The Key West Citizen Newspaper, January 5, 1954, Page 4

Series ers _ AUTOMOBILE SAFETY RULES ; An exhibit of the American Medical Association in | St. Louis recently stressed the theme that thousands of, lives could be saved in automobile accidents if the driver and passengers wore safety belts. The exhibit even sug- gested that 453 people, out of a total,of 633 persons| killed in one year in Indiana, would probably have sur- _vived the accidents if they had worn safety belts. It has long been known that most people are not killed by the destruction of the automobiles, but die from injuries‘caused when they are thrown against the , top or windshield or windows. Stunt drivers long | ago learned that safety belts and crash helmets enabled| judge's out-of-town friends have (cluded Bahamas, _ them to endure fantastic crashes without serious injury. This question is something like that concerning back- ward seats and parachutes in aircraft. The public does| stallmont of the letters during |Bermuda, Cyprus, West Africa not want to bother with safety belts in automobiles, just as the public does not want to worry about parachutes on a passenger aircraft. Yet, if passengers were seated in seats facing Backward and given parachutes on air- ad quite often a number of them could save their Likewise, if safety belts were furnished in automo- biles and possibly other safety, devices, it is entirely pos- sible that more than half the people being Killed on the highway foday could be saved.” - ) her the air line @ Government regulators and the automobile comp: ‘ the proper. steps to provide more safety for passengers, depends upon the attitude of the public. If that attitude becomes one of , demanding such safety devices, then manufacturers will supply them. However, we see little hope at present that such safety devices will be put into use, since the public is. not yet sufficiently aroused to the carnage be- ing caused on the highways, and some times in the air, by inadequate safety devices. That is a reflection on the intelligence of the average American traveler, Never believe anything a pretty girl tells another pretty girl. eee To The Convention Judge Lopez Tells Of His Summer In Europe Editor's note; Judge Aquilino Lopez, Jr., of Circuit Court, and his wife, Lillian, visited Europe the past summer. Many of the ‘enjoyed reading a letter describ- ing his trip. The Citizen is printing an in- this week. This is the second in- staliment, Monday morning, May 18th, we went by train to Norwich on the Northwest Coast where we were met by Brigadier General Henry Cubit-Smith who is Jessie Cleare’s brother.’He drove us to his home in Sheringham where we met his wife and his 85 year old uncle and had a delicious English lunch e, The Smiths have a beautiful country home with a very big yard ‘with plenty of flowers. We then went for a ride which included the Garden of Sir Henry Upshur where we saw beautiful azaleas, rhodo- dendrons, blue bells and other beautiful flowers, From there we went to the seashore and were able i There were exhibits from South Africa, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, India, Pakistan, Ceylnd,/The Grand Trianon was built for Malaya, West’ Indies, which in-'Madam de Maintenon by Louis Barbados, Brit-/XIv while the petit Trianon, ori- ish Guiena, British Honduras, Ja-iginally erected for Madam Du- maica, Leeward Islands, Trinidad,|!Barry by Louis XV, was subese- algo Malta, Mauritius, St. Helena, quently the scene of Marie-Antoin- ette’s happiest days. The Museum and East Africa. of Carriages holds much interest On to Paris as there are many carriages there | On Thursday, May 2ist, we left that were used for the coronations at 10:00 a. m. by ‘plane and ar-jand for receiving foreign ambas- rived in Paris at noon. We immed- Sadors. jately went to the Hotel Ambas-| At night, we went to the Grand| sador on Haussman Boulevard|Soiree which was the opening en- which hotel is located just about |tertainment feature at the Palace two blocks from the opera house of Sports. The show, which was a so that it is very centrally located.|salute of France to the Rotarians, | During the afternoon, we regis-/consisted mainly of great mass| tered at the Rotary Convention|performances. | Headquarters where we met the, First, there was a salute to the MacDonalds from Deland, the \President, then the salute from all Cleve Allens from Coral Gables,,of France by the Provinces; in The Trianons We next visited the Trianons. [rs the Abney Coxes from Homestead and John Harris from St. Peters- burg. That night we went on a night club tour of Paris which was very good. When we came back from the tour, we found Charles Taylor waiting for us at the hotel. to witness results of the recent) Friday morning, we just went devastation which was caused by| around the City of Paris, seeing) an overflowing of the sea, ThiS|the shops and the beautiful parks.| happened at the time that so much That afternoon we went on a sight-| damage was done to several. in-|seeing trip of Paris. We visited the lands in Holland. We then visited/sacred Heart Church at Montmar- around the beautiful English coun-jtre, the Notre Dame Cathedral, tryside and then drove to Cromer, 'the Luxembourg Palace, the Tui- a seaside resort, where we tookitieres Gardens, went by Champs- this, there were many persons tak- ing part dressed as natives of dif- jnative costume. Then came the }Salute from France of the Middle} Ages; after that, was singing by| a choir composed of three hundred male voices who sang beautiful songs; then was the salute from France of the Napoleons in which many of the participants were! dressed in uniforms of the Napo- leonic era; then came the salute of sports and the finale was the parade of Nations. 10,107 Attend oe train for London arriving at|riysees, past the Eiffel Tower and| :00 p. m. The total registration of Rotar- ferent provinces of France in their] {that same end. If he has a big) If you haven’t made any money in thé last ten years, we suggest you either switch jobs or retire. CMBR BS yaaa al val cece ar ee AIP /ETORHIUIL IA! Crossword Puzzle§aaiam gina . " ue aod Mayan = POSTEIRINIESIOIY ARIE MAC IAIDIE TSI CA ATOR SIME AIRY} IRIALT im VIAIRID} E(DIDIY!| Solution of Yesterday's Puzzie $1. Jog 6. Nocturnal bird 52, Ancient slave DOWN 1. Bleatofa corte 1 21. Sport 22. Exclamation uused to 24. Chinese 26. Warm 27. Gratuity 29. Ripple aida Wade 6 Bd ane w Hee WB i: a | » 30 S dee Qe od Ba |_| | *| 42 Motion of ee 32, Insect ad od Changing of the Guard | Wednesday morning, we went in| front of Buckingham Palace where we saw the change of the Guard there. Many people were there waiting to see the same and while there we were able to see Prince Charles looking out of one of the windows: of Buckingham Palace. At noon, we went to see the Chelsea Flower Show called the Premier Flower Show of the world. The show included nearly four| ‘acres of exhibits of flowers, fruits) and vegetables in the largest mar-| quee ever erected. There were also extensive formal gardens and rock jgardns and sections devoted to, display of garden equipment ° of! I every kind. A special feature of|ry. this year’s show was an exhibit of plants from all parts of the British ‘Commonwealth staged by the Roy-| visited the Pantheon. Then we ians was 4,949 Rotarians and 5,-| went to the Latin Quarter and saw/158 guests 16 years of age or over| many of the picturesque streets inmakihg a total registration of 10,- Paris. Later we passed by the|107. The United States led with} Hotel de Ville and the Louvre|1,600 Rotarians and 1,623 guests for Museum and many of the import-\a total of 3,223. France was sec- ant Government buildings. ond with 886 Rotarians and 1,077 Visit to Chartres guests for a total of’ 1,963. England Saturday morning, we left at/was third with 751 Rotarians and 8:30 for a trip to Char/res, We|672 guests for a total of 1,423. left Paris through St. Germain and|There were 75 nations repre- Montes before reaching Anet andjsented. the chauteau which was given to| Monday morning, we went to the Diane de Portiers by Henry II./Rotary House of Friendship where} Only part of the chauteau exists we met again quite a number of| but what remains is beautiful.|Rotarians and while there read) Many of the decorations and many quite a bit of Rotarian literature. | of the locks, doors and other items The first session of the Rotary Con-| of the chauteau have the initials;vention was held at 10:00 a. m.} DH which means Diane and Hen-| with an address of welcome by AL) ‘ jbert Serat. This was followed by From there we went to Chartres|an address by H. J. Brunier, Pre- where we had a wonderful native|sident of Rotary International from luncheon at a Fren¢h restaurant|San Francisco, California, al Botanic Gardens. At the show, there were many Perennial flowers, annuals, border, miniature carnations, pinks, tulips, irises, gladioli, many bulbous, plants, azaleas, lilacs, orchids and thousands of roses, violets, del-'try phinium, begonias, sweetpeas, flow-| er bearing trees and shrubs, her-| baceous plants, Japanese maples,’ ornamental trees, dahlias, oreclis, phildandrons, cactus and succul- ents, date trees, sweetpeas, many) before going to see the eathedral.| During the afternoon, they were The stained glass windows are;many assemblies held. Tuesday) beautiful and are some of the old-|morning, we visited around the ci- est in existence, having been made ty for a short time and then went in the year 1200. The trip back toto the Rotary Convention meeting. Paris was through beautiful coun-|During the afternoon, I went to the| : jlawyers craft meeting and after. Sunday morning, Lillian and 1 the meeting, we went to the Palace went to Mass at the Magdalene of Justice where the lawyers were’ Church which was planned by received by the Chief Justice of ithe 7th floor. Lillian and I we at j é fsx 8 i iit H E Ft fs fe i : é, # & E 4 ad we § 2 iF i Bs ? : E Sone -cooking, rather ing. She was a mar- Keep busy, doing something with your hands. oe wished Aunt Mae would go away. Aunt Mae had no intention of going. She followed Jane through the wide hallway to the living room, Aunt Mae settled herself in one| 4 Enitting from het bag, Hes hnans m her er fingers began to fly. 23 “There’s one thing I want to make plain, my dear child,” she said presently, “I am not trying to break up your marriage. I didn’t approve of your marrying Carl, NEW YORK (®—Your paycheck this week will be trimmed a little) jmore to take care of your old age.| And your boss will have to pay Uncle Sam a little more, too, to! Payroll, it will be quite a bite. These two facts—that individual paychecks are being cut and that businesses are being taxed more} for the social security program—| are back of a battle shaping up in Congress. The issue: Should the social se- curity program continue to pe run, as a good insurance company is, by building up reserves for future payments, or should it become a pay-as-you-go plan with the tax tailored to the amount actually being paid out in old age pen- sions? Social security last year took 1%] per cent of the paychecks of some} but the weather was cool and fog-| gy and looked like rain. Thursday, we also spent in Paris looking at) the sights and visiting the ma’ points of interest including a visit) to the Louvre Museum. | On Friday, May 29th, we were to leave Paris for Brussels but just) prior to our departure from the! hotel, I went to see Curry and Ro-| sina and found quite a number of) people in night clothes every-} where. Upon investigation, I found) that fire had been discovered on) staying on the 3rd flour and Curry} and Rosina on the fourth. The da-| mage was kept in two rooms but} those two rooms were almost com-| Napolein as a temple to the glory|the Supreme Court and many other) of his armies and patterned after/French Justices. | ancient Greek architecture. During We were then taken for a tour pletely gutted. We left Paris at 11:25 for Burs- varieties of clematis and other,the afternoon, the four of us went of the Palace and the. different cities of Compiegne, San Quentin climbers, hydrangea, Iceland pop- on a trip to Versailles, Versailles courts and the French judicial sys-.and Mons. We noticed that this pies, pantheus, violas, heathers. Japanese azaleas, dwarf rhododen. other. Commonwealth Exhibit show places of all Europe. The the lawyers. At night, we all went \decorations, the sculpturing and to Versailles where we saw ballet ,;was built in the 17th century by tem was explained to us. Lillian, countryside was quite a bit differ- be a v -| Louis XIV and the palace today Curry and Rosina went sightseeing/ent from the countryside around) . |drons, fuschia, peonies and many)js still one of the Most magnificent around the City while I was with|Chartres as there were more nice farms and the shrubbery was more green and the architecture more On account of this being corona- the painted ceilifgs bear the touch and the fountains illuminated in beautiful. tion year, the Chelsea Show in- of the Commonwealth. The Commonwealth exhibit was ivery beautiful and ‘although sub- ject to the limitations necessafily 1919. The present g00d condition of, Wednésday, we had just went beautiful hotel right in the center failed to act. jimposed by considerations of trans. the castle owes @ STeat deal to the around the city looking at differ-of the city and we had wonderful, The National City Bank of New w Port in seasdh, something of the generosity of the Rockefeller Foun- ent sights and shopping. We had rooms. During the afternoon, it! York,. in its January Je . The immense and beautiful lunch at a Basque restaurant and rained quite a bit and it was quite today, questions whether richness, diversity and individual-, ity of the flora of different parts’ lof a brilliant ‘era of splendor. in 1871 and it was here that the 000 at this festival. Versailles Treaty Was signed inj Sights Of Paris dation. park has a vast display of ter-had a wonderful meal which in- \color. The fireworks display was) We arrived in Brussels at 2:45 | cluded plants’ selected from the The Hall of Mirrors has its place the most beautiful we had ever where we were met at the rail-'pensions increase. native florists of the various parts|in modern history for it witnessed,seen with the program lasting un-|road statior by a representative President the birth of the German Empire til quite late. There were over 10,-\of the American Express and then | sugges were driven by taxi to the Hotel ‘Palace. The Hotel Palace was a cold. As 2 matter of fact, the tem- of the Commonwealth was seen in/races, flowerbeds, artificial lakes cluded Paella. We were planning perature was about 46 degrees. it. and marvelous fountains. to go on a trjn on the Seine River 4Tontinned tomorraw) i eres i q z E i She was crying, and she hadn’t wanted to cry. to be sure. Never thought hi Good enough for Dioner marry fim you aid/and : deter- mined to make the best of it. I've tried very hard to see his good points, for your = And—this may surprise you, Jane—I’m even willing to concede that there may be something to be said in defense of Carl in the matter of this Talbot Person.” Aunt Mae sat back with the air of one who has made a magnificently generous conces- sion. JANE was busy waxing the cen- ~ ter mahogany table, rubb: it to a high Polish, She lookan around quickly. “What a curious think to say, Aunt Mae. Do you mean I've fallen down on my job as a wife?” “Yes, and no.” Aunt Mee put down ber knitting, took off Ree to rewipe them. “You aven’t enough interests, Jane,” she said unexpectedly. “Before your marriage, you had a war, an Army camp nearby, and a steady stream of good-looking officers coming over here to see you. I simply couldn't imagine your settling down to the hum- Tum, quiet existence of a college That ‘be cause of sth t know tired of ipped, ted good professor's wife. I didn’t think |day you'd be happy doing it. Well, you surprised me, Jane. Now the trouble is—I think you've settled |i down too much. You've let your- self go stale.” “Stale?” When Aunt Mae added that she hadn’t enough varied in- 1 DENVER # — Ralph Hume, @ 34-year-old steelworker, will start |a “St. Louis or bust” journey by horseback Jan. 12 to rejoin his wife and son, “I've been waiting since I was |in the Navy during World War IL to do something like this,” he said. Hume plans to make the 1,000- jmile ride in less than a month, 47 million Americans, up to a max.(riding a frisky 17-year-old Arabian imum of $54 each, The boss paid/ mare, in taxes 1% per cent of the pay-| The rugged steelworker came to roll, up to a maximum of $54 for|Denver two years ago with his each employe. | wife and son, now 12. A few This week the amount withheld|months ago he decided to return from your check goes to 2 per to St. Louis. His family drove back cent, with the mevimum > in the family auto, year set at $72. The same holds true for the boss’ tax payus Business Mirror By Sam. Dawson jthe cash taken in and gives treas- - When social security started back in 1937, it took in a total of around 500 million dollars a year, and paid out five million dollars a year in old age and survivors ben-| efits. | This year receipts are estimated) to reach five billion dollars,, and payments will top three billion dol- Young Topers COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo, —He was tipsy and he was sup- ported on either side by two friends. The lady of the house called the police, They confirmed her suspicions: lars, with 2% million persons|he’d been drinking—and he was . drawing benefits. Since receipts have always topped payments, the social secu- rity trust fund has risen steadily. This year the kitty is expected to! reach 20 billion dollars, The funds} are invested in U. S. government| securities. | The reserve fund has been built! up, as an insurance company’s funds are, to take care of the years ahead when a much larger number of persons will be drawing} a much larger total from it, That is the reason why the} amount being withheld from your} paycheck is going up by a maxi-| mum of $18 this year. It will give} the U. S, Treasury an additional! 1% billion dollars to Spend this ar—since the treasury spends! ury securities for it to the socia! 1 security fund. | 9 years old. The boy and his companions ad- mitted they had taken two pint bottles of whisky from a drug store. Questioning disclosed four watches had been stolen from an- other store. Police gave the. boys a stiff lecture and released them to their parents, BURGLARS TIPPLE HOUSTON, Tex. @ — took $100 in cash and @ check from the home of Joe H. Russell, an oil firm executive. They also drank a fifth of whisky and a bottle of champagne. 4 old champagne, But many persons doubt {f the social security taxes should con-| tinue to be regarded as insurance! payments, be looked They contend that the” and withholdings should should be held down to the amount actually needed to make the bene- |fit payments. They contend that the tax should be increaseg only as the number of persons getting Pensions and the amount of those Eisenhower ted at the last ges Congress that the raise this year be rescinded. himself sion of in the tax . Congress tter out “piling f its own ‘S@tve’ does, © the ability up of great quantities a ldebt securities as a ‘re: in fact. add anything t: ; I | contends, sels, On the way, we passed the Prc™Ums: OF an inctease in sav-'ments, whi pon as what they are—taxes—and/ of the government to meet soclal security obligations,’ “In the final analysis,” the bank — “future pension pay: — ether financed by 9B accumulated reserve of 3 ment securtties or under & as-you-go plan, can only be out of taxes on income of the ture.” It suggests that Congress well postpone the tax step-up jat least another year “when the posal pence ts situation might more ‘g A enn woop of businessmen will go along with that. For most businesses it means a sizable. ‘crease in tax payments to the U. S. Treasury. Z For some others the increase ill more than wipe out the gais they will get by the death of the (excess profits tax. For séme 10 million individuals in inéome | iit wipes out the cut taxes that started this week.