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THURSDAY, AUGUST 9, 1956
THE NEWBERRY SUN
PAGE SEVEN
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There's Danger About!
We're in a National Traffic Emergency
Which Threatens Our Health and Wealth
We’re in the midst of a national
traffic emergency. It threatens the
life, limb and pocketbook of every
one of us.
The traffic fatality problem is
not confined to the congested larger
cities. In fact, three times as many
persons are killed in rural areas
and in towns under 2,500 popula
tion than in the larger cities. The
highest rural death totals are re-
, corded in July, August, September
and October.
The awesome outlook is that
within the next 12 months you or
some one of each of four drivers in
your neighborhood is marked sta
tistically to be in an automobile
accident.
Within the next 10 years one of
■every four families can expect to
be stunned by the news that a loved
one has been hurt, crippled,
maimed, disfigured for life or
killed in a traffic smashup.
Traffic injury expectancy, ac
cording to safety engineers, for the
Kemper Insurance group, indicates
that few children today can ex
pect to go through life without be
ing hurt—yes, hurt—in a motoring
mishap.
Frightening, you say? Appar
ently not frightening enough.
Last year more time, effort,
money and energy was expended
than during any previous year to
stop the slaughter on our streets.
And what happened?
We killed 38,300 of our fellow
citizens—2,300 more than the pre
vious year — and an estimated
L500,000 received injuries.
The economic loss was more
than $4 billion, or enough to re
duce the income tax of every
family about $100.
This year we’re putting even
more money, time and extra effort
into solving our traffic problem
than last year. But instead of get
ting better the picture is worse.
Homicide on the hignway is hit
ting an alarming record pace in
1956. At the rate we’re going so far
this year, 42,000 Americans will
die violently in traffic—the highest
total in our histroy.
Sometime within the next five
or so years, we’re likely to pass
the 50,000 mark in violent traffic
deaths.
Accident pressures are mounting
steadily as more and more high-
powered cars roll off* the produc
tion lines each year on to our al
ready overcrowded streets and
highways.
Twenty years ago about 27,000,000
motor vehicles were registered
in the country. This year the figure
is more than 60,000,000 and it’s
going up daily.
Meanwhile, our highway system
has become woefully inadequate.
Very little road building went on
during World War II and during
the early postwar years. Despite
the high pitch of current activi
ties on the local, state and federal
levels, it will be many years—if
ever—before our highway facili
ties can be considered adequate,
authorities assert.
Haven’t we made any progress
in the war against traffic ace*
dents?
Yes, we have. But n
strictly on the statistical side
This so-called progress can be
seen in what is called the “traffic
death rate’’ which is based on
100,000,000 miles of motor vehicle
traveL In 1936 the death rate was
15.1. In 1954 it dropped to a low of
6.4. Last year, it remained at 6.4.
In terms of actual lives lost,
however, we Amerit^is have
worked feverishly to stop this
slaughter, but have been unable
to hold the line. Although the
death ''rate per million miles has
been going down, the number of
persons killed has been going up
ward for the past 13 years.
Through all the carnage the
public has been strangely apathet
ic. Sure, everyone knows we have
a problem and recognizes the
threat. But the killing continues.
It’s going to continue—and get
worse—until you, your friends and
your neighbors get alarmed at
the threat to you, personally, and
get angry enough to demand a
solution, to insist on one and to
join in efforts to stop this highway
carnage.
In the remaining articles in this
special emergency series, we will
explode some of the phony ideas
that have handicapped the traffic
safety drive and we will present
facts that will help you decide
what you can do to save your own
life and the lives of your loved
ones.
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WTOE, WONDERFUL
By FRANKLIN J. MEINE
Editor, The American Peoples
Encyclopedia
V ACATIONISTS, and duty-bound
travelers, will be interested to
know that about 1 million room
units are available in motels, and
that total sales were about $1.5
billion dollars last year. Motels
are becoming increasing luxurious;
one in Virginia has three swim
ming pools and an 18-hole golf
course. Several others have ad-
mm
joining air strips. Such accommo
dations as switchboard service,
television, air conditioning, room
service, piped-in music, restau
rants and cocktail lounges are
being added to many motels. One
hotel chain moved into the motel
business with the announcement
that a $2.25 million "highway inn"
was to be built in New York state.
• • •
If you desire privacy while re
cuperating, it is best not to be
come ill or suffer an accident in
New York. The highest single hos
pital room rate, according to a
survey made by the American
Hospital Association is in that
state—and it is $35.00 a day. The
national average is $14.14. In most
cities you can get a hospital bed
in a two-bed room for $11.51, or
in a multi-bed room for $9,148.
The two-bed room rates range
from a high of $26.00 in North
Carolina to $5.00 in Texas and Lou
isiana. Multi-bed room rates also
showed a large discrepancy in
cost. The highest recorded was
$23.50 in Ohio, and the lowest,
$2.00 in Tennessee.
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IT HELEN RALE
H AVE some dents In your light
weight pots or pans? They
can be hammered out easily if
you’ll wrap the hammer head with
electricians tape and pound the
dent out easily and gently.
Have you wobbly laddersT
Have all the parts and
prevent them frpm slipping by
covering the bottom tips with
snipped off loops from old inner
tubing.
Before you paint old varnish, go
over the wood with fun strength
THIS WEEK’S RECIPE
Exotic Frosty Peaches
(Serves 6)
6 canned cling peaches
1 cup canned peach syrup
Vs cup sugar
V tablespoon lemon juice
1 teaspoon finely chopped
candied ginger
Chill peaches. Heat together
syrup and sugar unto sugar is
dissolved.
Add lemon juice and ginger;
cool then place in freezing com
partment and freeze until firm,
stirring occasionally. Drain
peaches and place a mound
of the frozen mixture on each
half and serve immediately.
clear household ammonia. Rinse,
dry and then sandpaper before
applying new varnish.
Want to start your barbecue lire
or fireplace quickly? Soak a brick
in kerosene and use this as a sub
stitute for kindling wood.
Clean your toaster regularly.
This is especially true when weath
er is humid as the crumbs will
gather moisture and will cause
the toaster to rust.
To prevent fires, always throw
away any papers or cloths on
which there is paint or varnish as
well as cloths which have been
used for waxing. These contain
ingredients which are inflammable
and should not be kept around
the house.
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BOYS ARE
THAT WAY
By J. M. ELEAZER
Returning to the country
store of childhood, its stock was
rather limited and fixed. Last
week I told of its bolts of cali
co, jeans, brogan shoes, and a
little fat meat for the improvi
dent.
I’ve often read of the ever
present cracker barrel in coun
try stores of other regions.
Ours didn’t come in a barrel,
or maybe that was before my
day. Ours came in wooden
boxes, like practically every
thing else. Some of these had
hinged tops and were treasur
ed by the customers when emp
tied. The crackers were of sev
eral sorts. One*was as large as
a saucer, plain, and sold for.'a
cent apiece, or 6 for a nickel,
as was the rule.
Yes, all penny goods was 6
for a nickel. And neckel goods
6 for a quarter. Then there were
small crackers with varied col
ored icings on ’em. Crackers us
ually sat on the counter or a
table where rats couldn’t get
to them.
Axle grease, trade chains,
hames, clevises, and single
trees were standard items. And
plug tobacco had a prominent
place, for cigarettes hadn’t in
vaded the Fork then, nor was
pipe tobacco very much used.
Some would chop up a little
chewing tobacco and amoke it.
But they would have to keep
putting a live coal of fire on it
to make it go. And the pipes
used were of clay.
As kids, the candy intrigued
us most. It came in three forms,
bucket, stick, and penny. The
bucket sort was mixed creams
and gums that came in large
white pint buckets and sold for
a cyme a pound. Stick candy
was of varied flavors and
stripes, and it came in 2.5 lb.
boxes, same as today. The pen
ny assortment claimed our in
terest most. A penny piece then.
w«ls equal to a nickel bar now.
The one I liked best was the
birdnest. Yes a candy bird’s
nest, with bird on it. The base
was firm marshmallow about a
half inch thick and 4 inches
across. On that was stuck a
batch of green cocoanut in the
form of the nest. In it were
about 5 candy bird eggs of va
ried colors. And to top the
whole thing off, on them sat a
perfect little candy bird. Each
of - these layers was slightly
stuck to the other so they re
mained in place. And, yes, all
of that batch of stuff was a
penny, or 6 for a nickel. i
More memories of the old
country store at the foot of the
hill next week.
There is no lack of game for
hunting in this country. Except
for the herd animals like buffalo
and certain birds, there is mpre
game available now than ever
before.—Sports Afield.
know your Stole
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Summerville, the Flowertown
in the Pines, protects its stately
trees, including the moss-draped
oaks and giant pines, by requir
ing permission from Council to
fell any tree. Recently, the cen
tury-old ordinance came under
scrutiny when street widening
and paving projects involved
many ancient and beautiful
trees.
In South Carolina, a state
blessed with beautiful trees, the
United States Brewers Founda
tion works constantly to encour-
. age maintenance of wholesome
conditions wherever beer and
ale are sold. As in other states,
the program calls for close co
operation between law r -enforce-
ment officials and beer licensees
throughout South Carolina.
Beer belongs . . . enjoy it.
United States Brewers Foundation
South Carolina Div., Columbia, S.C.
J
The b average
of moderation
NEW EMISSARY . . , Carrier
diplomat since 1929, Sir Harold
Caccia, 51, has been appointed
British ambassado.* to U. S.
CIRCUS FOLDS . . . Rtngling
circus clown Frank Salnto (right)
grease paints John Ringling
North n for.last time as Big Top
olosod forever in Pittsburgh.
TOP FLYER ... Col Horace A.
Hanes won Mackay trophy for
best 196$ flight when he flew
822.135 mph in F-100C Soper
Sabre plane. ****&?&&?
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“OPERATION ALERT” . . .
New York’s Times Square, world
busiest intersection, looks de
serted during nation-wld*’
defense exercise. *
Vic Vet says
'LOANS ON Gl INSURANCE MAY
BE REPAID |N FULL OR IN
AMOUNTS OP $5 OR MORE —
UNPAID LOANS WILL BE
DEDUCTED FROM THE PROCEEDS
OF THE POLICY AT MATURITY.
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QUEEN OF ALL . . . Carol Mor
ris, 20, Drake U. coed and daugh
ter of minister in Ottumwa, la.,
won Miss Universe title over 72
beauties at Long Beach, Cal.
She’s 5’ T, weighs 129.
FALLING TOWER Tower of old station in Ostend. Belgium, Is
blasted to make way for exposition scheduled for 1958.
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