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January 7* Jj954 ®>^r? ?T] - f 4:,iHWti:j '>*•*» AJi/l*? iV-#^ '.'•fefeV-:' V?> iV < -AJ ^ •*.•» *»'v (•%•?...••- . ,Jf •: :?'S tip McHENBY PLAINDEALER *" 4>.s* ! -* ?• i-V-SFM kkjk 4^ II I)|||.||W||^I . »?W <#j«9'S' ,3 «•i»s" •*. *bjje t* V^t's •-• *v-' ^ -r: ^ . < j"*1 ^W-JJ ,<.- "M** WINTER DRIVING « TECHNIQUES TOLD IN NEW BOOKLETS JDoee " temperature •Uto'8 stopping ability on ice? • ••..•Yea --- and that answer comes #lth authoritative emphasis from * group of engineers and automotive experts- who braved chill winds on a frozen Wisconsin lake to find answers for the National Safety Council's committee on winter driving hazards. "The driver who starts out on icy road early in the mornwhile it's still cold finds traction and stopping ability fairly good," said Ralph A. Moyer, traffic research engineer for the University of California and chairman of the committee. "But as the sun comes out and the temperature rises, he 'doesn't realize that the ice will become much more treacherous. When he finds he can't stop in time to avoid an accident, it'3 often too late." The committee, in two new booklets summarizing its test f i n d i n g s , l i s t s t e m p e r a t u r e changes as one of the three most important reasons for winter traffic ^'accidents. The others are reduced visability and inadequate traction In addition to describing effective winter driving techniques, the booklets evaluate the mechanical helps available to motorists. Tire chains are rated as the best self-help, with teat3 proving their ability to cut braking distance in half on either snow or ice and to increase pulling traction four to seven times. Reinforced tire chains, socalled because cross chains are reinforced with projecting teeth or cleats, are recommended because of their power to resist side skids as well as to provide .^•top-and-go traction. The committee also tested twenty-five different specialized tires qf the snow-lug or winterized type. The conclusion was that while some of the tires md . advantages under certain conditions, their overall improvement was not great enough to warrant less care or precaution when driving on slippery surfaces and their performance was far below that of chains. Stabilizing attachments -- often termed "inertia" or "gyro" anti-skid devises -- which are installed under the rear frame ef the car were tested by both expert and average drivers. The tests failed to prove that the devices toift effective in prventing skidding on ice and snow. ?rUnit'^chains -- sometimes caH- * ed emergency chains -- were tested by the committee. Consist - chains gave better traction than bare tires but were greatly inferior to »full chains. The committee even warned that skidding is "likely to be caused by affect anthe frictional forces developed when oi^p unit chain on one tire 18 contact with the ice and on the other side of the vehicle only the- unprotected tire area between the unit chains is in contact with the ice." The booklets also offer advice on how to use the brakes when stopping on ice, how tb start in second gear and with automatic transmissions, how to avoid skids due to oversteering, and other safe winter driving tips. Single copies or either booklet -- "Here Are Winter Facts for Passenger Car Drivers" or "Safe Winter Driving Facts for ^frtick Drivers" -- may be obtained without charge by writing Committee on Winter Driving Hazards, National Safety Council, 425 N. Michigan Ave,. Chicago 11 111. VA REPRESENTATIVE TO VISIT COUNTY TUESDAY, JAN. 12 Thfe first regular visit of 1054 to Woodstock by a Veterans Administration representative of the Rockford VA office will be on Tuesday, Jan. 12. As in the past, he will hold his office in the post office building, second floor, and will be on duty from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. to inform and assist veterans, their dependents and the genera) public on all benefit programs administered by VA. VA's representative will come to Woodstock every second Tuesday of the month during 1954 and hold his office at the post office building as in the past. The Rockford VA office reported that during 1953 hundreds of McHenry county veterans and other residents obtained assistance <and information from their representative, and in many cases resolved their problems without necessity of correspondence with other Veterans Administration offices. VA's representative will inform and assist veterans' organizations, other agencies dealing in veterans' affairs and the general public, as well as veterans and their dependents on all matters pertaining to the Veterans Administration. It is beginning to dawn on Nearly everyone that idleness is the one thing left that can't be taxed. Why not let the current generation attempt what' the eider generation thinks is impossible? Ing of three or fottr units, strap- Order your Rubber Stamps at ped individually to * tire, the the Plaindealer, hy TIMKEHT HEAT It's produced by the famous Wail-Flame Method FOR OIL HEATING FOX OAS HEATINO Timken Silent Automatic Wall-Flame Burners are experience / / engineered! That's why, when you install Timken Silent Automatic oil or gas heat, you'll have a superior heating plant --one that will provide the finest in home heating comfort! These famous burners blanket heating plant walls with a natural, clean-burning, blue-hot flame. You're assured utmost cleanliness and fuel economy at all times! You can count on years of trouble-free operation, too--the oil burner has only one moving part (self-lubricated), and the burner head OH .gas models is clog-proof! 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There is little change in this number over),The nwd moat prevalent fatal 1952, which is considered -la fce infectious diseases are pneumonan encouraging sign. In* the infectious disease class, tubeiculosis is the leading killer and accounts for thirteen out of every thousand deaths among people of Illinois. Between 1,200 and 1,300 persons died from the disease in the year in this state, the exact figure not included, of course, in the ten-month report. ia and influenza, which in 1953 accounted for about 4 per cent of all deaths. A sharp increase of almost 25 per cent in deaths from these two causes over vhe preceding year were noted. This is the result of. a fairly severe nation-wide epidemic of pneumonia and influenza in the early months of the year. Polio wm a g»wh smaller threat than the previous year. In the first ten months of 1963 there were only ninetjg-Mtt deaths from polio as compared to 204 for the same period of 1952. 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