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Newspaper
Silsbee Bee
Location
Silsbee, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 04, 1955
Page
2
The article promotes Signs of Life as the monthly traffic safety focus. It stresses obeying traffic signs, recognizing shapes, and avoiding violations that endanger drivers and pedestrians. It notes accidents often involve rule violations and urges careful, lawful behavior to prevent fatalities.
Congress adjourned for year with key items left in status quo until January. Natural gas bill passed the House and is expected to pass Senate next session. Highway bills were killed but revival planned. Texan aides at the Geneva summit included Dillion Anderson and Dudley Sharp, with Estes confirmed as Northern District Judge. Two Texas boys highlighted in Boys Nation in Washington.
Texas A M College hosts a three day Beef Short Course August 16 to 18 in the Memorial Student Center. Sponsored by the Animal Husbandry Department it opens to the public with sessions on breeding performance feeding parasite and disease control and pasture management. Speakers from major beef associations and ranches join local experts for the program.
Texas wildlife officials report improving conditions across the Animal Kingdom with mourning doves in strong numbers and quail rebounding in parts of the Panhandle South Plains and East Texas. Water and food conditions may boost migrating ducks by November as deer counts rise and antelope fawn crops improve though wild turkeys show mixed results due to production issues and screw worm concerns for fawns.
The Slow Down and Live campaign reports 409 traffic fatalities over the 78 hour July Fourth weekend, up 3.5 percent from last year, amid record traffic. State safety official J O Musick and William M Greene credit the effort for keeping fatalities near last year’s level despite heavy volumes, with regional variations noted.
A regional overview shows the south central area reporting lower fatalities while the southeast held steady. Fourteen states posted reductions led by North Dakota and Vermont with 100 percent cuts. Texas and others saw declines between 21 and 72 percent.
The 1954 on-the-job accident rate set a record low, marking an eighth straight decrease in work accidents. The figures come from the 1955 edition of the industry safety report, highlighting improvements across sectors.
The National Safety Council reports Accident Facts shows the eighth consecutive year of falling accident frequency among industrial members. The 1954 rate is less than a fourth of the 1926 rate. Co. Z. Pope and Russell Busby returned from Hunt Texas after negotiating the Rugged End ranch lease and observed deer turkey rain and good range conditions.
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