Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 57, Number 75, Decatur, Adams County, 30 March 1959 — Page 2

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Make Exhaustive Study Os Highway Accidents

By LOUIS CASSELS United Press International WASHINGTON <UPI> — Last year, 35,000 Americans were killed and 1,300,000 were injured in automobile accidents, , Reducing this terrible toll has become a major national objective. But little progress can be made in preventing accidents without sound knowledge about when, where and why they occur. The U.S. Bureau of Public Roads has just completed a threeyear study which was the most comprehensive attempt yet to substitute facts for opinions on' highway safety. The findings, to be published soon, support some long-held popular ideas about accidents — but sharply contradict Others. Some of the most surprising disicoveries concern the relationship between speed and safety. Safe Speed Varies The bureau found that under good driving conditions — that is, rt) main open-country highways, in' 'daytime and in fair weather—it is substantially safer to drive ’at a relatively high speed than to ■poke along at very slow speeds. Lest this finding be dangerously misconstrued, it should be emphasized at once that the study confirmed what common-sense already knew: excessively hum speeds are hazardous, particularly at night. And what constitutes a > safe speed on a main rural highway would definitely be too ' fast in a congested urban area, <>r on a narrow, winding road. .The study covered 3,700.000,000 vehicle-miles of actual automobile travel by 290,000 drivers of both sexes and every age bracket, over typical stretches of main rural highway in 11 widely-scat-tered states. L ' i Extremes Are Bad - I By analyzing in an electronic I computer the 10,000 , accidents * which occurred, the bureau came ! up with a mass of statistics on ' the “accident involvement rate

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of various kinds of drivers under t widely varying travel conditions. , The accident involvement rate I for drivers traveling at speeds below 40 miles per hour proved . to be several times higher than ’ that of drivers traveling at some- , what higher speeds. jj This does not mean that the j faster you drive;, the less likely you are to have an accident ' Plotted on a graph, the accident involvement rate for daytime travel on major highways drops ’ steadily from 40 to 55 miles an hour, then gradually levels off un- , til about 65 miles an hour, where , it begins to climb again. Above 70, it climbs steeply. In determining a safe speed, however, a driver must take into account not only the chances of , having an accident, but the severity of the accident that is likely to occur at various speeds’. New Laws Possible Here the findings are unequivocal —■ the faster you are going, the more likely you are to be se- , riously hurt if you are in a wreck. At 40 miles an hour, only a third of the accidents result in substantial injuries. At 70 miles, nearly 90 per cent of the accidents involve injury., Weighing together both, considerations — the chances of having an accident, and its probable severity — the bureau found the overall injury rate is lowest at speeds between 45 and 70 miles an hour. It rises sharply below 40 and above 75. One conclusion stands out clearly — the desirability of enforcing minimum as well as maximum speed limits on main highways. A few states already have such ■ laws. Others may be prompted by the bureau’s findings to adopt them. All of the figures given above are for daytime travel. What the ; bureau learned about night driv- : ing and about the accident rates i of various types of drivers will be ■ summarized in another dispaten 1 tomorrow. Former Decatur Lady Dies Saturday Night Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Garard have received word of the death of Mrs. Ada Stapleton Garard, 73, Saturday evening at the home of a daughter, Mrs-.- -Kt H. Hat nish ■■ in Roanoke, after a brief illness. Mrs. Garard formerly lived in Decatur. Funeral services will be conducted at 2 p. m. Tuesday at the Lvnch funeral home in Roanoke. The Rev. Harold Zort, pastor of the Methodist church, 'will officiate, and burial will be !in Lindenwood cemetery, Fort i Wayne.

39 Kansas Mothers Are Bewildered NEW YORK (UPD—The “mother of the year” for the state of Kansas, a title that 39 women from the Sunfalower State may already have been tood they won, will be officially selected today. The American Mother's Committee admitted Sunday that letters to 39 women last week informing them of their selection as the state’s “mother of the year” were sent out in error. They got mixed in with some other malt Only two of the falsely-notified mothers have acknowledged receipt of the letters so far—Mrs. Fred Gould of Arkansas City and Mrs. Nellie Krueger of Washington, Kan. TTie committee thinks the other 37 false letters also went to women from Kansas, but it can’t be sure until the recipients come forward. Mrs. Aileen C. Fogarty, national director Os the committee, said the committee had been mailing out hotices to all of its 5,000 members invitidf them to come to New Uork tor the festifivites here May 4-8 when the national “mother of the year” will be picked from among the 52 finalists. Somehow or other, Mrs. Fogarty said, 39 of the 52 form letters waiting on hand to be sent to the state winners got mixed in with the other notices and were sent out. “The clerks were working through the states alphabetically,” said Mrs. Fogarty. “That’s why we think they all went to Kanas.” Selection of the real Kansas “mother of the year” today was to be made, Mrs. Fogarty said, from a list of carefully screened nominees Who fill rigid qualifications. But Mrs. Fogarty thinks the recipients of the 39 false letters shouldn’t have become excited. “It’s a very silly thing on a person’s part,” she said. “If I received a letter saying I was Queen Elizabeth, wouldn’t I investigate?” f Large Rock Hurled In Picture Window A vandalism incident was reported to the city police Sunday night by a local resident when a picture window was broken in his home by a large rock. Dwight D. Davis, of 627 N. Second "Street,-“reported -to- local- -authorities -last- nightUhat. two._P£r_sons threw a large rock through a picture window at his home and damaged a vargty dresser. The incident was said to have occurred at 11:41 p.m. Two persons were seen running from the scene but could not be found by the city police. Damage to the home was not estimated by the investigating officer.

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French Troops Slay Leader Os • Algiers Rebels ‘ ALGIERS tUPD—Rebel. “Colo- - nel Amirouche,” most ruthless - and successful guerrilla leader in 5 Algeria, was shot to death by ’ French troops Friday, the French t army announced Sunday. Amirouche’s exploits had made 1 him a hero to Moslem Algerians . and the most-wanted man in Al- . geria to the French. 1 He was caught in an ambush - and cut down as he and his bodyguard tried to shoot their way to r freedom. Another rebel leader, Si Haoues, 5 died later of wounds received in : the same gun battle, French sources said. Six other Algerian 1 rebels were killed or wounded, i Amirouche and Si Haoues were ; trapped as they returned from a - conference of rebel leaders near j Bou Saadet, 150 miles southeast • of Algiers. French troops closed in on them 1 as they and their bodyguards tried to escape. When the rebels - tried to shoot their way out of - the trap Amirouche and Si Haoues t fell in the resulting gun battle. i It was one of the biggest > propaganda victories scored by the French in the four-year Al- ’ gerian war. Amirouche, an Arab. ’ had caught the' admiration of the r Moslem population with his dar- - ing guerrilla exploits during the past two years, and had become 5 a thorn in the French army’s s side. , Amirouche’s combination of mil--1 itary know-how and general sharp- - ness reorganized the rebel command in the Kabylie and made it - one of the smoothest operating in ; Algeria. : ~ Avodiing pitched battles with! i the better-armed and equipped: ! French forces, Akirouche and his■ i men would choose the spot for their attacks with great care and carried off many daring raids bn 1 armyinstallations. Mrs. Lola R. Bone Dies At Geneva Home - Mrs. Lola Rogers Bone, 74, of i Geneva, died about midnight Sat-. 5 urday at her home. She had been in failing health in recent months. Surviving are her husband, Fred _ Bone; a daughter, Mrs. Vada Leeper, Bryant; a son, Roger Bone, ‘ Okmulgee Okla.; three grandchilj dren and two brothers. Mrs. Bone ' was a member of the Macklin church near Bryant. 3 The body is at the Hardy and e Hardy funeral home, where friends t may call. Services will be at the '■ funeral home Tuesday at 2 p.m., 4 the Rev. Claude Simon of Wood- - burn officiating. Burial will be in West Lawn cemetery.

’ ....... Japan Judge Rules U.S. Pact Invalid TOKYO (UPI) — Judge Akio Date ruled today that the presence of American troops, in Japan violates this country's U. S.-fostered “no war” constitution. Date, dismissing charges against seven leftist 'rioters in the Tokyo District Court, said the U. S.-Japanese security treaty which calls for the stationing of American forces in Japan is unconstitutional. A Justice Ministry spokesman immediately dismissed Date’s ruling as “absolutely unacceptable.” He pointed out that the Japanese courts have upheld the constitutionality of the security pact in ruling after ruling. The ministry was expected to go to the Japanese Supreme Court if necessary to reverse Date’s decision. The defendants acquitted by Date were members of the leftist mob that battled Japanese police at Sunakawa intermittently for a year in an effort tp, prevent prolongation of the runways at America’s Tachikawa' Air Base. she prosecution had asked that each of the seven -men be sent to jail for six months. The defendants included union leader Shigeru Sakata and Gentaro Tsuchiya, secretary general of a Commu-nist-line student group. Fire Sweeps Office Building In Gary GARY. Ind. < UPl)—Fire swept an office building in downtown I Gary today, and smoke and water J damaged the adjacent plant of the j Gary Post-Tribune newspaper. The flames broke out about 7 a. m. CST. in the Herschbach Building at the intersection of 11th & Broadway Sts. Offices of many of hte 22 tennants were damaged. Smoke sweeped into the PostTribune Building, a modern structure built less than two years ago. and damaged cork tile, draperies and walls in the executive offices, including the office of H. B. Snyder. editor and publisher. Employes of two departments in the business' left their desks for more than an hour because of dense smoke. Water seeped into the basement. - - — - . No estimate pf damage to the . office building was given. Posti Tribune officials said their damage was ‘‘extensive.” I Greatest damage in the office ; building was to the offices of ; Gary Transit. Inc., which oper- , ates city bus lines. The fire started in the basei ment and burned into the second floor of the three-story structure.

Students Take Part In Regional Tests A number of Decatur Catholic students were among area students from all schools taking regional ’ tests of the Indiana high school 5 achievement program at Central " Catholic high school in Fort Wayne Saturday. Those who were reported taking ’ the tests are: in English, Robert '* Murphy, Teresa Laurent, Judy ’ Koors, and Kathy Baker; compre--1 hensive mathematics tests, Dolores Kohne and Kathleen Kohne; geometry, Carolyn Kohne and Kenneth Geimer; first-year Latin, Tom 1 Kohne and Steve Blythe; second ' year Latin, Marilyn Hake and Ann LaFontaine; first year algebra, ; Johne Kohne and Russell Raumgartner. 1 5 Historical Society ! Meets Tuesday Night The history of the county prose- . cutor’s office will be given to the , Adams county historical society ' Tuesday at 8 p. m. at the Lincoln ‘ school, Gerald Durkin, president, said today. County prosecutor ( Sey er i n . Schurger has investigated county * records, and has prepared an address on the subject, Durkin ex- ’ plained. Schurger will be introduced by former prosecutor Lewis ; Lutz Smith. AU members and guests are invited to attend the meeting, which wiU also kick off the nrembership drive for this year. Scholastic Tests Held At Bluffton Pupils from 13 high schools in 1 Adams. Jay, Blackford, Hunting--1 ton and WeUs counties participated in scholastic tests in English, Lat- : in, Spanish, algebra, geometry, and comprehensive mathematics r at the Bluffton high school Satur--1 day. More than 100 pupils com- ' peted under the extension services ' division of Indiana University. Supt. E. E. Pribble was in charge • of the Bluffton contest. High scor- ■ ing pupils will participate in the state contest at I.U. April 25. Music Booster Club To Organize Tuesday 1 The organization meeting of the f Music booster club wiU be held at > 7:30 o’clock Tuesday evening in the music room of the Decatur t high school. The club is open to -’ parents oftall students in the bands - and choruses “bf the three public schols, also any other interested e persons. f Officers will be elected at Tues- - day’s meeting. j Over 2,aw Dany Democrats are sold and deUvered in Decatur each day.

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SPACE RIGHT PREPARATION—Studies to develop a "reactor gun" for use in space flight are being made by the Air Research and Development Center in Dayton, Ohio. Without a propelling device, the weightless space voyager finds it difficult to control his movements. With reactor gun he has control of movement. Here, Maj. Edward L. Brown (left) floats at random while weightless. Lt Melvin Gardner propels himself by using air “gun” for reaction. At bottom, the 500,000-horsepower rocket engine designed to propel the experimental X-15 rocket plane into space, undergoes final - tests at Denville, N. J. The liquid-fuel power plant is expected to propel the manned research aircraft about 100 miles into space at a speed of more than 4,000 miles per hour.

Nine Traffic Deaths Reported In Indiana United Press International Rain and fog contributed today to an Indiana traffic death toll of at least nine since last Friday night. At least one of six weekend fatalities was blamed on rain. Two deaths in morinng were blamed on heavy fog, with murky weather perhaps contributing to a third.; Clifford Payne, 45, Harbert, Mich., and Lawrence Proctor, 47, LaPorte, were killed in a foggy collision of their car with a big truck on U. S. 20 near Michigan City today. Frank Douglas, 16, Louisville, Ky., was killed near Jeffersonville this morning at dawn when a car he was driving was struck from behind by a big truck in U. S. 31-E near Jeffersonville. There was no mention of fog in the accident report but weather conditions at the time were described as “murky.” Gilbert Hill, 47, Anderson, was killed when a car driven by Ada Bell McCullough, 39, Anderson, smashed head-on into his auto on Ind. 9, two miles north of Anderson Sunday afternoon. Police said the McCullough car was passing another car during a rainstorm and the driver was blinded by water splashed on the windshield. All five passengers in the McCullough car were injured, including three children and a teen-age boy. Earlier Sunday, Martha M. Moore. 19, French Lick, was killed and three Jasper boys were

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hurt when the car in which they were riding left Ind. 56 in Dubois County and smashed into a tree. Two persons were killed Saturday and two Friday night. Mrs. Gertrude Branes, 31, New Haven, was killed when her car was hit by a Wabash railroad passenger train southwest of Fort Wayne. # Gary Hire, 20, Waterloo, was crushed to death when he was pinned, beneath the wreckage of a car after a collision on a county road northeast of Auburn. -Arthur -Neusbaum, -45, -West Terre Haute, was killed by a hitrun car while riding bis bicycle north of West Terre Haute. Bayliss E. Blair. 31, Forest Park, 111., was killed in a-single-car crash on the Northern Indiana Road Friday night. Trade in a good town — Decatur.

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