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ROSSIE, IOWA—A treasure of antique cars awaited three
Buena Vista County, lowa men who purchased the contents
of sheds on the late Leopold Brown farm near Rossie. John
Dvergsten (1) and Elmer Knebel (r), both of Storm Lake,
lowa, stand with the cars to be sold at auction Sept 19th.
(UPI)
Parents warned
about minibikes
WASHINGTON (UPI) -
“More and more young children
are going to be killed unless
they and their parents recog
nize the dangers involved in the
use of minibikes,” the govern
ment said today.
In a strongly-worded warning
to parents, the National High
way Traffic Safety Administra
tion said more than 1,500,000
minibikes—most of them oper
ated by children between the
ages of 10 and 14 years old
will be in use by the end of
1971.
“While off-street riding under
parental supervision can be a
safe and popular recreation, the
minibike becomes a high-risk
vehicle on sidewalks and
roadways. The agency categori
cally opposes all use of
rainibikes on sidewalks or
streets,” the advisory said.
Usually powered by a one
cylinder engine with five or less
horsepower, the two-wheeled
minibikes have a top speed
janging from 25 to 45 miles an
hour. No license is required and
A ‘thank you’
opens hearts
By Rev. LEE TRUMAN
Copley News Service
I phoned an executive of a business form printing plant. After
reaching his secretary and identifying myself, I asked if I might
speak with her boss.
Somewhat harshly she replied, “1 seriously doubt it; he is very
busy at the moment.”
My reaction was simply to thank her and hang up. Rather, I
caught myself and said, “I’m sorry. I just wanted to thank him for
the stand he took in the company bulletin.”
“Oh,” she interjected, “just a moment. I’ll see if he has a mo
ment.”
A few minutes later he was on the phone and this very busy man
took 20 minutes telling me about the difficulties of his particular
business and then added how few persons had ever stopped to say
thanks, and then asked me how things were for me. I found myself
thinking, “That miraculous word!”
Each year I have asked a man who works in the Los Angeles
postal department to tell me about how many letters come ad
dressed to old Saint Nicholas in the months preceding Christmas.
The number is always in the thousands. This year, from January
until the present, there has only been one card received, sent to
Santa Claus in a childish scrawl which said, “Thanks, Santa.”
Nothing to be upset about because this is a part of human nature.
It is the story of Jesus healing the 10 men of leprosy, and the one
coming back to thank Him. “Thank you” are wonderful words
which many of us use much too seldom.
A very fine friend who recently turned 50, left a very well-paying
position. When I asked him why he did it, “I can’t go on working,”
he said, “for a company where the president thinks that the pay
check is everything and he never slaps a man on the back or has a
word of thanks for a hard job well done.”
He added, later in our conversation, “I can work for 115,000 a
year with a word of thanks; I cannot work for $25,000 a year without
it.” The lack of this word cost a company an excellent man.
Bishop Gerald Kennedy, in preaching on the value of using this
beautiful phrase, caused me to covenant that each Thanksgiving I
would write at least two persons who had contributed something of
deep value to my life. This year I wrote a man who had taught the
eighth grade in Encino, Calif. He had three grades in (Hie room and
was the principal of the school.
Roy Gooch knows the value of poetry. He made me learn the
poem “Old Ironsides” because I had gotten into a donnybrook of a
fist fight. I resented it bitterly, but I knew I had to learn the poem. I
have never forgotten it, nor the others I had to learn as a result of
other altercations. From him, I learned to love poetry. It took me 30
years to say that great phrase of, “Thank you, Roy. ”
This great gentleman sent me his last poem that he had written
with the delight of having heard from one of his former students. He
shared with me some of the deep things that he had discovered
about life and living. There is no need to wait for Thanksgiving to
use this magic word. That is why I am writing this now.
Get someplace by yourself and think of the people who have
meant a great deal to you.
Sit down and write them a little note which expresses your appre
ciation. See what happens to you when you use that wonderful
word. See what it does for the one to whom you write, because if
there are two words that are the “open sesame” to human hearts,
they are: “Thank you.”
the bikes are designed for off
the-street use.
The agency said the federal
government has no power to
restrict minibikes. “The prob
lem is a matter of state
regulation, but the clear
responsibility of parents in
preventing the inevitable trage
dies that may result when
minibikes are turned over to
drivers as young as 7,8, or 10
years old,” it said.
The states do not keep
statistics on deaths or injuries
resulting from minibike ac
cidents, but “the government,
lhe National Safety Council,
and the safety community, are
convinced the problem is
serious, a spokesman for the
agency said.
The agency said minibikes
are “noted for poor handling
characteristics because of their
short wheel base and small
tires.” The engines fail to
provide needed acceleration for
highway driving and they are
difficult for other drivers to
spot because of their small size,
it said.
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CHICAGO—Two men were killed when a traffic control
helicopter crashed in a field in suburban Bellwood. The dead
were identified as Chicago Policeman Irv Hayden, who
broadcasted WGN rush hour traffic reports, and pilot David
Griffin Daily News
Demarest, employed by Chicago Helicopter Airways. The
helicopter crashed into a telephone pole during a
thunderstorm. Toppled telephone pole is shown behind
helicopter wreckage. (UPI)
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