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LS SS, em Traffic Laws Like License To Kill By DOUGLAS LARSEN NEA Staff Correspondent Washington -- (NEA) -- Just crossing a state line in your car this vacation could make you a dangerous, potential highway killer, But don't worry about it. Your out-of-state license tag gives you special privilege to menace the lives of others on the road. " This bit of frighténing sarcasm --unfortunately true--is now be- Ing studied by a congressional committée investigating highway safety. It was offored by Irving 8. Markel, a highway safety en- ineer 'and a 'crusader for uni- orm 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 Jed in the face, pounds the table d shouts on the subject of the needless highway death toll be- use of conflicting, weak traffic aws among the states. "In Virginia, for example, two "non-parking traffic convictions gets your license automatically suspended," Markel says, "Yet a person from a state without that law, with a half- dozen speeding convictions and fated unfit to be behind a whee, can drive all over Virginia," he éxplains. 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 jo some states, but they don't- a ve the maturity {o drive care- fully. "Children aren't allowed to arry weapons, but what more dangerous weapon is there than ton or two of steel under the control of a child who ean hurtle along at a high speed simply by 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 House conference 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 & uniform code. He wants to tle 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 such 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. y 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 accl- 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 68, He would have persons over 68 get yearly permission from a physician to continue driving. Oilmen Follow Up 2400-Year-Old Clue "I myself also saw in Zante pitch rising out of the lake)" With these words the Greek his- torian Herodotus, 'some 2,400 years ago, recorded a fact which today is bringing cautious hope and anticipation to the frequent- ly-earthquake-battered island of Zante, in Greece. For where olive trees and the masts of fishing ships alone "broke the horizon, the towering derricks of oil drillers now pierce the skyline, Large pools of oil oozing to the surface, plus the usual drill- ers' cores, prove the presence of hydrocarbons, but it will be up to the experts to decide whether their modern machinery will produce commercially profitable fields." Down through' history Zante has had many dreams of riches from oil and asphalt, There is unquestionably oil, It floats out to sea, streaking the water with weird: designs, and it soaks the flats of Kerli marsh and bay. The .migrating cows that wander about often take on the black Holstein look when their real colors are plain old brown. 3 In the old days many of the so~ called exploiters used common cistern pumps and did get crude oil and asphalt. Others misused the holes they dug by dynamiting and dumping concrete haphaz- ¢ WRONG FOOT -- Kobus the Qrangutan appears a mite un soclable after he was wakened by visitors to the Antwerp, Bel- Fo Zoo, He has a reputation or continually starting off the day on the wrong foot. confirmed repotrs or rumors state that the Germans took oll and asphalt from Zante. Under an agreement between the government and seven Creek titleholders, Zante is now !being operated by two companies Pan | -- American Greclan and Pan Is- rael. American Grecian holds the operation contract with Pan Is- rael as the subcontractor hand-. ling the drilling operations. Their equipment Includes all sorts of drills and testing equipment almed at determining where the precious but historically elusive oil is hiding among the fractures and fissures that are part of the earthquake island's past. But the story of the island's richer past is both legendary and historical, for it was from here that Odysseus organized the ardly into the shallow holes. Un=~ - a ES ON FILEan ONE SRP RL TER AE i ih FH br eA SEE FF . A Ph Fo are ARIE VTA TL A ART IAE Rp ASL HIGH ON THE HOG--That's the vey this puppy's: living. The 0 pup's grabbing a free ride doesn't ther "Blue Boy", a hefty porker. He. just keeps rooting up dinner while puppy "hams 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. LJ LJ a J ~ Through the use of 24-D; 2,4,5-T and other herbicides, weeds can now be more easily, more efficiently and more econo- miecally destroyed than ever be- fore; but care must be exercised "in their use.or they-ean: become weapons of destruction. When handling - herbicides, be sure to rotect the eyes and avoid In- Paling the chemicals. Prolonged exposure of the skin should also be avolded. When the herblcid is labeled "polsonous" specl precautions 'should be taken. 1 3 ® When using 2,4-D or related emicals, such as 2,4,8-T, spra ? possible on a calm day an always against the wind, keep- ing the sprayer nozzle as close 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, ture nips, cauliflower and fruit trees.- ae * * » - 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. LJ LJ] * 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 Ha great-horned owl will also kill a crow, rat, cat or weasel balls 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 a 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. . It every hunter knew one owl from: another, Handley -sald, 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 ice, rais and. Insects, Jiole would be served better no owls were shot, except those actually found damaging poultry. The great-horned owls in late winter are diligent in the task of incubatign, however, and will sft out the storms and cold weather, ' Two to five- dull white eggs are lald, 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 prowls ° the airways from twilight to 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 Old Ship's Bell Goes To Hallfax Shipwrights on a Cunard pler 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 Atlantle 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 Ascanla, The Cunard Lines presenting the Ascania's bell to the Marl time Museum of Canada at Hall fax, last resting place of many another mellowed memento from bygone Cunarders. Haligonlans have a warm spot in thelr hearts, as well as in their nautical muse for sou- venirs from Cunard ers for it was a citizen of this breeze- awept 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 mue seum in Halifax, the city te which it owes its origin. : SENIOR HEAVYWEIGHT Older people who are over- welght are more susceptible to such conditions as cancer, dia- betes, high blood pressure and deterioration of blood vessels than those who are normal or & 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 3 By Rev. R. Barclay Warren B.A, B.D. Caleb, Man of Faith and Coug- age. Numbers 14: 6-9a; Joshud 14: 6-14. Memory Selection: Even the youths shall faint and be we and the young men shall utterly fall: but they that wait upon the LORD shall renew theld strength Isalah 40: 30-31 RS The word "fear" is being much more of late years, doctor often says to his patienf "Is something bothering yo Mrs. Jones? Are you eared about something? Are you wope rled?" Fear and worry are no} exactly the same but they wg closely related. They can cause lot of trouble. When the twelve men. returned from spying out the land, t Yay porgesed i fear and wo with courage. The i of the fearful prevailed. * all the congregation lifted their volce, and cried; and people wept that night, And the children of Israel murmur against Moses and against Aaron And they said one to anothef, Let us make a captain, and | us return into Egypt." Caleb Joshua did their best to insp. courage. Caleb sald, "Let us up at once, and possess it; fi we are well able to overcome i, © Joshua gald, "If the LORD dev light in us, then he will br us into this land, and give {it us; -- neither fear yo the peop of the land; for they are b for us: their defence is de from them, and the LO ] with us: fear them not." Bub the people were so discourag that they prepared to ston these men of faith. What were the results? The ten fearful men and all over twen years of age who heeded the wandered In the wilderness une til all had dled. Only Joshua and ' Caleb, men of courage, enter the good land forty years later. When they had entered the land under Joshua's Jossip Caleb clalmed his Inheritance, The area he had spled out wap hated by flerce men. B aleb's strength and courage h not abated. He sald, "If so be th Lord will be with me, then shall be able to drive them out, 2a the Lord sald." And he did. Do you nec. *0urage? 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But although the traditional buildings and streets © are in rubble, the new buildings are keeping to the old traditions, The buildings on the main streets are required to have arched fa- cades, under which covered side= walks are quaint reminders of the old Zante that stood in the days of Ulysses, Nelson and Poe, "By Alfred Wagg in The Chris- tian Science Monitor, I've met a few people in my time who were enthusiastic about hard work, And it, was just my luck that all of them happened to be men I was work- ihg for at the time, game men to do more harm than it does good. As a species, the horned owl ranges over all of North Amerl- "ca. Other races of this specles 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 tha 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 if Is gamé birds and animals." But no bird or animal Is bad -- and the fact that thé UCKY PARADE -- Waddling across the road in single-minded style, this ad we duck detachment takes ver the right of way in Denver's City Park, much to the annoyance of local motorists. Heading gr a dip in the deep, the feathared flock was obviously convinced that the water was a ile ver inthe lake on the other side, eople of Zante and the neigh- stored in potting sheds or used boring aan of wef around greenhouses, cold frames preyed upon. No record of its C3 Ithaca and Ievkas to build and | OF hot beds as spray drift or | Killing a full-grown wild turkey SFE his fleet of 12 boats wit vapor may enter through green- 13 Snow. . " yo % aay ls idl J sn house ventilators and destroy Handley admits that "from a 1 Es To Zante, Anthony and Cleo~ | Valuable plants. Tome men Yiewpainy i : 7 s Fe "we e great-horn is the on Li) POTENTIAL KILLER IN ACTION: In these sequence photos the pairs 2 reated her Raj ng Soduim chlorate is one of the | Whose food habits indicate it fs {i Markel Safety Camera captures a perfect example of how NOT Bhghs hen wy Bd No older but very excellent weed | more detrimental than beneficial £5 to pass another car -- (1) crossing double white line, (2) pass- son, Britain's most. famous ade killers. It is however, piosonous ot Dianne While pe que men 0 Ing on a hill and (3) passing on a curve. miral, sought the quiet harbor | to llvestock, constitutes a seri- pamit Bigar Settdh 2odifions FOS ey and beautiful countryside of ous fire hazard and is corrosive i " 2 ards Xo) Zante to spend much of. his re- to equipment. Atlacide and Erco- mondad. 'the iowls. ability: to i : 6 Midday ~~. 29. Cut tired life he cide are trade names for sodium . y Wi } 7. Wine cask 31. Wager ' : control skunks, rats, and crows J i A) 2iLN CROSSWORD 8. Forward 33. Malt drink Zante is often wryly called chlorate with a fire retardant is certainly in its lavor. Keep % A. Foy : 13 Alligator bedr- 34. Kémale ult "Earthquake Island." Since about added. Do not smoke or light thelr numbers down, but keep EGG-CENTRICITY -- A new wrinkle in the art of egg laying Is RA PUZZLE 11.Locks of hair 33, Word of 1500 B.C. it has swayed with nu- Zinlchas ye using Joium a Tew of thom atound ahd both admired by Mrs, Roy Cott who holds a peanut-shaped specimen. Fi 17. Riad posting 29. fot merous tremors. chlorate or Sliow stock to: pass game and people will benefit, The freak egg was sent to her by her mother, Mrs. E. R, Dixon, NY ACROSS DOWN 20. Nee ished 10. Obliterate ture in a field for three months 4 ; J K | y h n Sh 1. Goby 1. Gr, parish 22. Tnquire 42. Husband ot On Aug. 12, 1953, Zante. ex- afar: Its Ysa, Handley recommended. an., who got it from the nest of a white leghorn hen. ME : B. To % Doin priests 23. Optical Eve ; perienced one of its worst at- - Bat 35 y 2. Boxing ring instrument 456. Everything tacks. The town was struck so A b 9. Partofapla : fe 5 3 S \ i Dxpanse "© 3 yom HE Due 4 Jecemnie heavily that not a single house Great Horned Owl p Oo Substan p cr 3 " . : . 14. Dept. In A Arson at onan 43 Jamariom escaped without needing major | Kjlls Own Kin " _ France repairs, Zante was almost wiped : . : 16 Werant 3 Fo out. American and British war- Next to the eagle the great 11: Stockings, | ships and aid were rushed to the horned owl is the largest and - 0 13. Tionieal hif island, and repair work was im- most powerful bird of prey. It ; 30 aw mediately begun. is the only owl conceded by :