Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 60, Number 290, Decatur, Adams County, 10 December 1962 — Page 6

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Parking Meter Is Valuable Function _

Ever wonder what the parking meter policeman, James Cochran, does during stormy weather, when he can’t be out checking meters? He repairs broken meters, cleans them, and keeps them in oonditidn to work. Have you noticed that In previous winters the parking meters were not checked except during abovefreezing weather. That was because the meters froze, and frequently did not work. Now Using Graphite But this winter, it is hoped, it will be different, Powdered graphite, instead of grease, is being used to lubricate the mechanism. So don’t try to get by without paying the meter during zero weather! Another new addition which will speed collections is the new ultrasonic cleaning device. Cochran takes the “head” off a meter, takes it apart, and places the pieces in a liquid in the device. The machine is turned on, and the high-fre-quency sound waves shake the

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particldes of dirt from the head. It takes about weeks of bad weather for Cochran to clean all of the 210 meters on the streets of Decatur. Why Parking Meters? ~ Just what good fre meters, any•way? Every driver who has ever parked by one asks this question. It’s a part of the larger question, who should pay for services? When there were one or two autos in Decatur, following the old dirt and gravel roads used by the -’horses, special facilities for cars’ weren’t needed. f As the number of autos increased, demands for smooth, hard-surfaced streets increased. While horses didn’t like pavement, tires on autos did. So, street paving started. This was expensive. Finally, a gasoline tax was started to help improve streets and roads. More Cars But as streets and roads improved, the number of cars increased. It didn’t take a very large

police force to take care of traffic in the horse-and-buggy days, Horses were living creatures, and their drivers paid close attention to their needs. A thief or crook on horseback couldn’t escape very fast, and train schedules could be carefully watched. The advent of the fast-traveling auto made crime very’ easy. Crooks are harder to catch when they escape by a fast, free-moving vehicle. More Policemen Needed Police forces had to be enlarged. It take? a good-sized body of men to man tqitoS around the clock to keep crime inline. But how should this police force obtain its salaries? The laws of Indiana provide for a property tax to raise city budget money. But the property tax kept rising. In addition, the large number of autos crowded the city streets. Merchants and their employes hogged all the best parking spaces, and the shoppers had to walk, which they didn’t like. They wanted curb service. Limit Parking So, it was decided to limit parking. But an on-the-spot check was very unsatisfactory. The tires had to be marked, and checked. People could drive around the block, still have a tire mark, and get a $1 fine. So, the parking meter, as a means of regulating parking, came into existence. Shoppers, generally, don’t like meters much better than they liked to walk from distant parking lots to shopping areas. But they have become accepted now. Everyone “shells out” a penny when he stops to make a single purchase, more if he has other business. Used Effectively The money from the meters is actually secondary to the regulating effect. But it is wisely used here in Decatur to pay not only the parking meter attendant’s salary, but the salary of an additional policeman, with the remainder goings into the city general fund on transfer by the city council. Thus, the parking meter serves as valuable city function in regulating parking in congested downtown areas, and paying the salary of a policeman needed because of the increase in auto traffic. Pro Basketball NBA Results Saturday New York 87, Detroit 78. St. Louis 145, San Francisco 129. Syracuse 102, Boston 97. Los Angeles 131, Cincinnati 128 (overtime.) Sunday Detroit 123, St. Louis 119. Syracuse 117, Los Angeles 114. Chicago 110, San Francisco 102.

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Packers Rally To Win, Clinch Tie For Title UPI Sports Writer The Green Bay Packers’ bruising ground game and rugged defense have carried them through another National Football League crisis, and only a miracle win next Sunday by the Los Angeles Rams can prevent them from clinching their third straight Western Division title. As for the Detroit Lions, who now have won seven straight games in an effort to earn that playoff berth opposite the New York Giants, it looks like a nice try but no cigar. For the manner in which the Packers battled back from an 11point deficit to beat the San Francisco Forty Niners, 31-21, Sunday, they appear hardly likely to blow next weekend’s game against the Rams, whose 1-11=1 record is the poorest in the NFL. Detroit clung to its forlorn hope of catching the Packers by defeating the Minnesota Vikings, 37-23, in a raggedly played game. The Lions wing up with the Chicago Bears next weekend. Meanwhile, the Giants, playing without any championship pressure, defeated their old adversaries, the Cleveland Browns, 17-13, for their eighth straight victory. This is the Giants’ longest streak since 1930. Steelers Clinch Second In other games, the Pittsburgh Steelers clinched second place in the Eastern Division by defeating the Philadelphia Eagles, 26-17; the Chicago Bears assured themselves of a third-place finish in the West by beating the Rams, SO--14; and the St. Louis Cardinals trounced the Dallas Cowboys, 5220. On Saturday, the Baltimore Colts beat the Washington Redskins, 34-21. Two NFL records and two team records were set Sunday. Leo Nomellini, Forty Niners defensive tackle, played his 159th consecutive game and Lou Michaels of the Steelers kicked four field goals to set a season mark of 24. Rich Petitbon of the Bears ran 101 yards with an intercepted pass to set a Bears club record and Dick Bass of the Rams gained 169 rushing yards for a season team record of 955. The Packers trailed San Francisco, 10-21, with eight minutes elapsed in the third period' when they decided that matters had gone far enough. Tom Moore broke through a, big

Griffith Knockout Is Closed Incident IAS VEGAS. Nev. (UPI) — Chairman James D. Deskin of the Nevada Athletic Commission announced today that welterweight champicn Emile Griffith's foultechnical knockout over challenger Jorge Fernandez Saturday night is a “closed incident.’’ needing no further commission action. Meanwhile, Griffith of New York agreed to a non-title bout in Tokyo, Japan, sometime in February; and negotiations were practically completed for a return Dick Tiger-Gene Fullmer middleweight title fight at Las Vegas Feb. 23. Griffith’s handlers said he probably would make his next title defense against Raymundo (Battling) Torres of Mexico or Luis Rodriguez of Cuba at Los Angeles four or five months hence. Griffith, who flew back to New York Sunday night, retained his 147-pound crown on the first foul kayo in a world title bout hi 32 years when Fernandez of Argentina refused to continue fighting after he had been floored in the ninth round by a low left hook in Las Vegas convention center, although given a five-minute recovery period in the ring. Fernandez also had been decked by a right to the chin for a mandatory eight-count in the seventh round. Not since Max Schmelling of Germany won the vacant world heavyweight championship in 1930 while sitting on the floor in midring at New York has a world-ti-tle bout been terminated by a foul. Schmelling claimed that Jack Sharkey of Boston had felled him with a low punch and the referee agreed. hole over center and ran 32 yards untouched for a touchdown that narrowed the Forty Niners’ lead to 21-17. Then, early in the final period, Bart Starr directed an 83yard march that was climaxed by Jim Taylor’s two-yard touchdown plunge. Defense Takes Over The Packers’ defense then took over. They stopped a Forty Niners’ air drive on the Green Bay 12 and soon afterward Gabe Hanner intercepted a pass that set up a late 7-yard touchdown pass from Starr to Ron Kramer. The Forty Niners had pulled away to their 11-point firsthalf lead on the passing of John Brodie from an offense that included several double-win T-for-mation plays. That attack petered out in the second half after halfback Jim Johnson was injured. Brodie completed 13 of 15 passes for 168 yards and two touchdowns the first half. Defensive halfback Dick Leßeau of the Lions scored twice and Milt Plum threw a pair of touchdown passes as Detroit took advantage of Minnesota’s' “give-a-way” program and won. Leßeau ran 26 yards with a Vikings fumble and 30 yards with an intercepted pass. Gail Cogdill also ran 7 yards with a fumble for another score. Minnesota lost the ball five times on fumbles and four times on intercepted passes. The Lions lost two fumbles and had four passes intercepted. The crowd of 42,256, held down by cold and snow, was the Lions’ smallest in 10 years. . Tittle Takes Rest Ralph Guglielmi, given a chance to play for the Giants when Y. A. Tittle was rested, engineered three scoring drives with

his passing and running against Cleveland. Guglielmi passed 7 yards to Joe Walton for one TD, then set up a one-yard scoring plunge by Joe Morrison and a 17yard field goal by Don Chandler. Jimmy Brown, who gained only 55 yards in 14 rushes, scored a third-period touchdown that cut New York’s lead to 14-13. Three of Michaels’ four field goals came within a span of 10 minutes in the final period and pulled Pittsburgh away from a 1717 tie with Philadelphia. The kicks sailed 21, 46, 28 and 29 yards and Michaels’ season total of 24 broke the old mark of 23 set by Cleveland’s Lou Groza in 1953. By winning, the Steelers clinched seeond place and a berth in the playoff (runnerup) bowl at Miami, Jan. 6, against the Western Division runnerup. Longest Bear Run Petitbon’s 101-vard run in the final period against the Rams was the longest play in the Bears’ history. The pass-catching of Mike Ditka and the rushing of Ron Bull stood out for the Bears on a 13degree, snowy day. tSecretory McNamara To Fly To London WASHINGTON (UPI) — Defense Secretary Robert S. McNamara will fly to London tonight to discuss the fate of the troubled Skybolt missile with British defense officials. Reports from both Washington and London have indicated that the United Stated might scrap the Skybolt program* because of recent test failures at Cape Canaveral. The London Sunday Telegraph reported that McNamara will ask Britain to contribute an additional S2BO million to the Skybolt’s development or accept .'Submarine launched Polaris missiles instead.

Quarterback Charlie Johnson of the Cardinals threw five scoring passes in the rout against the Cowboys. St. Louis overcame a 14-20 halftime deficit with 38 points in the second half. Taz Anderson caught two of Johnson’s TD tosses. On the fifth of these, Sonny Randle caught the pass and threw a lateral to Bobby Joe Conrad to complete a 72-yard play. In Saturday’s game at Baltimore, Johnny Unitas played his best game of the season, throwing four touchdown passes and setting up another score with a 22-yard run as the Colts tallied 20 points in the fourth period to beat Washington. Soviet Union Submits Plan For Policing GENEVA (UPI) — The Soviet Union today proposed installation of up to three “black boxes” in the territory of each nuclear power to police a nuclear test ban agreement. Soviet negotiator Semyon K. Tsarapkin told the 17-nation disarmament conference these unmanned seismic stations should be controlled and maintained by inspectors from the proposed international disarmament agency. Tsarapkin said the Soviets will agree to the placing of “black boxes” in Russia’s three main seismic zones and —“if the West insists” — close to the Soviet frontier in the territory of neighboring countries. He said this would naturally “be subject to the agreement of the government concerned.” Soviet delegation sources named the principal earthquake zones in the Soviet Union as the Kamchatka Peninsula and Kurile Islands in the Far East, the Altai mountain range and central Asia. Replying briefly to Tsarapkin, U.S. Ambassador Charles C. Stelle said the West would welcome Soviet willingness to allow international control of the unmanned seismic stations. He warned however the West cannot accept “black boxes” as the sole guarantee of a test ban, dropping its demand for international on-site inspection of possible secret underground tests. Stelle made no comment on the small number of unmanned seismic stations offered by Tsarapkin. Western delegation sources recalled that Western scientists believe some thousands of such stations would be necessary to police the Soviet Union alone.

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Houston Wins Sixth In Row To Near Flag The Boston Patriots have put up a game battle for the Eastern Division championship of the American Football League with a se-cond-string quarterback, but their cause looks hopeless because the Houston Oilers won't give an inch. The Oilers won their sixth straight game Sunday by drubbing the Oakland Raiders, 32-17, and now need only one more victory next Saturday in New York to clinch the Eastern Division crown for the third year in-a-row. Boston won its third in-a-row since losing quarterback Babe Parilli with an injury, beating the San Diego Chargers, 20-14. However, it looks like the Pats’ title hopes were ruined by a 28-28 tie they played against the Buffalo Bills five weeks ago. Houston has a 10-3 record; Boston is 9-3-1. The Patriots end their season at Oakland next Sunday. Texans Beat Broncos In Sunday’s other AFL game, the Dallas Texans, who are waiting to learn who their championship playoff opponent will be, defeated the Denver Broncos, 17-10. On Saturday, the Buffalo Bills ended their season with a 20-3 triumph over the New ' York Titans. George Blanda started the Oilers off on their Sunday victory over the Raiders by kicking a 54yard field goal—just one yard short of his league record boot. He later kicked shorter field goals of 14 and 11 yards and also completed a 55-yard touchdown pass to Bob McLeod. However, probably the key play of the game was a 50-yard touchdown run by defensive tackle Ed Huffman after a blocked Oakland field goal try in the third period. That play opened a comfortable 27-17 lead for the Oilers. Narrows Houston's Lead Clement Daniels, who gained 187 rushing yards for Oakland, broke loose on a 72-yard run from scrimmage to touch off a 17-point second quarter for the Raiders, who narrowed Houston’s lead to 20-17 at halftime. Tom Yewcic, who has done an excellent job of filling in for Parilli, threw two touchdown passes and Gino Cappelletti kicked field goals of 18 and 9 yards in Boston’s win at San Diego. Jim Colclough, giving the Patriots a 17-3 halftime lead. Boston recovered three fumbles to stall San Diego drives.’ The

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Chargers scored in the final period aftpr Earl Faison recovered a Boston fumble, and they added a two-point conversion. But an onside kickoff attempt failed to work and the Chargers never- had a chance to threaten again. First Home Score When George Blair kicked a 42yard field goal for the Chargers in the first period, it marked the first time they scored at home against the Patriots in three AFL seasons. At Dallas, Abner Haynes set a pro football record by scoring his 19th touchdown and Curt MpClinton ran 69 yards from scrimmage in the first period to start the Texans off on their win over Denver. Haynes plunged over from the two-yard line to break the record of 18 touchdowns shared by Steve Van Buren of the Phil<adelphia Eagles and Jimmy Brown of the Cleveland Browns in the NFL., and Bill Groman of the AFL Oilers. Gene Mingo kicked his 27th field goal for the Broncos, a 47-yarder, extending his all-time pro record. On Saturday, Cookie Gilchrist of the Bills became the AFL’s first rusher to gain more than 1,000 yards in a season as he scored all of Buffalo’s 20 points against New York. Gilchrist gained 143 yards, including scoring runs of 42 and 30 yards, to boost his season total of 1,096 yards. Hockey Results NATIONAL LEAGUE Saturday Scores Boston 3, New York 3 (tie.) Montreal 2, Detroit 1. Toronto 1, Chicago 1 (tie). Sunday Stores Detroit 4, Toronto 3. Boston 4, New York 2. Chicago 2, Montreal 1. INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE Saturday Scores Fort Wayne 2, St. Paul 1. Omaha 4, Minneapolis 1. Sunday Scores Omaha 4, Minneapolis 1. at**********************? I CHRISTMAS | SUGGESTIONS | LIVING ROOM » SUITES I No monthly pay- | ments until March | UHRICK BROS. I Discount Furniture g