The Independent-News, Volume 87, Number 35, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 29 August 1963 — Page 4

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Holiday Weekend Causes Heavy Traffic

A long holiday wtrk end is here again and once more tin alarming faits and figures of the traffic d 'aths will be splashed all over the newspapers, ladio and tch vision. This week end is slightly different than most as it also marks th- end of the summer season for many outdoor ri < real ions Highways of every -ize will be crowded, from such as the lord state highways to the big modern inter,4ate highways. To । minimally tell a person to obey the traffii laws and drive with extreme caution is hk. tilling a little boy to stay out of the cookie jar Howcvet it will take the complete cooperation of all again if any k:d of a fir Ui below < -timat o <a’ in highway deaths '"’areIe nos and hurry are the two main factors in highway at . - dents Ind’.-na as a state is running aD- d of the traffu d-aths fol the ycai as compar'd to th< figure of lad year Approxi-

Lights On For Safety

Just as beds tolled aero s the nation on Independent • Day to commemorate the tight to live in freedom, so will lights b< turned on thr-ugh >ut Indiana during the Labor Day w«. k< m' to demonstrate 'he de ire < f mot< i ists to ■ outanuc to live in th; t same land of freedom. 'Light- On For Safety" will 1? sponsored by the Trane Safety Foundation in a ; «•< '.d survival drive to reduce crip-

Partners In Progress Celebration

The South Bend and Mishawaka area is planning for a week k >g ceiebration in their towns. < .ailed th? ••Partners m I’rogTes." celebration that will feature some top flight entertainment for a weeks tim Tins is to celebrate the pro perity and close relationship of this area which th y have included St. Joseph County and the Niles area in theii promotional plans. Over the past several years, this area has not been known for its progress and prosperity, but if they want to have a big party they must have some kind

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mately 1200 persons lost their lives on Indiana highways anil stieits last year and this large figure will L • surpassed if something doesn’t change in a hurry This highway slaughter is unnecessary. Highway accidents have tak , en more lives ami caused nwserious injuries than all the wars the United States has been involved in. Dust y'ars national figure went over the 10.000 mark for the year, a new recur i and it was the first time the fatalities hav? reached that number. Cutting this gruesome ftgiin . is everyone - ? job p doesn t b< long to the safety ofh< ia! th ■ stat ■ or local pole e, th.- highway build." oi th liw maker Their jobs simply an- set to make t ach one aw lie of safety and what i . considere 1 saf ( tne chance. a little too much speed, or just an instant of careless ness can make the differenc ■ between life and d. ath

pling crashes and highway fatalities In a s'ate-wide crusade all motorists wih be encouraged to turn on low t, -am hea Hight when driving during the period from 640 pm Fridav Augu I 30. through Monday. S< ptemb. i A total of 19 persons perished in traffic crashes in Indiana dining the am< holiday span a year ago.

of a reason. This affair will bo v< ry < ntertaining whether nr not it provides any stimulation to the ar -i and through this means the public can profit at a very reasonable ft » of SI 00 p< r event We fee! that such as this can have a significant meaning at least for the short period of time it is enjoyed even though the long range thought behind it he-n't quite match the outcome of the last few years. A story pertaining to this program appears in another locatioh of this paper with the schedule of outstanding events to be held by this group.

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Sciknch'All T-,c s ^ ■ ■ Reeling nervous You’ve got lots of company, tine out of ever/ 12 adults in America tak< s tr inquihzer regulary according to a survey m a leading ohomical industry jounuii. The pills, intro, duced just seven years ago, are now the tlurd-largcst selling prescription drug Annual retail sales are well over S2OO million. Dieting isn't necessarily depressing, report two University ot Pittsbuigh researchers, William G. Shipman, PF D, ant! Marvin K. Plesset, M D An »ni, 151 ovci - weight patients they studied, mostly women, only a few became depressed during a period of dieting Successful dieting', they add, actually lessened anxiety and depression. Science Reporter, a weekly pro. gram, is planned for the fall season by National Educational Television It will be the only weekly network science series broadcast at prime time, says NET The organization has 72 affiliated stations serving 70 million viewers. < fThb "world's longest pneumatic tube system nearly four miles in being installed to link the five clinical buildings of the Puerto Rico Medical Center in San Juan Paper work, medical records, small supples and dmgs will be tramyxnted through the system at about 17 m ph. Fanning yourself on a hot and humid day avails nothing advises Dr Anna M Baetjer of Baltimore if the air temperature is the same as that of your skin. Motion of air increase-, loss of heat from th? body surface only by replacing the layer of air in contact with the body with coolei and dt ier air. she says For long trips at sustained, high speeds, inflate your car's tires with four pounds more pressure than normally reeomnwmied. say - tile Rubber Manufacturer's A.-s >- elation Foaming tooth-cleaning tablets will lie available soon in vending machine-, throughout northern California and Nevada Price two for a dime. > One caveman to anothei "Don’t tell me there's no connection. We never used to have weather like this before they used bows and arrows.” Read Die Classified Ada

SERVICE SFC David B Frame .or. of Mr a d Mi Samm 1 N I Tam* Rt. 1, Walkerton, is eurr.mt'y serving a two week tour • f annual active duty with Headqt arter- VI CS Army Corp in B’ttle Creek While m 'h • Corps Iw is workmgg as a Chief Fir • 1 mei - tion Computer The Corp*, command.-I by Major Gerwral Jonathen O Seaman,

■ WASHINGTON ANO' ■ H "SMALL BUSINESS’’ I ^M By C. WILSON HAROF9 ■ MM. . / ■

Saul of Tarsun v s quite a well known, efficient tax collector until one day he was struck by a blinding light and became Paul the Apostle. • * a Today aver the land many amylayer* are also seeing a

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light, and while not able to discontinue the role forced on them of being unpaid tax collectors, are be-| coming a|H>s-| ties of sanity.l » * * Recently J.

S. Kimcl, Sr., pre idem of the Republic Electric Company, a ' Davenport, a 50 year old lowa ! linn paid his employees their full cheek with no tax deductions. accompanied by a letter which said in pait:— • * • “I am letting you know this week how much you arc really earning by paying you the full amount due you, not deducting the withholding tax or the social security tax. The extra amount given you this week will be deducted and spread over the next three week’s checks.” ♦ • * A. G. Heinsohn. Jr., president of the Cherokee Mills in | Sicversville, Tennessee, also recently brought home to his employees who pays for government extravagat ce. • * * He pave them their usual checks minus the deduction*, but then handed them bags of siher dollars equalling the amount of the deductions, explaining this would be deducted from next three paycheck* • • e For about eighteen months, £ Naikmal rvArrates t ImirpchJu.i bu,^,

is responsible for the trlining, admintdration, and supp' • of all Army R* <-rve unit.; am ROTC De: r hmcnD in Michigan 'nd Indiana. A Jd-Tl g> id 'ate of W i korlon* L ’ cr'n High School, S g.-ant Ft urn- is a ■ tudr nt at R- 'l'.a College- m Mishawaka, Indian i SFC Frame entered the Army in Nov mbvr 1951 nnd : >-tvcl on active duty until Novel er 1956, wh*-n he joined the 3lt!. Artillery in South Bend. He is currently employe i as a spf-cuU representative f r ti .> Union Centra! Life Tnsumn.-.' CoJ in South B*nd.

the Premier Photo Service in Parkersburg, West Virginia, headed by A. K Summers, has been regularly paying employees their full checks three weeks out of the month, and then taking all deductions out . of the fourth paycheck, * * * A $125 per week employee, under this system, finds the pay for the fourth week Is j 522.68. A 5*0.00 per week employee finds that on the fourth week not only is no pay forthcoming. but that actually $4.75 is owed in additional taxes. 0 0* "Most of our employees.” 1 Mr. Summers states, "now realize wild federal spending is coming out of their pockets.” * 0 0 Shortly after starting this plan, in one of those "M»n- --; aged news” episodes, newspaper people informed Mr. Sum* ! mers that the tax people had told them they would take action against him if this con- | tinued. Rut despite headlines, no move has ever been made. The Baker Tool Company of Los Angeles. Coors Brewing of Denver, and many others are j using variations of these meth- , ods to impress on employees । who pays for waste. * * * So far, under the existing I laws, this appears legal, as long a* the employer pays government tax amount* due. * * * There may be a move to make a ruling that this ”crusade of truth" Is illegal. * * * if so. Congressman Edward J. Gurney of Florida has said he is ready to introduce a bill which will confirm employer right to continue educating employees on who support* governmental extravagance*.