Masonry Magazine May 1968 Page. 33
To Complete The Report
Joseph N. Lucas, well known Chicagoland technical representative, suffered a heart attack recently. At this writing, Joe's making a fast recovery at home and know that he'd like to hear from you. Drop him a line at 7106 Magoun Avenue, Hammond, Indiana. Hugh C. Murphy, Administrator, U.S. Dept. of Labor, Bureau of Apprenticeship, was the featured speaker at the Oregon Building Congress meeting on May 23rd. The George Smith Co., 755 S. Lindbergh, St. Louis, Mo., has been named a distributor by PCM, Div. of Koehring Co.. The Minneapolis Chapter held their 16th Annual "Trade Season Opener" on April 20th at the Radisson Hotel.
Excessive speed continues to reign supreme as the number one killer on America's highways. Exceeding the speed limit, according to the annual highway accident booklet released by The Travelers Insurance Companies, accounted for nearly 40 percent of the 52,200 highway fatalities in 1967. Statistics in the booklet were compiled from reports by state motor vehicle departments.
The vice monarch, reckless driving, was responsible for approximately 15 percent of the deaths.
Other major factors involving actions of drivers resulting in deaths and injuries include not having the right-of-way, driving off the roadway and driving on the wrong side of the road. Almost one third of the drivers involved in fatal accidents were under 25 years of age.
More than 9,500 pedestrians marched themselves to the grave in 1967. The most common causes of death was crossing between intersections, walking on rural highways, crossing intersections against signals.
This grim report has one bright corner. The total number of deaths was 300 below the number killed in 1966 and the number of injuries was down by some 200,000.
However, Travelers President, Sterling T. Tooker said. "After all, the deaths of more than 52,000 people and the injury of 4,000,000 others in one year is small cause for rejoicing, even though it represents some improvement over another year. Comparisons are odious unless they afford some ultimate betterment of the human condition."
He urged caution on the part of every traveler to "bring him and others on the road safely to the next stage of our journey".
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