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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (Dec. 17, 1953)
I ✓ :-rr z±??Aiicy ’Ti.V-Tszsts.. Decefs?.b€ar 13S; Wrmder What He r r 7* ^ f i f « i * q 11 a »s* / /? # /i /r# fi^r By kD HOLDER Battalion Staff Writer There’s a mass of torn clothing hanging on a mangled body Irving on the pavement. You turn in disgust as the doctor says, *'We can’t help him now ” It makes you think. Your first thought is, "Wonder how it happened?” Arid maybe you ask yourself, “Wonder what that guy was think ing when it happened ?” Let’s project ourselves into the future where we have before us an invention for tuning in the past. And we can even pick up thoughts with our little machine, so let’s set it on this dead man’s br*ain and tune in his thoughts for the brief moment before the crash: “Darned rain. Should have stay ed in bed. Nasty night anyhow. “If only she would have written sooner. I’d have been there by now and we could have settled this thing. “Oh well, making good time since I left. Won’t be long now. “Oil pressure o.k. Temperature o.k. Battery charging. Low on gas. . Better stop when 1 get to town. “What a time for all this to come up. She just couldn’t wait. That’s just like a woman. Always in a hurry. Isn’t satisfied with waiting for the weekend. Got to see me now. Urgent, she said. “Bet it’s urgent. Probably wants to tell me she loves me. Or some other guy. I don’t care anyhow. She isn’t worth it. “You Bright-lighted fool! Try ing to kill someone? “Take that! Brightest lights there are buddy, and they’re all yours. “Barely missed. Guys like that ought to be in jail. Bet he doesn’t get far. “Gee, almost 12. Better speed it Tip. "Hate to keep her waiting, 80 is too fast for this wet road.. But there aren't any curves.- Only 10 minutes to get there, “I’ll surprise her. She’ll like that. I can see her face now. She is kin da cute. “Truck coming over that hill. “Bet the folks won’t like my tearing off like this. I’ll send them a. telegram. They won’t mind if I show I’m thinking of them. “Didn’t know there was a bridge at the bottom of this hill. Kinda’ narrow, too. “We’ll go to that dance tomorrow night. Hope it isn’t raining then. She’ll get her formal wet. “Uh oh. Going to meet that truck almost on the bridge. Better hurry. “Who knows? Maybe we’ll be married before long. Never know what’s going to happen. “Not going to make it. Going loo fast to slow down. Bridge too narrow. Tires slipping. Can’t make the ditch. “I’ll hug the edge of the bridge. “Going to hit! “Gosh! It sure is getting dark. A Sad Ending for a Season of Cheer Six Killed In Crash Near ( San Antonio t ANTONTO *' Tour • -r. ee, • itnd two ehlhJrrn killed ar.n' teni«.y when the c*r r,» v*h wcr«» riding »•»* In head-on colli ■ Ion with » |a«oline truck Tb* crnh ©ccur^fra 13 mile* northwe*f cd H«n Antonio on the Frederk-k*- fcnn* Road A” we-- Com nr rr*r Fred Eiack hj*b«nrt ot of Ray Phillip* Sue A lie . Mr*. J:r i Phillips Total of 27,000 Die In Rural Accidents A total of 27,000 people were killed in rural accidents last year. Seven out of 10 motor vehicle deaths occurred in rural accidents. Nearly one-fourth of the fatally injured were pedestrians. More than half of all deaths occurred at night. Only 11,000 were killed in urban accidents. Are You Covered ? O Drive With Care and Prevent Accidents Keep Your Holiday SAFE iVlike Barron Insurance 510 Varisco Bldg. Sump MiK-h(ne g Found Around tbr Corner i 1 Sc$ »i f-rv.ntn and Cl.y r.l ‘S' '1 up Saturday ‘ntghi *r»* mli* I •ng Sunday, but paDr* Jat#r it behind rh# bulMlnf it haj na( # b«#n ^ irv.i* info Animals Shoot People? Unusual Accidents Continue Unusual accidents are going on as usual. Not only are odd accidents con tinuing to happen, but ai’e happen ing in the same old ways, reports the National Safety Council. Animals ai’e still shooting peo ple and causing traffic crashes, folks are still falling fantastic dis tances and walking away from the accident, and safety experts are still getting hurt doing what they tell other people not to do. Each year a bumblebee oracles up an auto—not by driving it, but by buzzing the driver. Rudolph Kosic, his wife and mother, of Elko, Nev., were the victims in 1952. Kosic did what came naturally when the bee blew in. He swung at it, forgot to steer and the car turn ed over three times. A pig in Lueneburg, Germany, had a clear motive of self defense for shooting a butcher who was trying to kill it. As the butcher knelt beside the pig to finish load ing his gun, the pig sprang up and struck^ the trigger with a hind leg. The butcher was shot through the knee. The champion distance faller in 1952 was Kenneth Wright, Jr., 10, of Compton, Calif. Kenny was playing on top of a 1,500 cliff near Lake Arrowhead when he slipped. He fell 200 feet straight down, landed on a nearly vertical rock- slide, rolled and tumbled down the slide for 1,000 feet, then took another long drop and roll before reaching the foot of the cliff. He didn’t break a bone. A real hardy kid. In Atlantic City, N.J., 240-pound Dominick lanscoli merely laughed when an auto struck him,, shook hands cordially with the driver and helped him push the car to a ga rage, where a mechanic estimated it would cost $300 to fix Tip the mashed in radiator. Good Samaritan Trolley motorman Albert J. Coo ney of Philadelphia, can’t be blam ed too much if he looks the other way the next time he has a chance to play good-Samaritan, Cooney saw flames shooting out of a house, stopped his trolley car and turned in a box alaim. He continued in his run and three min utes later met the fire truck as it i-aced to the fire he had reported-— met it head-on. Five firemen and three trolley passengers were injured. School Kids Get Bicycle Training Bicycle safety is now a part of every child’s training at A&M Con solidated elementary school. Under the direction of Curtis Bullock, College Station patrolman, the first five grades of the school receive safety instruction on a bicycle. Bullock shows each class safety films and gives lectures throughout the year. He also talks to children enrolled in kindergartens in the city. Each bicycle rider receives a folder with 12 rules and regula tions about bicycle safety. “Most of my lectures are on rules and regulations,” Bullock said. At the end of the school year, each student who has two bicycle violations or less, receives a safety certificate. Last year, out of 496 certificates given, about 20 pupils had two violations, and about 30 had one violation, Bullock said. The rest had no violations. “This is a good percentage since at least 750 kids at Consolidated have bicycles,” he said. Teachers and parents work with Bullock in reporting violations. Al though no charges are filed, names are turned in to Bullock. “Our main problem is kids rid ing bicycles on the wrong side of the street,” Bullock said. “But with the help of teachers, parents and junior safety patrols, we are eliminating this hazard.” Each year Bullock puts red re flector tape on the back fenders of bicycles. Tape to be used this year has been donated by G. I. Nash of the Aggieland pharmacy. Bullock, who was a desk sergeant and scoutmaster in Sherman be fore coming to College Station, says he enjoys working with chil dren at the school. “I guess all the kids know me by name,” he said. Fast Driving Is Their Business... ■ Not Yours ★ ★ ★ CROWDER’S Garage and Wrecking Yard 908 W. 28th Bryan 1 Safety hats are worn to prevent accidents. But not the one worn by a civilian operator of a crane at the Portsmouth Navy Yard in New Hampshire. The operator leaned out of the crane to shout at a fellow worker far below. His safety hat fell off and struck the man on the ground, breaking his nose. Waco was proud of its shiny new accident investigation car as the safety auto made it first official trip. It wasn’t long before the car ran into an accident, all right— its own. Swerving to miss a taxicab, the safety car banged into the auto of retired Fire Chief Jim Meers. The safety crew tore the seals off the new first aid kit and treated them selves for minor injuries. The only tried and true member of the odd accident world who fail ed to get into the act as usual is the field mouse Wild each year climbs into a car and scares the daylights out of a woman driver. Who knows, maybe the mice have been reading safety articles. Take li Easy Going E Some And to be sure, stop by and let us check your car on your way out. Our com plete service insures your protection for the trip home. Keller’s Gulf Service Station G01 N. College Bryan Im Scared (Continued from Page 3) 1 wish everyone who is going to be on the highways over the holi days would get .so scared that they wouldn’t have a chance to have an accident. After what I’ve seen behind the figures, I don’t like statisticians, I •want everybody to get good and scared, and show the statisticians » they can be wi’ong. They’re predicting 100 Texans will die in automobile accidents during the holidays. They could be wrong. It’s up to J the drivers—you and me. m Don’t Short Circuit Your Life Drive Safely Going Home Let us tune your motor before driving home Christmas. Also, we will put your generator and starter system in top shape for winter wear. We pride ourselves on being the best automotive electricians in Bryan. BRUNER Battery & Electric Co. 113 E. 28th St, — Bryan 5^ A v o 1 d Holiday Accidents by vmg W. C. Mitchell INSURANCE AGENCY Varisco Bldg. Bryan tomiittkqML For your sake as well as hers Be Careful Bernath’s Motor Company 33rd & College Bryan