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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 1955
Page
19
The Madison Tribune reports the annual Motor Vehicle Department enforcement division found under one percent of trucks weighed at stations were cited for weight violations, with overall trucker violations around two percent. The department, with 70 patrols, averaged 68 inspectors last year amid continued enforcement efforts.
Recent adoption by the 1955 Legislature aims to intensify enforcement in all patrol phases, with重点 on passenger car traffic. Beier reports a rise in arrests per officer to about 240 last year, up from 91 in 1948, while investigations per man have declined as routine inquiries shift to local police. Each patrolman issued about 546 warnings for defective equipment last year.
County Highway Police Chief Edward Tabbert warned August is the month drivers must be especially cautious. He noted 85 traffic deaths in August last year in Wisconsin and more than 100 from 1950 to 1953, urging strict attention to stop signs speed limits crosswalk markings and traffic signals during heavy travel periods.
Springfield man Felon Smith pleaded guilty to larceny of a motor vehicle after taking his nephew's car to Terre Haute Indiana. He sold the radio battery tires and radiator to fund drinking and later received a one to two year sentence.
Twelve prisoners locked themselves in when a door lever jammed at Hillsdale County Jail. Sheriff and staff couldn’t free them until a locksmith from St. Louis, Missouri arrived to repair the mechanism.
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