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THE HIGH ROAD "‘• i - — w,, Ji >y- . _ . m . . * The New Attack on The aeddant rate on freeways with median atrip dividing the highway and control of access to about one-third of the acci dent rate for all other high wan. and this fact alone is a (aid justification for the con struction of freeways- But it is 1 a. great oversimplification, of I anise, to think of freeways as I “agfe* and all other roads as I •fipeafe*'. As we all know, some i aartfcm of conventional high- i wan **• relatively free from 1 accidents while other sections I hate accident rates substan- i dally above the average. Every i polieo department and every i ambulance driver knows certain i spots where accidents happen .] again and again. i President Johnson called at- i tention to those hazardous high- i way locations in his recent lett» 1 to the Secretary of Commer Jto i in which he called for a “safety I priority program” to meet the i urgent need to reduce traffic ac- < eidents. In turn, Secretary Hodges 1 wrote to the governors of the 1 60 States urging that they give ' high priority to programs of ’ safety improvements to facili- I tatt their completion “well in t advance of the time they would 1 b 4 scheduled on the basis of - traffic needs.” 1 And Federal Highway Ad ministrator Hex M. Whitton : has announced that the Bureau of Public Roads is adopting “as liberal an attitude as possible” < in determining whether safety improvement projects recom mended by the States are eligible LIVING SPORTS ARGENTINA'S SOCCER TRAGEDY BT CHARLES J. LIVINGSTON CHICAGO (ANP)—Life is full of lessons in which we learn from the successes as well as the mistakes and even tragedies of others. This is true of spdrt*’ as of any other human preeccupatiiJp Sports, in fact, only recently was taught a painful lesson by that un compromising teacher of fate, the Grim Reaper. He reached out and snuffed out the lives of more than 300 tans at a soccer game in Ar gentina simply by erplolting the idiecy of a single knucklehead fan. TUs character—the knuckle head—was infuriated by the referee’s decision to disallow a goal that would have given the hometown team a tie in the game between Argentina and Chile. So he decided to take rushed on to the field to tackle matters into his own bands, and and beat up the referee. He was seised and carried away, but the damage was already done. Mr. Knucklehead had triggered a riot among the more than 70,- 0M fans in Die stands. The police, fearful of the worst, shot tear gas bombs into the stands to disperse the crowd, and when the smoke cleared, the more thad 300 Amigos had died and hundreds other lay maimed and injured, all because of Mr. Knucklehead. What does this mean to Ameri can sports fans? Plenty. It is clear lesson that we, like our South A therican Amigos, must be even vigi lant and diligent to act against the unruly in out midst, be he plain hooligan or the more dangerous rheist lest he trigger similar trage dies in our ball parks, stadiums and public places. We have had several ugly inci dents of our own, but the Argentina tragedy sadly dramatizes for us the extent of the sgony and heartbreak Sin can be wrought by one bone ad, emotional, headstrong or pre judiced fan taking matters into his own bands with the indirect ac quiscence of other well-intentioned HNral w kjiuL*> : - ■ ’SB /g IBBPi. .fljSaMj ** : H ip&s’, •' ■ ' t .r^n Ik ,J| -. MAYS SLIDES HOME SAFELY—Slugger Will w May* of the San Frandeee Giant* alidea fwM home pt“+* safely alter he tripled and came in when Roy MacMillan at the New York Met* dropped the outfield relay during tint inrung of their game in Shea Stadium, New York, May 30. Catcher i* Jeaae Gonder. An enthusiastic crowd of 38,472 sane watched the Mete trounce the Giant*, 6-2, tor the second straight day. Highway Accidents for participation in the Federal aid highway program. Specifically, Mr. Whitton said that the Bureau of Public Roads will be receptive to project pro posals on the Federal-aid sys tems involving the widening of narrow traffic lanes and narrow bridges, the installation of traffic control devices including protec tive devices at railroad cross ings, the reconstruction of dan gerous intersections for the bet ter channelization of traffic, the flattening of side slopes and the 'i?.. removal of fixed roadside ob structions to provide a clear re covery area for vehicles out of control, reconstruction to im prove sight distances on curves and hills, and the installation of guardrails, guide posts, deline ators, highway lighting and fencing. Fortunately, practically all of these safety measures will be incorporated in any ultimate modification or major overhaul of the ABC roads. The number of lives that can be saved through this program has not been estimated. Much will depend, of course, on the willingness and ability of the States to allocate highway funds to spot safety improvements. There are other highway nseds which also demand priority at tention. But, as President Johnson put it, “In a society such as ours where human life and health is valued so highly, there is a spe cial obligation to use our scien tific abilities to bring this prob lem of highway traffic safety under control.” fans who merely ail and laugh at his behaviour. Who can forget the sickeing in cidents of racists, bigots, and even the police, invading the playing fields in the South in their vain but dangerous efforts to prevent Jackson Robinson from integrating baseball? Imagine for a moment the proportion of the riots that could have resulted from tthe acts of such racists, had the authorities not preslsted in their action against them and fate been so kind. Many hundreds more, perhaps thousands, than those who died in Argentina might have been sacrificed merely to satisfy the selfish de sires of the anti-Robineon bi gots. There have been other ugly inci dents of a non-racial nature on the American sports front at high school football games, boxing matches, and baseball games, in which individuals and groups en dangered the safety of others by taking matters into their own hands and brawling on the fields snd in the stands. Some misguided mortals are in clined to laugh off the conduct of loudmouths, profanen and drunk en exhibitionists at baseball and football games. They even regard the knuckleheads and hotheads who invade the playing field to seek personal vergence as being simply “nuts,” although such characters are no more goofier than those who laughingly condone their vagaries. People, it seems, must be jolted by something big—some tragedy, usually—before they are prompted to act against the bad-actors and wrongdoers in their minds. Sports fans are no exception here. There are ala# others who feci that American sports tana are too matured to participate in a full scala riot, such as took place in Argnttna. How foolish and misguided a viewpoint. Tbs Argentinians have boon going to aoecer matches for years in integrated crowd* commonly .-iss ■i- 'v " '.9» 9 9 m JAMES (BUDDY) JOHNSON >s shown on the right with a fellow teammate during a recent track exhibition. Couldn't Make Team At Ligon , But Hampton’s James (Buddy) Johnson Sets Records For Pirates Now James (Buddy) Johnson, a graduate of J. W. Ligon High Bchool here, who could not make the track team while In high school, is one of Hampton insti tute’s stars on the cinder path. He joined the team In the fall of 1961, his freshman year, and participat ed in his first meet as a Pirate in the spring of 1962. His most out standing feats that spring were: 100 • 220 yard dash and low hur dles. As a member of the cinder squad in 1963, Johnson paced his fellow trackment to a remarkable season. Competing against such schools as Johnson C. Smith, Virginia State, Delaware Btate, Fort Bus tle, Norfolk State, Winston-Salem State College, Elizabeth City. Fay etteville, Maryland, Union and North Carolina College, he excell- Va. State Whips NCC In Regionals Os NCAA ginia State College used a 19-man team to upset heavily-favored North Carolina College in the NC AA Regional Track and Field Championships last week. In winning the meet in their own Rogers Stadium, the Trojans won first in only one event (javelin), but captured several runner-up and other places to a mam 67 points to NCC’s 99. North Carolina wen the 1M (Ed Roberts), ZM (Robert), and MO (Andy McCray) yard dashes, US high hurdles (Dlek Hearn), brand Jump (Norm Tate), trtmpls Jump (Tate), high Jump (Norman Thomas). and MO hurdles (McCray), hut didn’t have the depth te cep* ranging te npwarde to MM99. In a general atmaaphera of friend lines*. They were meter ed sperm tana, and yet the aw ful tragedy eeenred. Let the tragedy of Argentine he a lessen te American apart* tans and officials alike. Hampton was unbeaten and ’’Buady” was carving a name for himself in three events inter mediate hurdles, high hurdles and the relay. The climax of the 1963 season for “Buddy” was an Invitation the Tidewater Track Club to par ticipate in the Junior (19 years and under) Decathlon at the Col lege of William and Mary in Wil liamsburg, Va. During this meet there were headlines In the town’s dally paper reading “Johnson Pacing Tidewater Decathlon Meet” and “Jim Johnson Sets NOw Junior Decathlon Mark." “B u d d y” accumulated 4,740 points, which topped the 4,199 points by Rick Brown In 1961. He became the new Junior decathlon champion. In spite of pulled muscles. with Virginia State. Regional records were set by Mc- Cray (47J in the 440), Thomas (9’6" in the high Jump), and Bill Walsh of Mt. St. Mery’s (13’ in the pole vault). Maryland State, winners of the Atlantic Coast Regionals for two previous years, did not participate in th* event. Court Date Keeps Liston From Ring KINGSTON, Jamaica (ANP) - Because of his scheduled court ap pearance in Denver, Colo., te an swer charges of reckless driving and carrying a concealed weapon, fanner heavyweight champion Son ny Listen was unable to keep a date her* last week to act as guaat referee on e boxing card at Nation al Stadium. Filling-in for Liston was another former beavywel#it champion— Jersey Jo* Walcott. Although H wae announced beforehand la th* newspapers, the ringside crowd expressed dtaappotatmeut lk *‘ I ision could net appear. The fight card wae pres sot od at the stadium h*r* two days before Listen was fined ISM eu th* two chargee end given a His attorneys ashed Judge Dae D. Pis mend far a M-day stay #f execution before paying the fines heeauae they want t* “take e long leek at the severe The charges and fines stemmed from Listen's arrest last Kerch 10 for driving 76 miles an hour in e 10-mile zone. Patrolman James Snider, who made the arrest, said Sonny was searched and found te he carrying a J2-caliber pistol. JEALOUSY THY NAME IS WOMAN NDOLA. Northern Rhodesia (ANP)—Th# green eye* of jealousy cost Mrs. Susan Mwsnanshlku S2.MQ here last month, all because she thought Mias Elizabeth Ndi weni, 2S. was responsible tor her not being aUe te pet a lift to town. Mrs. Mwsnanshlku had at tended a party st Mias Ndiweni’s heme in the suburbs and bad asked several of the men to give her a lift bock to town. When no one ottered her a ride, she became angry and set fire te the furniture and clothing of her hoi tew Halfback Sues Mag. For Libel ST. LOUIS (ANP) Jimmy Hill, star defensive halfback for the St. Louis Cardinals and former Sam Houston college standout last week filed a $2,150,000 libel suit against Sports Illustrated Magazine and the Pierce News Agency of St Louis, charging the two news media of publishing an article picturing him as a dirty football player. HiU said the article slander ed him malicteasly and held him up te "public cm tempt and ridicule” He said that aa a play in which he and quarter back Bart Btarr of the Green Bay Packers suffered Injuries, he had been baaed at games by spectators. Officials of Time, Inc., which publishes Sports Illustrated, were not available immediately for com ment Officials of the Pierce Agen cy, which distributes the magazine locally, refused to comment Jack Montrey, Hill's attorney, said the star is asking for $150,00 in actual damages and $1 million pu nitive damages. In other words HiU intends to make the agencies pay dearly for the alleged slander. The article in quesion appeared in the Nov. 11. 1063, issue of Sports Illustrated. , Commenting on the play men tioned in the aricle. Hill, a 10-year veteran in tthe National Football League, pointed to his own injury. “He (Starrl kicked me in the mouth accidentally and kicked my two front teeth out,” he said. Johnson was the standout for Hampton during the 1964 season, winning numerous first places. He haa a number of awards as mementos of his performances on the cinder path. The youth plans to surpass his present record in 1966. What ut tAe. Wo7tlD!k TED m* Playful Nuisance A pin far feeding the hun gry while ridding the teas of a pot has been proposed by the united Nations Pood and Agri culture Organization (FAO). The idea is to popularize por poise meat as a high-protein food. In turn, the increased kitchen demand would cut down the excess porpoise popu- enemy of commer cial fishing. while fishermen welcome the proposal, FAO concedes that “the porpoise has public sym pathy on its side.” Since ancient times, FAO notes, the porpoise and its cousin, the dolphin, have been regarded as “noble. IN A GREAT LIGHT BEER ARM Distributed In Raleigh By FISHER WHOLESALE CO., INC. Jl il-ltaU- W m. rn MM „JWU^—I FORMER CHAMP AND HIS GRANDSON — WorId's Pair, N. F: Former heevywoijM tar ing champion Jersey Joe Wekott proudly shows his grandson, Nathaniel Streeter, the famous fight hs lost to Rocky Marciano. However, Nathaniel is mate interested in the jjjjb* grepher than hie grandfather's narrative June 2nd. The Photograph Is one ol a etriae a t *o*l*l ‘ Momenta in Sports" et the Schaefer Center Rotunde. (VPI PHOTO). Jra Termites era responsible for more property damage per year in the U. 8. than tornadoes, lightning, snd arson combined. the Catholic Digest reports. Last yaar their rav enous appetites cost us around 9200 million. even divine, that •abed drowning sailors and fought oil crocodiles. More recently, the porpoise has endeared itself to Ameri cans as an aquarium down. The intelligent mammal has been taught to leap through hoops, play water polo snd gen erally perform like a friendly puppy. NeverthdflM, FAO My*, the ■eagoing mammal is a destruc tive nuisance. It scatters schools of commercial fish that fisher men have tracked for days and annually destroys thousands of nets in the Mediterranean and elsewhere where it abound*. . -- ra caboum* RALEIGH, If. C., SATURDAY, JCMf jfc HH, Title Opponents Emile Griffith jjj And L Rodiguez Have Troubled LAS VEGAS, Nav. (ANP) Waltcrweight champion Emfla Grif fith, and challenger Luis Rodrigues, boib in training hare for their Juno 19 title, are both having eating pro blem*. Griffith la overweight and must constantly watch his weight, Mer cia* mere and aat lees. Rodrigues te net confronted with the problem of reducing, but ho was having trouble getting the kind o< grub ho wants to eat BOOTH’S HIGHtMY GIN I\' r I £ Distilled London Dry Dl> • DO Proof 100% Nontral Spirits Distilled ftm firala W. A. TAYLOR t COMPANY • NEW YORK, N.Y. <s - j When ho first arrlvod tronz Ml ami Beach, ho wanted to Mllli own food in Us hotel ready but the management refuted to lot him. He finally settled to aat wt*t they cooked If hg could gtv* Mm hi* own recipes, which taotnd* several fancy Spanish Th* hotel doesn't seek thorn ox i actly to hie liking. i BB SURE you’re then cheek your figures. 15
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