Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 10 July 1947 — Page 6

On Traffic Mihaps

Action Taken

As Rate Increases .

The state tiaffic safety commission today intensified its drive to end the vacation-time upsurge of ‘traffic accidents. The move coincided with a rocketing number of speeding arrests in Indianapolis. Last month brought a 90 per cent hike in the number

municipal courts Commission director James D. Harrison said three points would be emphasized—an increase in the number of restricted speed zones on state highways; erection, if possible, of signs outlining. state speed laws, and a general crackdown by state police highway patrols. Rossow Aids Drive Col. Robert Rossow, superine. tendent of state police, backed the new drive with the promise that more troopers would be assigned

: State Spurs War

of speed law violations haled into|

to highway patrol during the remainder of the heavy traffic season. Both spokesmen admitted they) were seriously hampered by lack] of funds to push their drive, Governor Gates sald many tour-| + ists travelling in the state were “under the erroneous impression” that Indiana has no speed laws, At many dangerous highway points, he reminded, there are specific] speed limits posted. And the law provides that passenger cars at all times must be held to a speed “reasonable for existing traffic conditions.” . “Most of our fatal accidents on the open road are the result o drivers losing control of their cars” Mr. Harrison &dded. “When that happens, it's a sure indication reasonable speed was being exceeded.” Truck Limit 45 ; Trucks are limited to 45 miles an hour and busses to 50 miles an | hour under state law. | At a special session of the safety commission yesterday, Prof, J. L. . Lingo of Purdue university pointed out that at the present accident rate nearly half the persons in the ~gntirs gountry will receive some sort of injury.before (hey are 60 years = Cray a .

'Wandering Scot’

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Seeks $1000 For Garden ‘Disc

Californian Denies Object Is Hoax

{Continued From Page One) practical joke was the first thing | he thought of. He doubted though that the disk could be made by, any one velLsun. “I'll say this,” he sald, “whoever made this was a skilled mechanic and had heavy machinery It would | take a large ‘professional shop like Lockheed to turn it out.” He added that he had no workshop himself, ‘Mother Saw It Explode’ He sald the object must have “flown” Anto his yard, “It isn't the kinil of thipg that could be-thrown that high and that far,” he sald. “My mother saw it explode in the air.” . : The 30-inch disk weighed about 10 pounds. Neighbors called the Van Nuys

Off on Last Lap

BUFFALO, N. Y., July 10 (U. P). | - —==Arthur-John , 54, . whose wanderlust has taken him 665,000 “jilles on foot, was ready today to set out on the final phase of his third round-the-world walking trip. Mr. McMarold—who- prefers to' be! known as the wandering Scot—sald he would leave Buffalo in a few days for New York City to board a steamer for his native land. He will work -His passage as a stoker and spend his spare time walking the deck. The jaunty hiker sald he had]

land portion on foot, he said.

covered 665,000 miles on land and) 180,000 on water since he began his nomadic life in 1021. He did the,

fire department, which watched the disk throw off an acrid smoke for a few minutes, then picked it up and took ‘it away for examination: Tapers to Sharp Edge Mr, Long said the disk was com-

posed of two sheets of “galvanized

Today and EVERYDAY . .

HERE TIS—Russell Long of North Hollywood, Cal. holds the "flying disc” which he says landed in his flowerbed, The picture shows the underside of

the 10-pound, 30-inch object. Acme Telephoto

~ ~ fron, 5 inches thick in the center

and tapering to a sharp edge. It contained what appeared to be a| radio tube, “The exhaust pipes were made of half-inch tubing and extended about four ipches from the rim,” Mr. Long sald. “Across the top was a fin which ran from the center to within a few inches. of the edge and apparently gave -the- device stability. It also had a rudder.” Mr, Long said the entire disk wos warm but not hot when it fell. “It obviously is a jet-propelled, radio-controlled mechanism — there is no question about that,” he said. “I've been an engineer for a long time and have done some work for the navy but I never saw anything like this before.”

Begs Gun ‘to Scare’ Cook, Ends His Life .-

LENOIR, N. €, July 10 (U. P).— Despondent over years of poor health, Restaurateur William Lawing borrowed a friendly police-

man's pistol “to scare my cook.”

He turned the gun on himself, police reported today. Mr. Lawing, 50, died in’ a hospital yesterday.

The policeman, who was eating

in the restaurant, loaned his weapon to the cafe owner who said he wished to play a practical joke on his kitchen help,

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