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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1956
Folly on Wheels:
THE NEWBERRY SUN
PAGE SEVEN
Despite Tighter License Laws in Many States,
Many of Today's Drivers Lack Proper Training
!
A LTHOUGH the automobile has
■ caused more death and de
struction than almost anything
else invented by man, many people
still insist that driving is a right
»nA that any fool in the country
should be permitted to aim this
deadly weapon.
The tolly of this attitude is dem
onstrated by the fact that less
than half of today’s drivers ever
had to prove they actually could
drive before getting their licenses.
Further, it’s been estimated that
only 10,000,000 of our 70,000.000
drivers have had any type of pro
fessional training.
The other 60,000,000 either were
self-taught or learned from a
friend or relative who also may
have been self-taught. Such a tea
cher probably learned to drive in
days when traffic was less con
gested from “instructors” who
were auto salesmen and who
showed only how to start and stop
the car.
A large number of the drivers
who learned in the do-it-yourself
school never had to take Any test
—they obtained their licenses
through “grandfather clause” pro
cedures in certain states that
blanketed all drivers at the time
a driver license law was adopted.
This same escape permits driv
ers to renew licenses without an
examination or re-examination.
As a result, there are cases
where licenses are being main
tained by illiterates who can’t
even read the warning signs on the
road or by persons who are total
ly blind.
Fortunately, great progress in
improving driver licensing laws
has been made since the end of
World War IL
At present, 47 of the 48 states
require new applicants to take a
driving test as well as a written
examination before a license can
be issued.
Despite the improvements, safe
ty authorities admit that we still
have a long way to go.
Properly administered, they say,
good licensing laws can have a
tremendous impact on our traffic
safety effort by keeping unquali
fied and irresponsible drivers off
the roads and by requiring license
revocations tor flagrant law-break
ers and accident repeaters.
“Driver licensing plays a major
role in highway safety.” said
Rudolph F. King, registrar of
motor vehicles in Massachusetts.
“In the distribution of driver
licenses, we must put forth every
effort to see to it that only those
individuals who meet the required
qualifications in the strictest sense
of the word are permitted to have
issued to them the privilege of
driving on the highways,” King
stated.
“Ideally, the examination tor a
license should be uniform in all
states and should meet the regula
tions Of the highest standard states.
“If thu Isn’t done within a rea
sonable length of time, the states
that have high standards should
give serious consideration to deny
ing the reciprocity privilege to per
sons from states that have lower
standards.
“We should see to it that those
who get a license by merely writ
ing in for it or purchasing it from
some comer store be restricted
to operating in their own states.”
The American Association at
Motor Vehicle Administrators Is,
working for uniform laws and
uniform practices relating to
motor vehicle ownership and usage
in each of the 48 states.
In this drive, there are two
major obstacles, said Basil R.
Creighton, assistant executive
director of the AAMVA.
‘The first,” he pointed out, “is
political turnover. There must be
a continuity of policy and admini
stration of driver licensing pro
grams.
“The second is public apathy.
Good licensing programs should
be encouraged, unsound programs
should be corrected.
“The courts have upheld toe
fact that driving is a privilege,
now a right. There has been sub
stantial improvement over the
driver-licensing situation since
World War II, but it still is up to
the people to demand that the priv
ilege of operating a motor vehicle
be given only to those who are
qualified and be taken away fron
those who abuse the privilege.**
TROUBLE SPOTTER . . . “Big Bertha”, 90 foot barrage balloon,
is used in war against terrorists on Cyprus where Greek patriots
battle the British.
NEW JOB . . . Slated to com
mand British Mediterranean
forces is Lt. Gen. Sir Hugh
Stockwell, leader of first Brit
ish army in Germany.
For dry flies, the lighter the
wire in a hook, the better the
fly floats.
Eitcttbve Ofltct 9f the President • Bureau of the
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also fields of expenditure. Surplus of $700,000,000 is predicted for 1957.
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THE BIGGEST MISTAKE
By Frqn Pachter
J UDITH had arrived at the resort
a bir on edge. Her usual seren
ity had been ruffled by the unpre
cedented demand of her husband
tor a divorce. She dismissed his
sudden rebellion as a form of tem
porary insanity and felt sure that
given time he would reconsider and
beg her forgiveness. Surety within
herself told her that he’d miss her
deft handling and finesse that had
brought about his success. He had
been a plodder, hiding his Uflent
and ability, fearful of demanding
his rightful recognition. It had been
her clever molding and manipula
tion along with knowing the right
people that had earned him his
place. Judith dismissed as incon
sequential his angry outburst when
he’d said, *T want a wife and chil
dren, not a manager.”
' To Judith, eapable and sure of
herself. It would have been pre
posterous to ever think there might
be another woman involved. Her
strategy lay in absenting herself
and give him time to think, this
combination she felt sure would
sway him. In her own good time
she would let him know her where
abouts. Let him slump a bit, re
vert to his old ways.
It came as quite a shock to
Judith to learn that Randy had not
slumped, also that he was aware
of her whereabouts and content
to let her be. Before she could
properly digest this unexpected re
action, she received divorce pa
pers. For the first time in her* life,
Judith was taken aback and at a
loss as to plan. Had she so com
pletely misjudged her husband?
Had he been serious when he’d
shouted denunciation of their life
together? How could he manage
without her? She realized now that
not contesting the suit had been a
serious ™ it hit her with
tremendous impact the day the
decree was granted. Out of the
blue she found herself no longer
a wife but a divorcee, a situation
not to her liking.
Failure in anything to Judith was
bitter and news that Randy was
already seeing another woman sent
her flying back to New York.
A widow with a child of five,
a woman best described as whole
some and fresh looking, but lack
ing chic and style. A far cry from
the elegance of Judith and to her
mind minor competition. She saw
them together at Randy’s favorite
club. It sickened her to see Randy
fawn over the little girL Merhory
of Randy’s love, of children and her
denial armed her with a weapon.
She dressed with care the day of
their pre-arranged date armed
with her secret weapon and know
ing she looked her best. Conversa
tion was casual until the meal was
over; Judith took the initiative to
ward personal conversation by say
ing.
“I’m sure Randy that by now
you regret your foolish impulsive
ness. Let’s try again. We’ll re
marry and have a child and life
will be as before.”
“I made no mistake, Judith and
life will not be as before, not for
you and I. I had better tell you, I
am getting married.”
Judith whitened with anger at
his abrupt refusal and she lashed
out at him vindictively. “I’ll pull
my friends away from you and
you’ll have nothing. You'll become
once again an obscure nobody.”
Randy spoke quietly,' “It doesn't
matter. I am leaving New York to
set up practice in Iowa. You know
I always wanted to practice in a
small town." '
“Fooll You blind stupid foot To
give up all this tor a mundane ex
istence. How can you?” Judith’s
anger and disbelief brought a
chuckle to Randy.
"It’s not me that’s blind, Judith.
It’s you. I hope someday you wake
up to what really matters in life,
but I’m afraid you won’t.”
She watched him leave, aware
that she had lost something pre
cious, a quality of life Randy had
and she could have shared. Hope
stirred in her heart that someday
she too might have another chance
and be smart enough to hold
onto it.
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L Impenitent means (a) sorry; fb) imprisoned; (e) hard
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2. Imperturable means (a) calm; (b) easily moved; (e)
obliging.
3. Inculcate means (a) blame; (b) to teach; (c) impose.
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By LYN CONNELLY
T HE indefatigable Bob Hope
already making plans to visit
GIs on Christmas and New Year’s
Day . . . Just a glance at the
comedian’s itinerary for a week
would make the average person
dizzy . . . How he manages the
pace is still a mystery unless he
has secretly found the Fountain
of Youth . . . CBS plans to show
Judy Garland’s wonderful “Wiz
ard of Oz”, made back in 1939,
every Christmas for the next four
years . . . This should make
“must” television fare ... If we
must see old pictures they should
at least be good old pictures.
Eleanor Powell gave up her
career as a screen dancer to be
wife to Glenn Ford and mother
to his children . . . ‘ f fhen she
found a wonderful substitute in
a local TV show in which she in-
Aructs children in the Bible . . .
ihe has , received many awards
tor her fine work and is So popular,
her speaking engagements have
already entered into 1958 . . . This
all sounds fine except that Glenn
now feels his wife is not spend
ing enough time at home, some
thing she intended to do when
she left the screen! -\tur-
PLATTER CHATTER ^
CAPITOL: — Gay Lombard*
comes up with an unusual instru
mental wo found intriguing . . .
It’s called “Bistro” . . . The flip
aide baa “Yon Dance With Me”
sung well, as usual, by Kenny
Gardner . . . Kathy Lloyd baa a
cute number In “The West Point
Dress Parade” which she sings
with Dick Reynolds ork accom
panying . . . It’s backed by “The
Wind Up” . . . Sinatra combines
tones from his two latest movies
on bis latest disc . . . One Is “The
Johnny Concho Theme” which is
the best thing about the picture
, . . The other is “You’re Sensa
tional” from “High Society.”
Les Brew* gets nostalgic with
two oldies, “Thrt Certain Feel
ing” and "Hit W Road to Dream
land” ... A pleasing piece of
wax.
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BY JOHN and JANE STRICKLAND
I N 1916 the United States Gov
ernment retired as unfit from
the Navy for service a young man
twenty-eight year old who had been
bom with ambition. He loved to
work, he loved travel, he loved
knowledge, and he loved his coun
try. His lack of fitness was due to
a broken bone in his foot, suf
fered when playing football.
His problem was how to work
toward his goal when he had been
dismissed from the service where
he might have had a chance. He
might have even become an Ad
miral in’ the Navy if his chance
hadn’t been snatched sway from
him.
But there loomed over the hori
zon s new hope!!—flying. World
War I had demonstrated the po
tentialities of the airplane. That
was IT. Aviation, that didn’t re
quire strong bones in his feet.
Strong hands were more impor
tant—and a good head. Now he
could travel. He would go North—
maybe to the Pole. A high fly
ing ship, the Shenandoah, offered
him a chance. Then the Shenan
doah was destroyed in a test flight.
He appealed to the Government,
and although his father was a Sen
ator of the United States, no fa
voritism was shown him. The gov
ernment refused his first request;
that he be allowed to make test
flights to ready a plane for cross
ing the Atlantic Ocean; then he
made an appeal to be allowed to
go with Amundsen to the Arctic
Circle. "No,” said the government.
“We are sending only unmarried
men; you are married.”
But he wouldn’t, give up. He had
a problem but he would solve it.
Through what medium? Persever
ance! So he persevered. Since then
he has not only flown across the
Atlantic, but over all the other
oceans. He not only got to the
North Pole, but to the South Pole
—several times.
Today his title, conferred by the
United States Government, is Ad
miral Richard Evelyn Bird. Is
the name of any other American
Admiral better known to you?
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