Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 59, Number 240, Decatur, Adams County, 12 October 1961 — Page 4

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Decatur’* Traffic Problem* ' Wednesday the editor received a letter from an irate Decatur lady. She had followed the advice of an earlier editorial on noisy mufflers. But her evidence had not been enough to bring about a conviction of the i accused. We feel that in just bringing the case she actually accomplished a great deal First of all, she gave warning that the public IS interested in law enforcement. And the people of Decatur are furious about the noisy, dangerous streets. Since we received the letter, and talked with the lady in person, we have carefully reviewed the entire problem, and discussed it with the prosecuting attorney, city judge pro tern, chief of police, city attorney, and other interested persons. ' Now, what can be done? First of all, the state law is extremely ambiguous, and hard to enforce. It apparently was written to allow legal ways to escape, rather than to pin down violators. * So, we would recommend a change in the motor vehicle law on this point. A clearly written law on noisy and unusual sounds, including punctured tail pipes, air carburetor releases, and every other noisy, unusual, unnecessary sound in operating a vehicle, should be introduced in the next state legislature. We are sure that our state representative and state senator would be glad to do so. But what can be done during the next IS “ months? The city council could write a city ordi* nance prohibiting noisy operation of an automobile. This has been effective in Kendallville and Bluffton. The city police can, and are, keeping lists of license plates of operators who are reported to be driving in an unsafe, dangerous, or noisy manner. Citizens can call in numbers, and the police will watch for them, and check them to see if they are violating the law. Decatur residents can keep their city councilmen and mayor informed of the need for a city ordinance which more closely defines noisy operation. In fact, a well-known Decatur garage man tells us that many cities require trucks to operate quietly. He explains that if a trucker is informed by signs at the city limit that noisy vehicles are prohibited, and the drivers arrested, they can refrain from "gunning” the engines to increase the speed and change gears. In fact, while truckers do not like to do it, trucks can be equipped with mufflers. Parents should also be warned that they are responsible for their children. This means that if a young man tn his own oar, or tn his parents’ car, violates the law, society frowns on the parents for permitting such behavior. They have the right to control their children, no matter who owns the carr “~" Let’s keep at it, fellow citizens, and get . the hot rods off Decatur streets for the safety of our children and elder citizens, and the peace and quiet of our neighborhoods. Editorial Writer Today Dick D. 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Pilot Is Rescued After Four Days

-PROVO, Utah (UP)—A courageous pilot who had nothing but snowballs to eat as he lay injured in a wrecked plane four days was rescued today from the 9,200 foot level of a towering mountain near here. Joel T. Honey, 52, Needles. Calif., was determined not to die. Although he had a broken hip, broken jaw and possible broken ankle, he signalled to search aircraft with a flashlight and later helped ground crews find him i with the same light. Rescuers carried him two miles by stretcher to a road where he could be transferred to an ambulance. "I could have lasted until the weekend," the injured man told rescuers. Honey, a fireman on the Santa Fe Railway, crashed Saturday afternoon during a snow storm. He Was en route to visit his son, Bruce. 27, a senior at Brigham Young University. "1 knew you’d be alive,” said Bruce when he faced his father. He had insisted throughout the four day search his father still was alive. Most of the time he had been either in the air or on the ground actively looking for, the plane. A few hours earlier he had | Huntington Man Is Likely New Federal Judge By EUGENE J. CADOU United Press International INDIANAPOLIS (UPl)— A Republican will be appointed as a federal judge in the Northern Indiana district, and the most likely choice is Joseph H. Lesh of Huntington. according to a forecast heard here today. One of the highest Hoosier Democratic leaders said' that Lesh, a GOP attorney, would probably succeed Judge Luther F. Swygert. who was elevated to the U. S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Chicago.

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been separated from his father only by a few hundred feet when as observer in a plane piloted by director Harlon Bement of the Utah Aeronautics Commission he saw the flash of his father's light from the wreck. Honey told rescuers he had spotted a hole in the clouds surrounding 12,000 feet high Mt. Timpanogos, a landmark in central Utah, and was turning toward it when his passenger, Wili liam Royal, about 45, also of Needles, panicked and grabbed the plane’s controls. The single engine craft nosed into the mountain in an aspen grove and Royal was killed in the crash. Honey was knocked unconscious. When he revived he crawled into the plane's baggage compartment and put on three pairs of trousers and as much other heavy clothing as he could pull around hiiti. He also lighted signal flares of gasoline on the plane's wings. He packed his leg and hip in snow to ease the pain and tore I clothing into strips, then tied i snowballs on for weight and tried : to throw them over tree limbs to I act as streamers and attract | attention. —— The appointment will be made by President Kennedy. Lesh is a former U. S. district attorney in the Northern Indiana district and formerly was with the office of the U. S. attorney general in Washington. He prosecuted cases'in the court of Swygert, a Democrat. Lesh is 52 years old and a former Huntington County GOP chairman. He is 18 years older than David L. Kiley, the Democratic Marion attorney whom Sen. Vance Hartkc had supported for a federal court post but who was rejected by Atty. Gen. Robert Kennedy as too young. Lesh was a Navy lieutenant in World War I. He .became a district attorney in 1953 on appointment by President Eisenhower. Little more than a year later, Atty. Gen. Herbert Brownell Jr. summoned Lesh to Washington and placed him in charge of the executive ofice for U. S. attorneys to act in a liaison capacity I between attorneys in the field and

Hi-Way Trailer Cour! News Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur Lane of Fort Wayne were recent guests of his brother, Robert Lane, Sr., and • wife, 36 Star Lane. I Joe Schinerer, 52 Vindale Trail, r is the supervisor of the erection > of the fallout shelter. No. 1, which > is being completed this week. t It is contemplated to make Krick St. a one-way street. ■ The suits for the bowling teams were ordered last Monday; colors, blue and gold. Mr. and Mrs. Lester Thatcher ' and sons, 23 Krick St., motored ’ to West Liberty, Ohio last weekend j and went through the Ohio CavI erns. They were accompanied by , their aunt and uncle, Mrs. William Woodward, and Arnel Siders. Nina, (he daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Howard Earl Jones, 57 Vindale Trail, gave a splendid report • of the excellent sanitary condition • of the court, at Lincoln school this ! week. ; Among the new families moving i into the court were: Mr. and Mrs. I Tom Ehler, 31 Star Lane, and I Mr. and Mrs. Tom Briede, 32 > Star Lane. 1 J — -■ ~ o j I 20 Years Ago 1 I Today • 0 — , Oct. 12, 1941 was Sunday and no paper was published. New York Stock Exchange Prices MIDDAY PRICES ! A. T. & T., 120%; Central Soya 27%; DuPont, 227; Ford, 105%; General Electric, 76%; General Motors, 50%; Gulf Oil, 36%; Standard Oil Ind., 48%; Standard . Oil N. J., 43%; U. S. Steel 79%. I . the Department of Justice. Hartke apparently now favors ■ Lcsh. If he did not, he could i readily block Lesh’s confirmation t by the Senate. The situation made it appear ( there was some substance to re- . ports of a Hartke deal with Sen. .: Homer E. Capehart, a Republican, and conflict between aides of Hartke and aides of Governor ' Welsh. i But politicians who commented ; on the apparent situation found . it hard to figure out how a deal , with Capehart or a further sepa--1 ration with Welsh would help Hartke. Some observers believe that if Kennedy appointed Lesh or' any Republjcail. it would, be in line with other similar appointments of Republicans recently to fill judicial posts authorized by Congress.

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O. -J g The People’s Voice 4 This column ie for the use of our readers who wish to make suggestions tor the general good or discuss questions iterest. No articles will be published without signature oft' the author. • o——■ ■ —o What Course Now? Dear Mr. Heller, I refer to the editorial you wrote a few weeks ago regarding "noisy mufflers” — I believe you stated that something could be done concerning the noise that prevailed in the residential areas of Decatur. You stressed that part of the work was up to the citizens themselves, for it was impossible for the police to be everywhere at one time. I heartily and readily agreed with that. You then proceeded to inform the citizens just how to go about helping to curb such disturbances. As I had often wondered just what a single person could do, I was very satisfied to learn the correct procedure — supplied in said editorial. All the law required, you said, was for a person to secure the license number of the car whose driver was at fault. Then to have a witness to this infraction, who along with yourself, would ba,. willing to sign an affidavit. The matter would then be turned over to the proper authorities, such as a J. P., judge, or prosecuting attorney — whereupon it would be decided upon if the muffler was at fault. I’d like to inform you that these steps are not quite enough. Somewhere along the line you have been misinformed for this procedure takes care of only the basic fundamentals You could further advise these public-spirited citizens to have available at all times, when you are getting the license number, a camera. In this way one will not have to rely solely upon what his eyes and those of his witness sees. Another helpful hint would be to have on hand, data concerning the whereabouts of the offender preceding and following the day of the misdeed involved. Only then can one be sure that the proof he has is not merely a figment of one’s imagination. There is ridicle to face from some of your fellow citizens and a very few “pats on the back.” Sometimes you are even accused of causing a “stink” over such a “minor” infraction of the law. It does take a certain amount of if you get good results. Like you believe is right according to law. pie effort is fully justified, though, if oyu get good results. Like you said, it’s up to the citizen’s to make Decatur a better community, by lessening these annoyances. What you forgot to mention, is what course to take when these efforts have failed???? Florence Anderson

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party to announce her engagement,. how can she best make- this - announcement? A, Her best way would be.,., through the society-news page of her local newspaper.