Tar Heel Project Leading
Way Toward Safer Cars
By BILL CROWELL \|
Some years ago a workman was
erecting a scaffold near the top
of a 175-foot smokestack when
his foot slipped and he plunged
toward the ground, striking on
his left side in loose rubble after
a free fall that by all reasonable
calculations should have killed
him instantly.
Oddly enough, the victim was
reported conscious and coherent
ivhen help arrived. His injuries
A'ere confined lo simple fractures
and painful, but minor, bruises
and abrasions. After a short stay
?In the hospital astonished doctors
discharged their patient who re
turned to his job several weeks
later apparently none the worst,
for his heart stopping experience,
Morti recently a jet pilot test
ing one of our newest, fastest
combat airplanes, encountered
trouble in the air and slammed
'the speeding ship into the ground
at better .than 200 miles per hour.
An ambulance, hurrying to the
scene, met t.he pilot walking a
way. ..
These strange cases, ali involv
ing the sudden and violent dece
leration of the human body, are
normally passed off as quirks of
fate by a puzzled public. But not
for scientific investigators of one
of the country's most unique fact
finding organizations ? the
Crash Injury Research staff of
Cornell University Medical Col
lege.
Such bizzare and inexplicable
happenings are enthusiastically
studied by a staff of highly train
ed investigators at Cornell lead
hv their director, Dr. Hugh De
Haven.
It was Dr. Dellaven who pio
neered in tht* study of tree falls
and miraculous escapes likp the
lucky steeplejack. He long ago
dismissed the idea that abrupt
stops inevitably result in death.
Scientific tests back up his theory.
"The human bodv is surprisingly
tough," Dr. Dellaven declares.
'Mnd is quite capable of sustain
ing tremendous forces whlen pro
perly supported, or packaged."
And on that note - proper
packaging ? Cash Injury re
searchers are turning their at
tention to the nation's number
onv. accident killer - traffic, and
more specifically the automobile
In the autdmotlve phase of
their ?vork Cornell specialists, un
der administrator John O. Moore,
are pressing hard toward an ans
wer to the enigmatic question,
"Why are people injured in auto
mobile wrecks?". It's not an aca
demic question. Stuffed into his
portfolio Moore has a dozen care
fully documented case histories
of victims emerninir unscathed j
from 90 mph auto collisions. And
contrarily. he has pictures of dead
persons with cracked skulls who
met their demise in ears ambling
along at 35 mph. "It's more than
a quirk of fate that some survive
nnd others die," Moore contends.
"It's a matter of design, specific
points within a car that Is causing
the trouble We've learned that
much in preliminary studies.
"For (example, who knows how
many lacerated and bruised faces
result from impact with radio
and instrument knob-~. We feel
certain that many facial injuries
resulting in collisions could be
eliminated by recessing or other
wise redesigning these necessary
protrubenccs." The finding of the
crash injury study will tend to
reveal other design deficiencies
:in automotive construction which
Will eventually be eliminated or
corrected according to the pro
mises of manufacturers.
North Carolina is playing a pro
minent part in the study. Inves
HUjdrtors began in Guilford coun
'ty last Septemt>er to catalog acci
dents following the Cornell blue
print In two months State High
way Patrolmen investigated 166
auto and pedestrian accidents in
the Guilford county area, six re
sulting in deaths and 37 in one
or more Injuries.
A detailed medical report ac
companied with several photo
graphs of each accident was com
piled and forwarded to Cornell
researchers. From this mass of
material analysts in Dr. DWRa
ven's fact finding laboratory first
assign a value or a number to
each factor involved in the smash
up. Next, the findings are fed to
a battery of IBM machines from
whence they emerge as coldly
scientific statistics.
Tl.'e statistics, in the next
toward safer cars, win supply the
answer to such questions ps:
Do sun visor holders cans* ?
h??ad injuries? At what sp?ed? I
What models?
How much *i",'>,^ict before n
windshield cracks?
How mnnv in'nrie? '*??? i
dv door and window handles?
How often do doors pop open .
in collisions?
Thb North Cr.rollna study, I
<*'h!ch is sponsored iol?*Jv by ?he I
State D on* o* Ve- I
Hc'c^ 3'"* ",'1 <??*?#? nf
Health, will furnish Co-nell with
a inlnl"""*! o* 1 ^ fs"- ?<*c\~d.
Ing to oresent plans. Together
with slmiliar Investigations now
underway in Connecticut. Mary,
land and Indian* the North Car
olina studv will <v\ntl?ued for
at least a year The Oullforfl nro
V?* was comnteted November 1
crt *V"> ?ner?ed in
the Bladen -Cumberland section
ij n fa ^"iTT i ' li'tfi li 'j\
of the state the samte day.
Design engineers of all the mi'
jor auto and truck manufacturers,
have expressed interest in the
unique fact finding project. On
file in Motor Vehicle Commis
sioner Edward Scheldt's office
are letters from several of the
country's most prominent auto
builders pledging their coopera
tion. And while even a minor al
teration in dbsign is fabulously
expensive the builders are anxi
ous to make their products safer.
tforth Carolina was on of the
first states to sponsor the Cor
nell project. Under the vigorous
administration of Scheldt the
long-range scientific probe into
Injury producing auto accidents
is only one phase of the state's
overall safety program, now re
cognized as one of the beet in the
nation. ? .
While it may be fWo years or j
even five years before the project
bears fruit, North Carolina con
siders it of vital importance. As
Commissioner Scheldt saya, "Saf
er cars mean fewer deaths and
injuries. We are glad to cooperate
in any project with the ultimate
aim of saving lives and reducing
accidents. And we are going to
reduce accidents in North Caro
lina."
Production problems in Ameri
can Industries are being solved In
many cases by the use of thermo
plastic. sheeting, a substance
made of oil. The plastic sheeting
offers rigidity plus workability,
to'ighness, and chemical resis
tance. It is being used for auto
and refrigerator parts, machine
guards, television - tube supports
and other items. Chemicals from
oil are used in many types of plas
tics' which are used In industry,
[ business and homes across Amer
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"BREAKFAST TIPS ? "You;
can't eat like a bird arid work
like a horse." Scientific research
proves you do a better Job If you
eat a good breakfast every day.
So be sure that everyone in your
family ? from grandpa to school
youngsters ? eats a good break
fast. They nefed It to do their best
work whether it's their brains or
their muscles they'll be using.
Just any breakfast is not the ans
wer. Make it a good breakfast.
Include (1) fruit; (2) cereal or
bread, or both; (3) one or more of
thbse: milk, eggs, ham or other
lean meat (not bacon ? that Is
classed as fat, not meat); (4)
coffee or tea for adults, If they
want it. The mornings you don't
eat an egg or some lean meat, be
sure to drink a glass of milk.
These protein 'oods help to kteep
up your energy ?nd stave off
hunger for a longer period of
time. .
The few minutes extra sleep
will not pay off the big dividends
that getting up In timte to e?" a
good breakfast will.
For variety ? Try cooking ce
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An easy way to poach several
Negro Farmer Pats
Eggs In Baskets
Even a tenant farmer can make
a good living when he "puts his
eggs in more than one basket,"
says Gfeorge Murrell, Negro te
nant of Klnston, Route 5.
Murrell says It's a simple eco
nomic fact that the tenant farm
er who practices crop diversifi
cation has more money coming
In more frequently than the one
eggs at once is to break each egg
into a greased custard cup or
muffin tin. Place cups or muffin
tin in a pan containing a small
amount of hot wafer. Cover pan
with a lid or aluminum foil so as
to hold in steam. Cook on top of
stove or in the oven until eggs
are the firmness desi~#vi
For an extra specia <reakfast
make coffee cake ahead of time.
crop farmer. It'B also true that
a man is able to spend monfey
more wisely when it comes in
with regularity. "When you get it
all at one time it Jtist seems to
go!"
Sherman N." Shelton, Negro
county agent for the Agricultural
Extension Servide, says Murrel
not only "preaches good farming
?he practices it" He keeps busy
all year round with 10 acre* of
tobacco, four acres of cotton, five
acres of peppers, 60 acres of corn
and five brood cows.
Shelton says farmers through*
out thte state, but in the south
eastern counties particularly, are
In an excellent position to mar
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month of the year. He urged
them to take a page from the
Murrell book of success and
"Have something to sell regular
ly." This way time Is utilized ef
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