Point System Reduces Iowa Traffic Violations Study
A long article analyzes the adoption of a state point system for traffic offenses in Iowa and compares it with other states. It notes varied suspensions, officer warnings, and public reception, with mixed results on accident reductions and shifts in fatalities.
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Iowa
United States
Connecticut
Massachusetts
Kentucky
South Carolina
Nebraska
California
Ohio
Associated Press
National Safety Council
Arizona
Washington
Oklahoma
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Rice
John W. Thompson
Roy A. Betlach
Washington State Patrol
Chief Betlach
Charles C. Rice
States
City Profits on Old Roman Coin
A 1,500 year old Roman coin was found in a Miami Beach parking meter. The city made 20 cents profit from the find after a rare coin dealer valued the piece as virtually worthless and paid a quarter to city officials.
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Miami Beach
UPI
New Push Urged for Government Economy
In St Louis AP report Edward Staples of the Missouri Public Expenditures Survey urged tax groups at the Middle States Taxpayers Conference to press for economy in government. He warned continued pressure for higher state and local spending may force legislatures to face new tax and fiscal measures in 1959. He urged taxpayers to seek sensible economies and critically evaluate all proposed public expenditures.
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ST. Louis
Middle States Taxpayers Conference
Edward Staples
Missouri Public Expenditures Survey
All Night Visitor Steals $150 From Sacramento Eatery
Chan Wing Gaw, owner of a Sacramento restaurant, found a man asleep behind the counter who woke and walked out with $150 in cash. The incident occurred as the intruder left after greeting the owner. A TV program titled You Asked For It airs at 8:30 tonight on Channel 9.
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Sacramento
Chan Wing Gaw
Amigo
Gaw
Channel 9
Wings refuse to concede on land sale encroachment dispute
In Charlotte, N C the Wing laundry couple sold right of way to the city for 9500 dollars to widen a street. They then built a laundry on the edge of the right of way and a corner overlapped city property in a seven by three inch triangle. A city attorney advised letting the corner stay, but Councilman Steve Dellinger argued the city has paid enough.
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Charlotte
N. C
Lee Wing
City of
Steve Dellinger
Triangle Advertising For Sale By Ferty and the Wings
A partial ownership by Ferty and the Wings is cited as the triangle is advertised for sale. The sale aims to buy back a portion of the asset.
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Ferty
Salazar must attend church with her children weekly
In Santa Fe, Aurora Salazar pled guilty to cashing a $90 welfare check. District Judge David Carmody imposed a two to five year suspended sentence for two years conditioned on Salazar taking her children to church every Sunday.
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Santa FE
Aurora Salazar
Dist
David Carmody
Salazer
Painter Illustrates Art and Industry Collaboration in Tanning Series
Milwaukee AP reports Franklin Boggs, 44, head of Beloit College art department, painted nine works showing tanning from steel to final product for Albert Trostel & Sons. The bold series, first shown at Milwaukee’s new art center, then sent to New York for a trade show, merges industrial process with artistic interpretation across a linked sequence ending in an abstract oil.
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Milwaukee
Franklin Boggs
Beloit
Wis
Albert Trostel & Sons
New Art Center
New York
Boggs
Red China Moves to Mechanize Handicrafts
Tokyo dispatch reports Radio Peiping that China aims to mechanize its handicraft sector. A national conference of handicraft cooperatives approved plans to convert about 70 percent of the nation’s crafts into modern factories or workshops by 1960 or 1961.
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Tokyo
API
Red China
Radio Peiping
Station Calls Halt To Rock 'n' Roll
WJQS in Jackson Mississippi plans to stop playing rock records and shift to adult music. General Manager Lew Heilbroner said 5000 rock discs would be hauled to a department store in a coffin, signifying the death of rock and roll and given to teenagers.
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Jackson, Miss
UPI
WJQS
Lew Heilbroner
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