Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 55, Number 45, Decatur, Adams County, 22 February 1957 — Page 2

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University Conducts Auto Safety Research \

•r IOBGIT I. SB* LING United Free. Staff Correspondent NEW YORK (UP) - You’re safer when you drive on a good road. There are those who doubt that statement, contending that superhighways invite faster driving and therefore are morp dangerous. But the facts support the claim that a well-designed road is safer even with higher speed limits and generally faster-moving traffic. Giant toll roads like the New Jersey and Pennsylvania turnpikes have had consistently lower accident rates than the nation as a whole. This superior record didn't just happen. It is the result of these factors: —The turnpikes are betterpatrolled, with more rigid enforcement of* the higher limits. —They are engineered for safer driving. Their traffic lanes are wider, divided, scientifically banked and graded, with no intersections and traffic lights. —They are easier to drive on and therefore eliminate one of the leading causes of accidents — driver fatigue. Fatigue Causes Accidents When a turnpike accident does occur at high speeds, it can be a grisly affair. Yet turnpike officials say speed is not the major factor. The Pennsylvania Turnpike, for example, has a maximum speed limit of 70 miles an hour. But a survey of accidents on the highway over the past few years showed that 75 per cent of the cars involved were going less than 51 m.p.h. California freeways last year reported 2.2 fatalities for every 100 million vehicle miles. The fatality rate for the state's rural highways w*a 9.39. Other super - highways report similar statistics. fhtigue as an accident - causer canhot be overrated. Recently, the American Automobile Assn, sent two cars over parallel routes —one tw super-highway, the other alder, narrow road passing a number of towns and driver of the second car drake neatly nine hours longer over approximately the same mileage, averaged about 15 miles an h«i slower, applied his brakes mofe than 1,200 more times, stopped for 164 more traffic lights, made 454 more turns and 102 more stods for traffic. He naturaly was mc|e tired and a lot less alert by —4—*—•

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the end of his trip. Comfort and Safety Last year, New York University safety experts put two identical twins into two identical new automobiles and told them to drive to identical destinations—from Portland, Maine, to Youngstown, Ohio. One twin used the Maine Turnpike. the Merritt Parkway, and the New Jersey and Pennsylvania turnpikes. The second took parallel routes on older roads, involving heavy city traffic. They were accompanied by psychologists who were to give them tests at the end of each day's drive. The one driving on the older roads collapsed from fatigue three hours before the first day’s run was completed Ibis was a dramatic demonstration of what the nation’s new 41,000 mile interstate system will mean in terms of driver comfort and safety. One federal official has estimated that this new network will cut highway fatalities in half. And the Automotive Safety Foundation recently claimed that improvements even on older highways can reduce accidents by 40 per cent. The foundation cited a study made of a narrow, 18-foot road stretching for some 200 miles. It had a whopping accident rate of 230 wrecks for every 100 million vehicle miles travelled. The road was re-paved and widened to a minimum of 22 feet. The accident rate in the next year dropped 39 per cent. Authorities also are studying ways to improve highway illumination for safer night driving. Keep Motorists Alert Indiana, a few years ago, surveyed its accident rate and came up with a jolting discovery: 40 per cent at all accidents in rural areas occurred at night, although the . ( traffic volume was only a third as \ : much as is the day. ! The state installed new or im- 1 ■ proved lighting at 60 major inter- ; sections, bridges and underpasses. • 1 Tbe result was a 25 per cent reduction in nighttime accidents. One problem that will arise from • better roads, however, is that of : • re-educating drivers to the differi ent requirements of a super-high- : way. Virtually every turnpike built in , the United States has bad a higher s accident rate during the first year ; or two of its operation, compared • with succeeding years. The reason |

Speaks Sunday 9 r mm Ml Dr. Harold L. Phillips, editor of the Gospel Trumpet, official weekly magazine of the Church at God, will be guest speaker at the Church of God in this city Sunday evening at 7:30 o’clock. Dr. Phillips is a graduate of San Diego, Calif., State College and Anderson College, and holds M. S. and B. D. degrees from Butler University, and an honorary doctor of divinity degree from Anderson College. Dr. Phillips returned last fall from a six weeks tour of Eastern Europe, including three weeks in Russia. The church pastor, the Rev. W. H. Kirkpatrick , invites the public to attend the Sunday evening service. is obvious: As motorists get used to driving on high-speed roads, they get into less trouble. A super-highway can be deceptively dangerous to anyone not used to fast driving. One troublemaker is “highway hypnosis” — being lulled into drowsiness by the very smoothness and ease of a super-highway. That is why the new interstate system will deliberately place gentle curves, rolling hills and even carefully planned scenery at strategic intervals to keep motorists alert. Such planning has made the New York State Thruway one of the most pleasant roads to travel as well as one of the fastest. mpsommmo

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44 Freedom Awards Listed in Indiana Freedom Foundation Announces Awards VALLEY FORGE, Pa. <UP>-Twenty-five Indiana persons and organizations from nine cities and towns were named today as recipients of 44 “Freedom Awards” of Freedom Foundation at Valley Forge. The Indiana winners were: Robert Cummings, Cannelton News, 1100, 2nd place award and George Washington Honor Medal for editorial. Montgomery County Chamber of Commerce, Crawfordsville, SIOO, 2nd place, Washington Medal for community program. Mrs. Iram G. Haselwood. Elkhart. SIOO, 2nd plaoe, Washington Medal for photograph. Done Ette Bushaw, Fort Wayne, Washington Medal for youth essay. Jay Gould. Radio Station WOWO, Fort Wayne, Washington Medal for poem. William S. Sandeson, Fort Wayne News-Sentinel, Washington Medal for cartoon. Fort Wayne South Side High School, Washington Medal for editorial series. Radio Station WOWO, Fort Wayne, Washington Medal for radio series. Purdue University, SIOO, 2nd place, Washington Medal for college campus program. Wheelabrator Corp., Mishawaka, Washington Medal for employe publication, and similar award to publication's editor, Joseph Flory. Warsaw High School, SIOO, 2nd place, Washington Medal for editorial series. Mrs. 'Ruth Cates, Yeddo, Washington Medal for essay. The following winners are from Indianapolis. Tech High School, Valley Forge Freedom Library Award, High School Annual Award, two prizes of SIOO and two Washington Medals. Broad Ripple High School, Freedom Library Award. Brookside School No. 54, Freedom Library Award. Manual Training High School, SIOO, Washington Medal and High School Annual Award. Wayne Guthrie, Indianapolis News, SIOO, 2nd place and Washington Medal, for public address.

_I ■ i *.> mi 1 1 Btt \iimmkiJUsAtAMSm/mmmmmmmmmmmmmmJmm WILLIAM SINGER, 54, bida goodby to Jail In New York after eenring 16 months for failing to pay full alimony to ex-wtfe Anna, 47. State Supreme Court Justice Owen McGivern ruled that “his incarceration has now passed into the cruel and inhuman stage.” Singer was ordered to begin paying sl2 a week plus another $4 on arrearage of $1,400. (JntmmaUonei Soundphoto)

Howe High School, Washington Medal. Indiana Farm Bureau, Inc., 2nd place, SIOO, Washington Medal, for community program. Public School No. 88, Principal School Award. Lucretia Mott School No. 3, Freedom Library Award. Shortridge High School, Washington Medal for editorial series. Washington High School, SIOO, 2nd place, two Washington Medals. Daniel T. Weir School No. 71, Freedom Library Award. mi oeg" y'•"*•*«» mi l | MARILYN KEMPF, «. is shown on leaving Children's Memorial hospital, Chicago, after having j a hole the size of a 50-cent piece repaired in her heart. The hole was between the auricles. The operation, Jan. 18, was by refrigeration. Her temperature was lowered from normal 98.6 degrees to 84, thus slowing her heart to 50 beats a minute. The beat was retarded for six minutes during surgery. (International)

Public Auction / - I will sell the following, 2 miles South of Convoy, Ohio, on Road 49 or 3 miles North of Road 224, then first farm West (the Gunsett farm) on MONDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1957 Ten-Thirty A. M. (EST) "THREE TRACTORS—FARM IMPLEMENTS 1955 Ferguson 3-Plow Tractor, Excellent Condition; 1948 Oliver Industrial Tractor, Good Condition: 1940 John Deere B-Tractor, with Cultivators, Good Condition; Cockshutt 10 ft. Self Propelled Combine, good condition; 1946 AC 5 ft. Combine; John Deere FB 18-Hole Double Disc Fertilizer Grain Drill, like new; 1951 Co-op 13 Hole Fertilizer Grain Drill; 1954 Four Row IHC Corn Planter; Ferguson Heat-Houser; Dear-, born 3-14 Plow, good condition; D. Bradley 2-14 Plow, on rubber; Case 8 Bottom Plow; IHC 2-14 Plow, on Steel; 1956 John Deere 4-Section Rotary Hoo; 2 Rotary Hoes; Howell Plane for Ferguson Tractor; 11 ft. Kewanee Wheel Carried Disc; 7 ft. Rause Disc Plow for Ferguson Tractor; 8 ft. Heavy Duty Disc, good; 2 Ten foot Harrows; 8 ft. Harrow; One 3-Section and One 4-Section Spring Tooth Harrows: 11 ft. Bradley Cultipacker, Cobey 8 ft. Cultimulcher; 8 ft. Soil Surgeon; 7 ft. Field Cultivator; Oliver 2-Row Corn Picker with rear chute, good; 26 ft. Rubber Tire Mounted Weed Sprayer; Co-op E-15-A 7 ft. Pull Type Power Mower; 24 ft. Elevator with Electric Motor; 48 ft. 18 inch Elevator; IHC Side Rake; New D. Bradley 5 ton Rubber Tire Wagon, 820 x 15 tires. New Ensilage Bed; D. Bradley Rubber Tire Wagon, 14 ft. Grain Bed, like new; Rubber Tire Wagon with Steel Box Bed; D. Bradley Rubber Tire Wagon with 12 ft. Crib Rack Bed, 4 ft. high; D. Bradley Rubber Tire Wagon, 16 ft. Grain Bed; Rubber Tire Wagon Running Gears; Steel Wheel Wagon with Flat Bed. NOTE —Most of this property purchased in the last year. AUTOMOBILES & TRUCKS 1953 Super-Holiday Oldsmobile PS, PB and Hydramatic; 1947 Pontiac 5 Passenger Coupe in Good Condition; 1946 Chevrolet, One & OneHajf Ton Truck with Lime Spreader, in Good Condition; 1947 Dodge % Ton Pick-Up Truck, 4*Spced Transmission, 700x16 6-ply Front Tires, 650x16 6-Ply Rear Duals, 7xß Stake Grain Bed, 3 ft. High, in Good Condition. POWER TOOLS & MISCELLANEOUS Craftsman 30 inch Riding Lawn Mower with 30 inch Roller; Mall Chain Saw 24 inch; Wen Sabre Electric Saw; Cummings V* inch Elec. Drill; Thor y 2 inch Elec. Drill; Ton Chain Fall; Hydraulic Jacks; 10 inch Hammer Mill; Blacksmith Forge; Good Acetelyene Welding Outfit; Several thousand feet Native Lumber, all dimensions; Tractor Amounting Buzz Saw. 36 inch Blade; Tractor Grass Seeder; Set of 11-38 Dual Tractor Wheels; Several Aluminum. Shovels, Small Tools, Miscellaneous Items. - TERMS—CASH. Not Responsible for Accidents. GLEN ETZLER, Owner Roy S. Johnson. Richard Black, Ned C. Johnson—Auctioneers Shroyers—Clerks. - Lunch Served By St. John's Ladies Aid., This Ad Appears Today Only.

' No Sinus Or Lung ; Congestion For Ike Examinations Made Thursday Afternoon WASHINGTON (UP)— Doctors have determined that President Eisenhower’s persistent cough . does not stem from a sinus or lung congestion. The President’s lungs and sinuses were X-rayed Thursday at Walter Reed Army Medical Center. White House Press Secretary James C. Hagerty said afterwards that the X-rays turned out “what they called negative — both the sinuses and the lungs were clear.” Hagerty said both Dr. Howard McC. Snyder, the President's physician. and Gen. Leonard D. Heaton. hospital commandant, described the President’s condition as “fine” except for “a cough.” Mr. Eisenhower has suffered from a persistent cough since Inauguration Day Jan. 20, when he stood outside for nearly four hours in cold, damp weather watching the inaugural parade. He apologized for the cough to his national TV-radio audience Wednesday night at the'opening of his speech on the Middle East crisis. —- The President left the White House for the hospital late Thursday afternoon with Dr. Snyder. He returned.. In less than an hour. Hagerty said Mr, Eisenhower was taking a spray treatment for his scratchy throat. Decatur Man Unhurt As Auto Demolished Donald J. Brown, 37, of Decatur, escaped with only slight injuries Wednesday but Ids auto was demolished when it went out of control on U. S. 27 south of Fort Wayne. Allen county sheriff's deputies charged Brown with reckless and drunken driving after the mishap, which occurred at the junction with the old Decatur road.

Benson Is Assailed By House Democrats Quiet Session Is Given To Attacks WASHINGTON (UP)—The House whiled away a quiet afternoon Thursday pondering such matters of state as whether Secretary of Agriculture Ezra T. Benson is divinely inspired. Business was slack. President Eisenhower’s Middle East speech had been duly appraised. The agenda was blank. So Democrats, as is their wont on such occasions, turned to assailing a favorite target, Benson. Rep.. George S. McGovern <DSD). a freshman, chose this timetested subject for his maiden speech. He was well into his remarks when Rep. Leroy A. Anderson (D-Mont), another freshman, asked him to yield. Anderson wanted to make certain that McGovern was aware of Benson’s resemblance to an oldtime medicine man. These artisans, he explained, let blood to cure human ills. In this case, .Anderson said, it is the farmer who is doing the bleeding. Rep. Clare E. Hoffman (R-Mich) who doesn't like to avoid a fight, leaped to his feet. He said it was one thing to criticize Cabinet members but something else to call one a bloodsucker. Rep. Eugene J. McCarthy <DMinn) came to Anderson’s defense. While he was at it he said that Benson, who is a member of the governing body of the Church of the Latter Day Saints (Mormon), had claimed to have “received a witness from the Almighty" in getting his farm program fashioned. Rep. William S. Hill (R-Colo) accused McCarthy of dragging religion into the debate. He said McCarthy had questioned Benson’s inspiration and religious convictions. McCarthy said he hadn’t. He said he was questioning Benson’s performance, though, and that it was only fair to judge a prophet by his works. Nobody volunteered to carry the debate any further. So Hoffman, who not infrequently has the last word, concluded that Benson was a man of conscience who wouldn’t intentionally hurt anyone and the House adjourned. A spokesman for Benson said later that the secretary never had claimed—privately or publicly — divine inspiration for the farm program. Trade in a good town — Decatur farjrMPtrf WANT ADS

Public Sale COMPLETE CLOSE-OUT SALE I, the undersigned, due to my husband's death, will sell all my personal property at auction, located one mile east, and Vi mile south, then 4 mile east of the Berne tile mill on what is known as the William Fleetwood farm, on Tuesday, February 26,1957 Ai 10:30 A. M. • * 14—HEAD OF CATTLE—I 4 Pollic, Holstein cow. 6 years old, due to freshen June 19, on good flow of milk. Sally, Holstein cow, 3 years old, fresh in December and on good flow of milk. Peggy, Holstein cow, 3 years old. was fresh in November, on good flow of milk. Grannie, Holstein cow, rebred and milking. Guernsey, Guernsey cow, due to freshen in April. Flirt, Ayrshire cow, registered. 3 years-old, rebred and dry. Roan, roan cow, 3 years old, rebred and milking, i 4 yearling heifers, 3 bull calves. . These cattle are all TB and Bangs tested. We will giVc you records and breeding dates more accurately on sale day. MILKING EQUIPMENT i Single-unit Hlnman milker, wash tanks, buckets, strainer. BEANS, OATS AND STRAW 50 bushels of Hawkeyc beans for seed. Some oats and some straw. ! , , — FARM MACHINERY — 1954 Oliver 55 diesel tractor used less Hi an 600 hours, in A-l condition; 1939 Oliver 70 tractor, has just been overhauled in A-l condition; 1936 Oliver 70 tractor with cultivator and Oliver mounted 2-row corn ' planter, new last spring; 1953 Oliver model 15 combine with Wisconsin . air-cool motor, has harvested less than 200 acres. 1955 Oliver 6 corn . picker semi-mounted will fit any 3-point hook-up tractor, just like new; i 8-ft. Ottawa cultimulcher, new last spring; 7-ft. Oliver heavy disc, new last spring; Oliver 7-ft. mounted mower; 2 14-in. Little Genius plow on rubber, A-l shape; one 4-ton Oliver wagon, new last spring; one 3-ton Oliver wagon, new last spring; Oliver grain bed. 7 ft. by 14 ft., with - 2-in. flooring and steel sides, new last spring: 7 ft. by 14 ft. grain bed • in good condition: 10-hole McCormick grain and fertilizer drill; New i Idea manure spreader; horse side delivery rake; 2-wheel trailer; 300- • gal. gas barrel on stand with hose and nozzle, just like new; corn I cribbing. 1938 Chevrolet pick-up truck. 1 HOUSEHOLD AND MISCELLANEOUS Three-piece sectional rose living room suite; desk and chair; blue i chair with slip cover; blue tilt-back chair with ottoman; studio couch; - 3-piece bedroom suite with spring and innerspring mattress; wardrobe; • iron bed with springs; 2 felt end table with magazine I rack; sewing machine; 9x12 rug and pad. 9x12 Congoleum rug; 3 radios, 1 console, 2 tables; R.C.A. Victor record player; double wash stand; glass jars; 2 smoking stands; 2 utility cabinets; power lawn mower; hand lawn mower; lot of tools; garden tools, and many articles not mentioned. _ TERMS—CASH. Not responsible for accidents. MRS. BETTY PARR, OWNER Phil Neuenschwander, Auctioneer D. S. Blair, Auctioneer* Ed Sprunger, Auctioneer , First Bank of Beme, Clerk. Lunch will be served. 16 22

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1957

Annual Stockholders Meeting Wednesday The Adams-J ay-Wells National Farm Loan Association has announced plans for the annual stockholders meeting and open house of the new office building at Bluffton, to be held Wednesday afternoon. The annual meeting will begin at 1:30 p.m. in the Bluffton community building. C. V. Kimmel, Allen county agricultural agent, will be guest speaker. He will relate some of his experiences while employed by the state department as extension advisor to India. He spent 22 months In this capacity. Open house at the office building will be held all day. In addition to the loan association office, other offices in the building are occupied by Production Credit Association and the soil conservation service. The building is owned by the farmer members of the co-operaive loan association. An invitation has been extended to the public to attend the open house. Patent Granted To Central Soya Co. The granting of U.S. letter pa-* tent No. 2,776,894 for “Meal Treating Process and Apparatus", issued January 8, to Central Soya Company, Inc., was announced today by Dale W. McMillen, Jr., president. This patent, according to McMillen, "is for refinements in both the process and the equipment used in our de-solventizing-toast-ing operations in the processing of soybean oil meal and other oil meals and materials. From these refinements we are obtaining soybean meals that are expectlonal in both physical and nutritional characteristics. This latest patent is another in a chain of processing improvements which we are constantly trying to affect.” Trade in a good town — Decatur OLD FASHION HONEY and HOREHOUND DROPS “• 49c i ■— " - ■ SMITH DRUG CO.