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Thursday Evening April 21 IMt THE JOURNAL AND COURIER LAAYETTE IND 17 I West Lafayette and Purdue ax 'x 'z It it' X7'ZZZ luiM 't jBb' te fyfy4iia 'g i jBzwZw A DOLL BABY Mitzi Jean Taylor 8 affec tionately holds Old Tom the family cat which substitutes for a second doll in playing house Old Tom is shown clad in a print dress and the 7 pet often consents to wear rubber panties and a bonnet Old Tom even lies quietly on his back for a ride around the block in a baby buggy playmates are (left) her sister Carol Ann 12 and Laura Lee Sylvester 4 (Photo by Police Sgt Robert Taylor) Research Chairman Says Road Improvements Pave Way To Lower Cost for Motorist Professors To Get Awards Three Purdue university pro fessors are among 303 scholars and artists who have been named to receive 1960 Guggenheim fel lowship awards totaling $14 mil lion 1 They are Dr Pieter Kee som professor of physics for study in the measurement of spe cific heat at very low tempera tures Dr Stanley Reiter profes sor of mathematics and econom ics for study in the theory of eco nomic organization with special reference to forms of organization and the behavior of economic units and Dr Jonathan Hughes associate professor of economics for study of the inter action between inductrial develop ment and trade among the major western industrial nations since the Napoleonic wars The John Simon Guggenheim Memorial foundation fellowships are granted to persons of the highest capacity for scholarly re search demonstrated by the pre vious publication of contributions to knowledge and to persons of unusual and proven creative abili ty in the fine arts The fellowships are designed to assist the recipients to advance themselves to higher levels of ac complishment in their fields through carrying on the studies for which the fellowships are awarded This year represents the 36th annual series of awards made by the foundation Police now have one vehicle for every 525 feet of all of the lanes in all of 35 million miles of streets and roads in the United a highway authority told the annual Road school banquet at Purdue university Wednesday night Pyke Johnson chairman of the Highway Research board Wash ington said the average motorist does most of his drivingin metropolitan areas or on some part of the 800000 miles of roads the interstate pri 'mary fatm to market and ur ban 'highways statement in itself is enough to explain why he spends so much of his time in traffic he declared Since World war II 163000 miles of highway have been added to the total road system but in the same period of time car manufacturers have turned out 264000 miles of motor vehicles bumper to bumper he pointed out "Half of his driving time at peak hours in the inner city will be spent standing behind a red light or a long queue of ve he said striking fact about that statement is that where he has freeways divided limited access road he can travel safely at double the rates of speed as over city streets and when he does the economic Street Project Approved A request for the improvement of Carrollton from Northwestern to Woodland avenue was approved by the West Lafayette board of public works and safety Wednes day No remonstrances were filed or voiced at a public hearing con ducted prior to approving the im provement request Plans for the improvement proj ect call for the addition of gravel where needed and surfacing the street with blacktop material The improvement will be fi nanced by the owners of abutting property under provisions of the city's general improvement re volving fund Board members said the will advertise for bids on the pro posed project in the near future In other action the board in structed A Dan Ruth city and traffic engineer to prepare a map of floodways and the flood plain along the west bank of the Wa bash river as suggested by the Indiana flood control water resources commission The map would indicate re stricted building areas along the river bottomlands and establish where a levee may eventually be Constructed The board also approved plans Water company for an office submitted by the West Lafayette building and parking area to be constructed on it property at North River road and Happy Hol low road Car Damaged In Accident An automobile driven by an 18 year old airmount girl was dam aged about $65 when it was struck in the rear by another car at Sta dium and Northwestern Wednes day police reported The damaged vehicle was oper ated by Judith Kay Rautenkranz Police said the crash occurred when brakes failed to function on a car driven by Natalie Ellis 16 1 which was following the Rautenkranz car east on Stadium No damage was reported to the EUis vehicle and no arrest tick et was issued influence of the community he lives in is LIMITS DEVELOPMENT That is one of the major limi tations upon the development of every community in this country the speaker declared Automobile fatalities are now at about the lowest rate since auto mobiling began Johnson said Where in 1937 there were some 15 deaths per 100 million miles of traffic today there are slight ly more than five That record has been made in the face of mounting exposure every year due to traffic and lagging highway The average motorist has the chance of being involved in a property damage accident once in five years in an accident in which someone is hurt once in 25 years and he would have to drive 1500 years before being in volved in a fatal accident or each accident he is involved in the average cost per vehicle is $100 TAX AVERAGES $103 Today the average tax is about $103 a year which breaks down into an average of $14 for state registration tax $38 for state gasoline tax $5 for lo cal taxes and tolls and $46 for federal taxes on gas oil and re pair parts road improvement can do to cut these costs is almost Johnson declared accidents could be cut in half (and freeways are at least twice as safe as other roads) the sav ing would be equivalent to a gas tax of 6 cents a gallon uel tire and brake costs total about 1 cents a mile more on congested surface roads than on free flow ing expressways That equals a 19 cent gas tax Tljere are other illustrations of lowered costs growing out of highway improve In summarizing Johnson said: Planners To Meet West Lafayette city plan com mission will meet at 7:30 pm Tuesday in city hall to continue the discussion of proposed changes in the new city jurisdic tional area map as recommended by the land use study committee 1 The average motorist has to have roads built to standards ad equate to permit him to move safely comfortably and at the lowest possible cost 2 His major pattern of road use is dictated by the necessities of every day life not by his va cation schedule His shuttle use of roads and streets quickly de velops into a series of short dis tance movements which add up to interstate and transcontinental roads 3 The motorist develops well marked lines of travel either for business shopping or social pur poses When he goes in to the heart of the city he wants to choose his own way of getting there and he wants adequate parking close to his destination 4 His limited income and short distance trips indicate the long range fallacy of any effort to impose tolls on any sections except where natural bottlenecks create a monopoly No roads are free roads today Mr Average Motorist simply can't afford to use toll roads every day nor can authorities finally refuse to give him competitive so called when he is paying for them Attendance at the Road school reached 1025 Wednesday a new record for recent years Trash lames Spread Tree ence Burn ire damaged a utility pole fence and evergreen tree Wednes day at the rear of the Marvin Johnson property 327 Meridian firemen reported They were called to extinguish the blaze about 3:55 pm The fire was caused by flames spreading from a trash fire at the eS of property at 900 Vine firemen said iremen also were summoned to the intersection of Chauncey and Lutz about 1:45 pm Wednes day to extinguish a flaming con struction warning sign They said a flare turned over and set the sign afire Get New Quarters Purdue university police moved Tuesday into spacious new first floor quarters in the link between the Engi neering Administration build ing and the university power plant Chief Donald Jones was grinning with pride as he showed visitors around the new office Wednesday point ing out the separate offices for him for Lt James A Sell and for Clayton DeMent physical plant safety engineer who supervises both police and fire inspection activities on campus A $43000 remodeling job converted the first floor link formerly used for power plant lockers for the police use The project cost includes air conditioning equipment which is not in yet but will be installed short ly A new entrance facing onto Memorial drive was a part of the remodelling putting the university police only a few steps away from patrol cars parked on Memorial drive ormerly patrol cars were parked in the lot be hind Engineering Administra tion building and police of fices were on the second floor near the front of that building REE SAMPLE REMOVES RUST mx STAINS few MIHMS SMB Uftoasaf COPPB POTS TILE HOOffS NETAI AUTO BUMPERS RUSTAM PRODUCTS Ifakawilnewjhbey Additional West Side News On Page 27 fr 1 1 fA 1 TW I i I AUMMUM toST storm wwdowsWm To Give Paper Arthur Seward a graduate student in Aeronautical Engineering school will present a paper in St Louis Mo ri day at a meeting of the Institute of the Aeronautical Sciences Prof Paul Stanley faculty sponsor of the IAS student branch at Purdue will accompany Sew ard to the meeting Clothing Stolen Mrs John Emmerson 317 Vine reported clothing valued at about $20 stolen off a clothes line at the rear of her property Wednesday police said DR SCHUHMANN WILL LECTURE IN ENGLAND Dr Reinhardt Schuhmann Jr head of the School of Metallurgical Engineering at Purdue university is in Eng land where he will deliver the Special University lectures at the University of London Tuesday and Wednesday Dr Schuhmann 'accompa nied by Mrs Schuhmann left aboard the SS Queen Eliz abeth for England on March 30 While in England the Pur due administrator and pro fessor also will visit a num ber of leading metallurgical departments in several Eng lish universities and colleges I Lords Does It Again! Bra Buys ifeggp ftc 7 iQc Nationally Advertised rk to $ij "Madamoiselle" Bra 116 3rd Shanks Co Author Of New Math Book Dr Merrill Shanks of the mathematics and statistics de partment and School of Aeronau tical Engineering at Purdue uni versity is the co author of a new high school text book The other authors are' from the Ball State Teachers college faculty at Muncie Profs Charles Brumfid and Robert Eicholz The trio of Hoosier mathemati cians for the last five years has tried out a new approach in teaching plane geometry to nor mal high school pupils over the state witn nigh school instruc tors co operating in the teaching process Special Judge Named A special judge was named in west Larayette city court Wednes day to hear evidence on a reck less driving charge filed against a Lafayette youth last month The special judge is Samuel Ml Lehman Lafayette attorney A trial date for the case has not been set Raymond Stevens 18 of 2356 North Twenty Third Lafayette Was apprehended by West Lafay ette police March 19 They said that Stevens and a 17 year old Lafayette area youth were on North Stevens was arraigned in city court March 23 and pleaded not guilty to the 'reckless driving charge Judge I 'Spitler set the trial forWednesday i irl date was tabled Wk Wednesday a rederick Hoffman attorney for the de fendant appeared in court to ask for a chaiige of venub calling for a spedal judge In 'dther court action Wednes Craw 16 of 1424 assessed $1775 oil a charee of stieedina: and Abdallah' I Shuayto 22 of 106 West Lutz and Donald Brown 30 of 817 North Twelfth Lafay ette pech paid $775 on charges of driving the wrong way on a onerway street SPRING SUITS Many styles fabrics and colors to choose from There are still many cool days left to wear these fine suits VALUES to 7950 SPRING COATS SHORTS and LONGS Your choice in a wide array of or shorties These are available in many colors and styles VALUES to 6950 2489 3489 4489 1789 2189 v8 i tSr JI X'i i il 1 Il iKhr jo 1 I I I A I i i MILLINERY VALUES to 1495 L89 39 49 ml $0 '689 889 HARRYSZ on the square Driver Ticketed Alfred Miller 19 1426 Oak court Lafayette was i an arrest ticket Wednesday charging him' with speeding on River road and slating him for a city court appearance riday APT1 29 THIEMES fiS A I I 'J1 Va i I I I pl ii I VM I 'J I i II IM I I hOe If 1 pr i 1 ZwiMri Al nt Xwv Qcilh jWc i ET CALIORNIA xoxtbwbax oiviaiaW Staphnnif Korit designs for young living You'll ba trash as a daisy and so cool Uppars ora Cot ron Prints of 67 cotton arsd 33 rayon lowers are 1 00 polished eotton by Lowensteia Crease "rtsistant little ironing needed wash by hand er ma chine Belts feature Valera teal JE" (GuMAanMil $WlEMtS slMikNiG REE SAMPLE.