once in the back with a pocket knife. White’s body was found on a P bed inside the home. Police chief Oscar Suthard said Mrs. White .apparently ran into die yard after she was stabbed. Suthard said the slaying apparently took place in front of the White children, Marsha Jean, 5; Thomas. 2, and Robert, 7 months. The couple had been separated for five months and divorce proceedings were pending. Hippopotamus Cost Is $lO Per Pound DETROIT (IP) — The going rate for a plump, young hippopotamus is about $lO a pound, an African elephant sells for about $3,700 and lions are dirt cheap at $250. These rare some of the buys zoo officials from across the nation made Tuesday at the winter meeting of the American Assn, of Zoological Parks and Aquariums. IKE (Continued iron. Pant One> still considering whether it should support sanctions if voted by the United Nations, Knowland said only that the subject “has certainly been under consideration in the United Nations.” Asked if he believed the odds were for or against support of U.N. sanctions, the senator replied that he was not going to speculate on that. The conference was attended by 14 Democrats and 12 Republicans representing the leadership of both parties in the House and Senate, and the senior members of the Foreign Relations, Armed Services and Appropriations committees in both chambers, Knowland refused to say whether Mr. Eisenhower is optimistic or pessimistic about the Israeli problems. He said the administration is considering the viewpoints of congressional members, the viewpoints of other governments, and the “practical problems facing the United Nations” which has 78 voting members. Hope for U.N. Solution Sen. Leverett Saltonstall (RMass.) said he hopes that Israel will withdraw from Egypt under terms suggested more than a week ago by Dulles. Mr. Eisenhower and Dulles have promised strong American support for Israel’s position that the Gulf of Aqaba and the Straits of Tiran are international waters from which Egypt cannot bar Israeli ships if it agrees to withdraw from Egyptian territory. This government also has promised to work in the U.N. to prevent raids by Egypt from Gaza against Israel. “There was a general hope expressed that a solution of this problem could be found that would comply with the resolutions of the United Nations, and at the same time would give assurances that the Gulf of 4<l aba would be opened to Israeli shipping.” Knowland told newsmen on thp White House steps.

O.K. Barber Shop To Change Location A building at 706 West Monroe, just east of the railroad, has been purchased by Kenny Friedt, of Kenny's 0. K. Barber Shop. The building formerly was the Simeon Hain grocery. Friedt stated that he will continue operation of his barber shop in the K.P. building until remodeling of his new building is completed in the late spring. He plans a two-chair shop. Frank Hebble is associated with him in the barber trade. Anti-Communist In Syria Assassinated May Blow Lid Off Syrian Situation BEIRUT, Lebanon (UP) — The assassination in Beirut of Maj. Ghassan Jadid, one of Syria’s top anti-Communist leaders, may blow the lid off the explosive Syrian political situation, diplomats said here today. . . The shooting also was certain to add new tension to the relations between Syria and Lebanon, already cool because Lebanon has refused to return Syrian political refugees to the left-wing Syrian government. Jadid was machinegunned Tuesday in a Beirut street by Izzet Shaat, a hired assassin who was reported to have been trailing the Syrian political refugee for weeks. New Syrian-made machinegun bullets were found in the street. The assassin was killed in a rooftop gun battle. Jadid was a hero of the Syrian revolution against France and of the Palestine War. He was leader of Syria’s outlawed and anti-Com-munist Syrian Popular Party (PPS) which was driven underground in Syria but is still strong. Post Office Halts Voodoo Kit Sales CINCINNATI (W — The Post Office Department put a hex on the effort of Don Foynter to mail his “do it yourself” voodoo kits, guaranteed to “put a hex on someone.” When told the department declared the kits a fraud, Foynter vowed, “We’ll fly in witch doctors from Haiti to testify for us if we have to.” *lO Persons Killed In Korean Accident SEOUL, Korea (W — A speeding bus trying to overtake a truck plunged off the Seoul Han River bridge late Tuesday night, killing 10 persons and injuring 13. Thirty-one persons have been killed and more than 100 hurt in a series of bus and truck accidents in the last week. COURT NEWS Appearance Entered In the complaint for damages by Lorene O. Woods against the A. B. C. Coach Lines, venued from Jay county, Hubert R. McClenahan has entered appearance for the plaintiff. Brief Filed ' . In the complaint on promissory note by Alva Kochheiser against Wayne Gaunt, etal, the plaintiff has filed a brief in resistance of the defendants’ demurrer. The defendant has been given five days to file a reply. Special Appearance Hubert R. McClenahan has entered special appearance for the defendants in the William Steffen complaint for damages against Clifton and Patricia Hart. The appearance has been entered to file a plea in abatement. Romey Estate A petition to sell personal property of the estate of Grace V. Romey has been submitted and sustained. Petitions to pay expenses and to borrow have also been submitted and sustained. wcntadc

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First To Sign To Receive Payments Farmers Reminded By County Agent Agreements signed under the 1957 soil bank acreage reserve program will be entered into on a “First come, first served” basis, Leo N. Seltenright, county agent, reminds Adams county farmers. Late comers will have to take their chances of additional funds l being made available later. Allocations of funds for payments under the acreage reserve programs for Adams county include corn, $167,000. The payments will be in the form of negotiable certificates, redeemable in cash. The sign-up tor corn will continue through March 8, according to Seltenright. Payments will be divided among landlords and tenants according to the contribution each makes to the production of the crop which would have been produced on the diverted acreage and the basis on which they would have shared in such crop or its proceeds. The amount of payments, Seltenright explained, will’ be figured on an individual farm per-acre rate, based on the average county dollar and cents rate of $53.36 pe; acre. Farm rates will vary, up or down from the Adams county rate, in accordance with the productivity of the land and the farming methods used. Farmers participating in the acreage reserve program for corn must reduce their acreage of the crop below the farm allotment and they must also comply with any other crop allotment established for their farms. ' MBBRUMM The new address of Chalmer L. Wolfe is as follows: AB Chalmer L. Wolfe A.F. 22960713; P. O. Box 1510, Flight 254; Lackland Air Force Base, Texas. British Tobacco Consumption Higher LONDON (IP) — British tobacco consumption increased by 7 million pounds last year despite cancer warnings from British medical researchers, customs reports' showed today. British consumed! 239 million pounds of tobacco, on wheih the government collected taxes amounting to $1,871,900,000. Trade in a good town — Decatur Po iilmL jHdSfiK RICHARD M. PUETZ, 32. leaves his home m Park Ridge, Chicago suburb, after coming home from work to find his three children, a boy. s.and twins. 3-drowned in the bathtub. His wife Beverly, 28, was in the kitchen, overcome by gas jets she had opened. A note left by net said. “I drowned the children,” and ”1 can't handle mv-•■-if " l : o gave her artificial • -idled rwilree, and

Arrest Students For Stealing Hub Caps DENVER W — Police arrested

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six east high sch ol students Tues- „ day, seized t'telr J “stock” of 117 stolen automobile hub caps and put the “Midnight Auto Supply Company" out of business.