Sharp Rise In Traffic Deaths Blamed On New York's Dim-Out
New York faces a 19 percent rise in night traffic deaths since the dimout began as daylight fatalities drop 12 percent. Greater New York Safety Council urges pedestrians to wear white or carry a newspaper. Street lighting is reduced, spill lighting eliminated, and auto lights lowered to parking levels, worsening driver hazards.
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New York
Tom Wolf Oner
Greater New York Safety Council
Sherlock Holmes
Manhatan
Sam Browne
Casual Comment By W. A. BIVINS Humour
A collage of humor notes and anecdotes on laughter. It cites Lot Richcliff and Bill Nye among others, recounting jokes about wit and folly, plus a film story from Sullivan's Travels, a birthday invitation mishap, a dog sale ad, a Florida fishing miscue, and Twain in England with restrained praise.
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Lot Richcliff
Bill Nye
Madame de Stael
Sullivan
John Sulivan
A Banquet Speech Lapses Into Laughter At Odd Talk
A speaker at a banquet quipped about famous dead authors Homer Shakespeare and Byron, provoking laughter as a graveyard anecdote followed by reflections on laughter and sorrow. The piece notes a traveler reading a cemetery headstone and ends with a bridge players’ improbable hand count.
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