Walkerton Independent, Volume 82, Number 35, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 6 August 1959 — Page 7

Playhouse Plans , New York Show Trip' The annual Fall Theater Holiday in New York has been announced by tile Management of the Maxinkiuckee Playhouse, Culver, Ind. The Playhouse has been sponsoring such a show trip to New York and Broadway each Fall and Spring for three .years and this current jaunt line s up as one of the most interesting of them all. Traveling by Indiana 'Tutor Bits, the group will leave from South Bend on Sunday morning, Sept. 20th, at. seven o’clock. Traveling down the Toll Road toute the trip takes only one day and the group will arrive directly at th? Hoor of the Paramount hotel that same evening, heated within walk mg distance to all shows. Al l rooms will have twin beds and single rooms can be reserved .so. an extra cost. While in New York, the travelers will have a truly wonderful line up of shows and events. He a 1mg the list of items will be four hit New York shows and three of them are musicals. Included will b? Ethel Merman in the musical "Gypsy” .Andy Griffith in the musical "Destry Rides Again" and Pat Sazuki in the Rodgers & Hammerstein hit "The Flowei Drum Song". Claudette Colbert and Charles Boyer in them hit comedy "The Marriage Go Round” will also bo included. On Thursday the group will attend a luncheon and New York fashion show at the Hotel Plaza and. their tickets to the Radio City Music Hail to see that stage show’ can be used whenever they Wish.

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The total prMc for the complete । I trip including round trip transpor- ' tation, theater tickets, hotel accomodations, Radio City Music Hall, luncheon and fashion show is only : one hundred fifty dollars. Meals ] are not included. Persons wishing ■ to make reservations should call Viking 2-2500 in Culver or Miss : Lois Hager in South Bend at CEntral 3-5763 or Miss Libby Campbell in Plymouth at WEbster 22642. Reservations can also be made by writing directly to the Playhouse. A deposit of twenty five dollars is required with each reservation. The managers of the Maxinkuckee Playhouse will accompany the group on the Theater party trip. Driver Fatigue Responsible For Gas Truck Crash Driver fatigue caused a fiery accident in which the driver of a gasoline-loaded tractor semi-trail-er died after his vehicle rammed a parked# car and a building in Charlotte, N. C., the Interstate Commerce Commission reported i after an investigation. The vehicle, operated by Associated Petroleum Carriers of Spartanburg, S. C.. was carrying 5,600 gallons of gasoline from Thrift, : N. C., to Pageland, S. C., when it । struck the illegally parked and unoccupied passenger car on January 3. 1959. The investigation report was issued by Commissioner Rupert L. Murphy. It stated that the driver, with 25 years of experience, had

driven 190 miles while on duty with no opportunity for appreciable rest prior to the fatal mishap. ICCs investigation determined that the gasoline-carrying vehi le had proceeded from a traffic light intersection to the passenger car parked at the curb instead of following the course of two clear traffic lanes. Rammed by the petroleum vehicle .the passenger car was shoved 96 feet until both vehicles collided with a brick building. Flames fed by the gasoline cargo engulfed th • tractor semi-trailer and building. Property damage was estimated at $48,400. The investigation determine 1 that the illegally parked auto wa an element in the accident. "How. ever,’" the report said, "the failure <>f the driver of the gasoline-laden vehicle to follow the course, of the two clear traffic lanes or to observe the parked vehicle, establishes primary responsibility to be in th? operation of the carrier's vehicle. ' Violations of ICCs motor carrier safety regulations were found to include those pertaining to driving while ill or fatigued, exceeding maximum driving time and th r - quirement that drivers maintain a daily log. "This accident, me official report stated, "emphasizes the vital : mportance of compliance with our safety regulations by all carriers, +hose transnorting flammable liquids and other dangerous

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1 products. "It is clear that compliance with i the safety regulations of this Commission as well as recognition • of the limit of human endurance would have prevented the conitions ' leading to this accident.” — SELF-RELIANCE 1 At this time of year many a college grad gets a nard bump । when thrown on his own resources li

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