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PG. 14, - PLAINDEALER - DECEMBER 6, 1967 Head Township GOP Club New officers of the McHenry Township Republican Woman's club, elected Nov. 28, are, front row, Mrs. Tony (Joan) Varese, secretary; Mrs. Earl (Emily) Rees, second vice-president; Mrs. Jake (Connie) Johnson, president; and Mrs. Jake (Evi£) Levesque, treasurer; back row, Mrs. Grant Ernst, first vice-president; and Rep. Jack Hill of the Thirty-third district, who was guest speaker of the evening. The Drivers Seat Take a guess: What is the most common accident on rural roads and city streets? Five times as many such accidents happen at night as during the day. Traffic experts call them "The Achilles Heel" of modern highway travel. These accidents account for 35 percent of all highway crashes. What are they? Rear-end collisions. Thirty-seven per cent of the traffic accidents in Tennessee during 1963 were rear-end collisions. Nationally, fifty to sixty per cent of all injuries in nonintersection traffic accidents result from rear-end collisions. Slow-moving and close-following cars cause many rearend collisions. Ironically, the first "tailgater" behind a car that stops suddenly often evades a collision with a quick foot on the brake pedal. But, the spaces between cars behind him decrease as each succeeding driver slams on his brakes unti£ there's no space left. If s easy to see that a driver can get involved in a rear-end collision despite hair-trigger reactions and dead-eye vision. Do you think you would be able to stop at night if a car without lights stalled partially on the road directly in your path? To prevent the often-fatal rear-end collisions that occur in such situations, sixteen states and the District of Columbia issue "safety" license plates that glow brilliantly in headlight beams for their full range, up to 2,000 feet. They're called reflective plates, and bills authorizing them have been introduced in the legislatures of at least eight more states - New York, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Kentucky, Wisconsin, Nebraska and Iowa. The UJS. Bureau of Public Roads is sponsoring research that envisions a system that will automatically brake a car approaching dangerously close to the car ahead. But, so far such an automatic system is just a dream. NEW TRAFFIC RULES The Illinois State Police are enforcing the revised traffic laws. Revisions concern the a - Bandonment of vehicles, the lighting of vehicles including bicycles, use of emergency flashing lights and the use of lights and signals on vehicles and school buses. Police Supt. William H. Morris pointed out that under the new law a driver who has .10 percent by weight of alcohol in his blood is now presumed to be under the influence of intoxicating liquor. This was lowered from .15 per cent. The new law also makes it illegal to carry, possess, or have alcoholic liquor in or upon or about any motor vehicle except in the original package and with the seal unbroken. Confusion resulted from the equipping of many vehicles with rotating or flashing red lights. Slow moving farm vehicles, rural mail vehicles, wreckers, utility company trucks and others that have been using red, rotating or flashing lights, must now be equipped with amber lights. Red flashers arerestrictedtopolice and fire vehicles and ambulances. RESULTS PHONE 385-0170 RUPTURE-EASER Right or Left Side $495 Double $6.95 No Fitting Required A strong form-fitting washable support for reducible inguinal hernia Back lacing adjustable Snaps in front Adjustable leg strap Soft, 'lat grom pad For men, ^men and children. Mail orders give around lowest part of abdomen. Snecify right, left or double iger S Drug Store 1259 N. Green 385-4500 R SOFT ES - SERVICE I) \\ l< I UN MOST M\I\K> MT\ i< r • ( 1<IIIi ItM < >111 Kt-p:iir • I iist.tll.il ion 0\ rrli.iuliiiL * IJ«'inn\ il K< < onilitionini: • Ki lniihliiiu ^ ORK (il AK.W I LKl)-- Phone: 385-5566 Report Land Bunk Continued Growth, Progress The Federal Land Bank of St. Louis has continued its growth and progress during the year, stated Ralph E. Nowlan, president of the bank, in his report to the stockholders at their annual meeting in St. Louis recently. Inflationary pressures, which resulted in a sharp rise in the cost of money and a reduction in the supply of money for lending purposes during the latter part of last year, eased somewhat since the first of the year, but have tightened up recently he pointed out, and will have to be watched carefully in the months ahead. The new all-time high of farm loans outstanding in the Sixth Farm Credit district is $520 million. The Federal Land Bank system, which has completed fifty years of service to farmers, has loaned nearly $15 billion to almost two million farmers. Greet Officials Of Industry 41^ SOFTENER SALES ri vi i! > \I.I- v sKliVIl I. M ( II I II I I I 111. I|N Quality Radiator Repair By Factory-Trslneo Radiator Specialists 12 Years Experienc Every- Job' FLO-TESTED For V our Added Protection. ALL WORM GUARANTEED -- PROMPT SERVICE Complete Stock of fee built and New Radiators Complete Stock of Original Equip. Heater Control Valves BROS. REPASi SEESW. Next to V.F.W. Phone 385-0783 Sffiftl W. Route 120 McHenry. flL Shop In McHenry About sixty persons attended the industrial luncheon held jointly by the Chamber of Commerce and the city of McHenry at the Country club last Thursday. Guests of honor were officials of Automotive Controls at 1600 N. Industrial drive, McHenry, which recently announced that it was operating in full production. Pictured above are Clint Claypool, chairman of the C. of C. industrial committee; Fred Meyer, superintendent of public works for the city; V.J. Sullivan, sales manager; Fred Mancheski, president of Echlin Mfg. Co.; Doug Williams, executive vice-president of Echlin; Mayor Donald P. Doherty; Jack Echlin, chairman, of the board of Efchlin; Don Miller, corporate director of personnel at Echlin; Joseph Adelt, division manager; and James Althoff, city of McHenry industrial chairman. r Automotive Controls is a division of Echlin Mfg. Co. ' PLAINDEALER PPHI OTO % Looking For Gifts There's t 5! 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