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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Herald, 1957-07-18, Page 311 { Traff1 Laws Like License To .,,in By DOUGLAS LARSEN NEA Staff Correspondent Washington - (NEA) -- Just crossing a state line in your car this vacation could make yoll a dangerous, potential highway killer. But don't worry about 1t. Your ,ut-of-state license tag gives you Special privilege to menace the lives of others on the road. This bit of frightening sarcasm --unfortunately true -is now be- ing studied by a congressional committee investigating highway safety. It was offored by Irving S. Markel, a highway safety en- gineer and a crusader for uni- form traffic laws among the States, He is traffic safety consultant to firms ,which operate more than 100,000 trucks. But he's also emotionally in- volved in the problem: Normal- ly a relaxed individual, he gets i•ed in the face, pounds the table and shouts on the subject of the needless, highway death toll be- cause of conflicting, weak traffic laws among the states, "In Virginia, for example, two non -parking traffic convictions Sets your license ' automatically uspended," Markel says. "Yet a person from a state without that law, with a half - n speeding convictions and elVe ated unfit to be behind a wheel, can drive all over Virginia," he explains. He explains another highway hazard resulting from no uniform traffic laws: "Less than 25 states have com- pulsory vehicle inspections with the result that mechanically dan- gerous cars will be on roads all over the country. The lives Of ;people driving in safe or inspect- ed cars on their vacations this summer will be seriously .endan- gered by this situation." He's most vehement about con- flicting state laws permitting youngsters to drive: "Children of 14 or 15 can drive in some states, but they don't have the maturity to drive care - "Children aren't allowed to carry weapons, but what more dangerous weapon is there than a ton or two of steel under the control of a child can hurtle tle along at a high speedsimply pressing his foot down?" - He favors a nation-wide mini- mum age of 18 for drivers. Markel supports the work of the National Committee on Uni- form Traffic Laws and Ordin- ances, a group which resulted ,, from a White Houseconference on highway safety. But he would go beyond the group's method which is encouraging voluntary passage of uniform laws. He fa- vors federal legislation forcing states to adopt a uniform coda. He wants to tie the code to the big federal road building program and have it adminis- tered by a Highway Safety Divi- sion within the Department of Health, Education and Welfare. Creation of stich an agency is proposed in a bill sponsored by Sen: Lyndon Johnson (D. -Tex.). A little more than half of the uniform code recommendations of the NCUTLO have been made into laws by the states. Based on his work with truck- ing firms, which includes the rigid enforcement of uniform safety rules. Markel believes the only solution to cutting the na- tion's traffic toll is federal, legis- lation to force a uniform code on the states. "Anything short of that is a farce," he claims. One of Markel's contributions to traffic safety is a special cam- era mounted on car which takes pictures of driving violations. The speed of the offending car and the time of day automatical- ly show on the picture. He uses the device to keep the drivers of his trucking clients in line. Periodic physical exams and an absolute maximum of 45 mph are among the rules he enforces on his clients. He has their acci- dent rate down to half of that for general commercial vehicles. ' He thinks 50 mph is a safe maximum speed for passenger cars on a two-lane road, with 60 mph as the maximum on turn- pikes. He also thinks that there should be a minimum of 40 mph enforced on highways and that the maximum driving age is 65. He would have persons over 65 get yearly permission from a physician to continue driving. 1110 POTENTIAL KILLER iN ACTION: 'In these sequence photos the Markel Safety Camera captures a perfect example of how NOT to pass another car - (1) crossing double white line, (2) pass- ing on a hill and (3) passing on a curve. tR SSWO PUZZLE IA 0 Midday 29 rut 7. Wine cask 31. Wager 8. h'"orward 33. Malt firms.. 0. Alligator pear 34. Female ruff 10. Palaces 110. 'Tavern 11.Lncks nt hair OS. Word of 17. 'lead covering comfort • 19. Age 39. Lazar 20. Nourished 40. Obliterate 22. Tngnire 42. ilttsbantl of 23.Optleal Five 40. blverytlting 40 Rees -aria Part 40.:411,nnrium svttttwl DOWN 1 00 It$' 1. 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The pup's grabbing a free ride doesn't bother 'Blue Boy", a hefty porker. He just keeps rooting up dinner while puppy "hams it up". WLUM. FROM Jokulaaseit • Care in the handling of herbi- cides cannot be over emphasiz- ed, and with a new growing. season at hand, the Field Crops Branch of the Ontario Depart- ment of Agriculture sends you, a reminder of the damage that may be caused by careless han- dling of substances that when, properly used, can be of inesti- mable value to agriculture. Through the use of 2,4-D; 2,4,5-T and 'other herbicides, weeds teen now be more easily, more efficiently and more econo- mically destroyed than ever be- fore; but care must be exercised in their use or they can become weapons of destruction. When handling herbicides, be sure to protect the eyes and avoid in- haling the chemicals. Prolonged exposure of the skin should also be avoided. When the herbicide is labeled "poisonous" specie. precautions should be taken.`•. * W 8 When using 2,4-D or relates, chemicals, such as 2,4,5-T, s`• if, possible on a calm;., always against the wi ing the sprayer nozzle as el to the weeds as possible. Care-' less spraying, particularly with high volatile types of 2,4-D can result in considerable drift da- mage to susceptible crops such as grapes, tomatoes, tobacco, sugar beets, beans, carrots, tur- nips, cauliflower and fruit trees. a * A special sprayer should be kept for herbicides only as the chemicals are difficult to remove from the sprayer and traces of them in other solutions can da- mage susceptible crops, n 8 8 2,4-D and 2,4,5-T should not be stored with fertilizers, insec- ticides and fungicides because these materials may become con- taminated from leaky containers or from accidents in handling. Great care must be taken to avoid 2,4-D . damage in green- houses. 2,4-D should never be stored in potting sheds or used around greenhouses, cold frames or hot beds as spray drift or vapor may enter through green- house ventilators and destroy valuable plants. Soduiin chlorate is one of the older but very excellent weed. killers. It is however, piosonous to livestock, constitutes a seri- ous fire hazard and is corrosive to equipment. Atlacide and Erco- Gide are trade names for sodium• chlorate with a fire retardant added. Do not smoke or light matches while using sodium chlorate or allow stock to pas- ture in a field for three months after its use. great -horned owl will also kill a crow, rat, cat or weasel bails it out of the "kill on sight" class. Perhaps the most unusual item about this bird is his fondness of skunks. He will attack them and eat them readily whenever they are found. And it is a rare case when e. killed great -horn doesn't radiate the foul odors of the skunk. Dangerous Killer The great -horn will kill his own kin or any owl he chances upon, but in turn he is attacked by crows, jays, hawks and near- ly every farmer or sportsman who is carrying a gun. While this most powerful of the owls is still found in every state of the U.S.A., he is un- doubtedly declining in numbers, Handley believes. With the wholesale persecution by people the number could not help but dwindle. If every hunter knew one owl from another, Handley said, the killing of the great -horn would undoubtedly be beneficial to both 'game and poultry. But since most owls killed are ac- tually beneficial birds which eat mostly mice, rats and insects, people would be served better no 'owls were shot, except actually found damaging The great -horned owls in late winter are diligent in the task of incubation, however, anis will sit out the storms and cold weather. Two to five dull white eggs are laid, usually in an .abandoned hawk or crow's nest or in a hol- low tree. New feathers plucked from the owl's own body may be added to the nest. The young owls are hatched in about four weeks; they spend six weeks in the nest and on surrounding branches. About May the 'young will take to fly- ing for the first time. They are powerful and are too dangerous to be trusted as pets. The Great horned owl is a night time feeder, and prowl's the airways from twilight tq dawn.' It' is capable of killing a turkey, at least under game farm conditions. Freshly stocked wild turkey, poults and wing -clipped breeding, hens are most often preyed upon. No record of its killing a full-grown wild turkey is known. Handley admits that "from a game management viewpoint, the great -horn is the only owl whose food habits indicate it is more detrimental than beneficial to humans. While the game men admit under certain conditions the big owl should be controlled, extermination is not recom- mended. The owl's ability to control skunks, rats, and crows is certainly in its favor. Deep their numbers down, but keep a few of them around and both game and people will benefit, Handley recommended. Great Horned Owl Kills Own Kin Next to the eagle the great horned owl is the largest and most powerful bird of prey. It is the only owl seonceded by game men to do more harm than it does good. As a species, the horned owl ranges over all of North Ameri- ca, Other races of this species are found in Central and South America. It is a common resi- dent and nester in all parts of 'the United States. "The diet of the great -horn is unlike that of other owls," says Charles Handley, game chief for the West Virginia Con- servation Commission. "The mainstay of most owls is rodents while for this owl it is game birds and animals." But no bird or animal is all bad '-- and the fact that the • OW Ships Bell Goes To Halifax Shipwrights on a Cunard pier In Montreal recently crated for dispatch to Halifax, N.S., the gleaming brass bell which for 33 years sounded the passing hours in the liner Ascania. The former Cunarder sailed from Montreal last November on her final crossing of the Atlantic and shortly after arriving in England she was broken up. Re- turned to Montreal recently, the old bell is the last visible re- minder of the Ascania. The Cunard Lines presenting the Ascania's bell to the Mari- time Museum of Canada at Hali- fax, last resting place of many another mellowed memento from bygone Cunarders. Haligonians have a warm spot in their hearts, as well as in their nautical museum, for sou- venirs from Cunard liners for it was a citizen of this breeze - swept port who founded the `Line' 117 years ago. On July 4, 1840, Samuel Cun- ard, Halifax merchant and ship- owner, sailed from Liverpool for Halifax and Boston in the little paddle steamer Britannia to introduce regular passenger and mail service between the Old World and the New. Before long the Ascania's old bell will be ringing in the mu- seum in Halifax, the city to which it owes its origin. SENIOR HEAVYWEIGHT Older people who are over- weight are more susceptible to such conditions as cancer, dia- betes, high blood pressure and deterioration of blood vessels than those who are normal or a litttle underweight for their height, bone structure, age and sex. In addition, the heavy- weight is less able to climb hills and stairs than the thinner per- son. Upsidedown to Prevent Peeking, ©o©©o. MEVno MOM '111011,„t D 8E1 EWE MEM' MEM REIE/ _C3®®f :: ©©M cI (11 7I1NDAY SCIIOOL LkSS I'N . 1By Rev. R. Barclay Warren B.A., B.D. Caleb, Man of Faith and Cour- age. Numbers 14: 6-9a; joshes 14: 6-14. 1Vlemory Selection: Even the youths shall faint and be weary,, and the young men shall utterly fall: but they that wait upon „r LORD shall renew their strength Isaiah 40: 30-31 The word "fear" is being used much more of late years. The doctor often says to his patient2 "Is something bothering yo19, Mrs. Jones? Are you . fearful about something? Are you wor- ried?" Fear and worry are not exactly the same but they are closely related. They can cause g lot of trouble. , When the twelve men returned from spying out * the land, tett were possessed with fear and two with courage. The influence of the fearful prevailed. "And all the congregation lifted up their voice, and cried; and the people wept that night. And all the children of Israel murmured against Moses and against Aerate And they said one to another, Let us make a captain, and lel us return into Egypt." Caleb and Joshua did their best to inspire courage. Caleb said, "Let us ge up at once, and possess it; for we are well able to overcome it." Joshua said, "If the LORD de- light in us, then he will bring us into this land, and give it to us; - neither fear ye the people of the land; for they are bread for us: their defence is departed from them, and the LORD k with us: fear them not." But the people were so discouraged that they prepared to stone these men of faith. What were the results? The ten fearful men and all over twenty years of age who heeded them wandered in the wilderness un- til ntil all had died. Only Joshua and Caleb, men of courage, entered the good land forty years later. When they had entered the land under Joshua's leadership Caleb claimed his inheritanc4 The area he had spied out ws inhabited by fierce men. Hui Caleb's strength and courage had not abated. He said, "If so be the Lord will be with me, then 1 shall be able to drive them out, as the Lord said." And he did. Do you need courage? Remem- ber, "They that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength" I have proved it many times. -496 • EGO-CENTRiCiTY A new wr admired by Mrs.. Roy Cott who The freak egg was sent to her Kan., who got it from the nest inkle in the art of egg laying is holds a peanut-shaped specimen. by her mother, Mrs. E. R. Dixon,. of a white Leghorn hen. ezekeeeee DUCKY PARADE -- Waddling across the road in singleminded style, this duck detachment takes over the right of way i11 Denver's City Park, much to the annoyance of local motorists. Heading ford dip in the deep, the feathered flock was obviously convinced that the water was a little blue" %kc the lake on the other side.