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Newspaper
Kent Stater
Location
Kent, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 16, 1952
Page
2
The piece reflects on weekend plans from social events to travel by car or walk and notes that daily commuters will return home. It ends by highlighting the nation's prior year record of nearly two million automobile casualties, stressing public safety.
A Hartford insurance study cites 37 100 traffic deaths and 1 962 600 injuries in 1951. It notes Saturday as the most dangerous driving day and six to seven p m as the peak hour. Most drivers in fatal crashes were male and lacked experience, with open highways accounting for 38 percent of fatalities.
A GI in Germany cleverly smuggled a Leica by dismantling it into parts and mailing them to his wife in California. She had the pieces reassembled by a camera expert, delivering the camera as a Christmas surprise with a note from the sender.
On Easter eve the campus sits deserted as campus police patrol neglected halls. An officer reads the paper, checks doors, then waits. The piece contrasts crowded times with the quiet hours when nothing happens.
In the Kent State April 2 issue under Sound Off readers are invited to submit letters with problems suggestions and gripes. Letters should be dated sealed and addressed to the Kent Stater editor. Some letters may be edited for length good taste and fairness if over 250 words.
Kent State students urge a nondenominational campus chapel to aid contemplation and coping. They note gaps in winter spaces and propose funding ideas, pledging support for a student-driven drive and administration discussion. Bill Eck asks the Hub to address the Kent jukebox dispute and fair music access.
A brief message to Stopher Hall residents about saving time by shortcutting across the Commons to wear a path. The note suggests collecting saved sections to reseed the path later and is signed by impressionable visitors accompanying ROTC.
The Kent State issue lists staff positions with editor in chief Fred Blankenship and departments across news, sports, society, and advertising. It names editors, reporters, and managers including Marge Choate and Flo Lou Lawrence among others.
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