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Friday, April 5, 1974
University Daily Kansan
11th & Kentucky Has Most Wrecks
A frequent location for traffic accidents in Lawrence is the section of 11th Street between Kentucky and Indiana streets, adjacent to the University of Kansas.
S. Mitel Garcia, traffic officer for the Lawrence Police Department said yesterday 40 accidents were reported in this area last year. All of these were two-car accidents except for one that involved a motorcycle.
Garcia said that 19 of these accidents had occurred at the intersection of 11th and Kentucky streets. He said this could only be attributed to negligence on the part of the driver because there was no terrain or sight-distance problem at that intersection.
Garcia said failure to yield, speeding and improper turning were the main causes of crashes.
Weather wasn't a great factor in this area
because 11th Street levels off before it
crosses Kressen Street. he said
The intersection at 11th and Indiana streets had the second greatest number of accidents—nine. The intersection at 11th and Owens Valley Streets was third with seven accidents.
García said that poor terrain and a sight-distance problem played a large factor in the accidents on these streets, especially 11th and Indiana streets which intersect in
He said the intersection at 11th and In-
where he was especially dangerous when it grew.
front of the stadium. Visibility is extremely bad there, he said.
1960s. Those were the years of the Berlin crisis, the Cuban missile crisis and the Bay of Pigs incident. President John Kennedy told the nation that a thermonuclear war with the Soviet Union was a definite possibility and encouraged citizens to take steps without delay to protect their families by using a new $200 million Shelter program.
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Bomb Shelters . . .
There followed a short "shelter boom." Fallout shelves became a sort of modest life insurance and many communities Daniel County was divided into color-
Douglas County was divided into color-
coded areas. Residents of each area were told which buildings they could go to in case of a disaster.The plan was published in the Lawrence Journal-World several years ago. Beloe did few residents were still familiar with the plan.
"Whenever we sound the take cover warning, people ring our phones off the wall because they don't know what to do or where to go," he said.
Belote said the effectiveness of shelters depended on the pattern of attack, the size of bonds, their accuracy, the height of rooftops and other variables. He said it was 'very
"Usually, when the weather is really bad, we block off the entire street," he said. "When it getsICK there isn't much you can do except block it off. People shouldn't even attempt to travel on that road when the weather is bad."
He recommended that all family shelterers be kept supplied and that supplies be rotated frequently to insure their usefulness.
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Christian . . .
In the event of a nuclear attack, ne san,
residents would have as much as 12 hours
warning to prepare to move into their
shelters.
"Obviously the most distressing and tragic cases are when patients have withheld medical treatment from their children with fatal results," said Dr. Mitl-
unlikely that Lawrence would be subjected to a direct hit."
According to Dr. Mitchell, one of the main drawbacks to these claims is the lack of adequate diagnosis. He said often diagnoses could be misinterpreted by the medicine. He also said some of the reported successes could be based on the power of suggestion, implying that involving patients or blindness.
Dr. Mitchell cited a study by the Presbyterian Church that investigated the impact of a commission, which was headed by the late Dr. William P. Williamson of the KU Med Center, found in all cases there was inadequate diagnosis before the alleged incident.
He said there was a great danger in refusing to seek out or accept medical treatment, especially if the disease was treatable.
This power of suggestion won't cure serious diseases such as tuberculosis or pneumonia.
He emphasized, on the other hand, that faith could play an important role in the treatment and recovery of patients. He mentioned several instances of Christian practitioners, being referred to him by practitioners, and he said these were his "best patient."
"They're (the practitioners) not stupid," said Dr. Jenkins, "they're not going to let a patient plead to the department."
A shelter should be supplied with enough food and water for a two-week stay. Belote said it should also have a radio, sanitary supplies, a drinking fountain, a fresh air source, and a power source.
Solitis said he had never referred a patient to a doctor, and he doubted that many other practitioners would do so because that would violate the principles of Christian Science. He said he knew of several examples of persons with diseases who turned to Christian Science as terminal who turned to Christian Science and were healed.
People unfamiliar with Christian Science often confuse the church's spiritual healing with what is called "faith healing," or healing through blind faith, according to Scott, librarian at the Christian Science Reading Room, 1011 Massachusetts St.
She said blind faith had no understanding behind it, unlike the principles of Christian Spirituality.
"You can tell a child that two plus two equals four, and he will accept that with blind faith. You can just as easily teach him that two plus two equals five. But if someone tells him now how him, plus two equals four, this understanding can't be averted," Scott said.
Robert Shelton, assistant professor of religion, characterized the Christian Scientist faith as a "somewhat intellectual type of religion."
Shelton said the reason for the misfortunes and infirmities of the world, according to Christian Science doctrine, was to understand the world in the proper way.
Community group shelters such as those on the University hill aren't kept supplied,
"There's no way in God's green earth we could afford to stock all these places and keep up with the perishables and rotate the produce," Beloit said.
Belle said the average home basement didn't provide adequate overhead protection. But the minimum requirements for adequate protection have changed, he said.
He said the original requirements had been based on 100 per cent fallout but had increased to 150 per cent.
"To get down to brass tacks," he said,
"the proper sheer can be quite expensive.
But if you have nowhere to go during an attack, you must just as well write it off."
"It could probably not be mandatory in a free society," he said.
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George Williams, director of Lawrence Public Works, said the main problem with the area was the terrain, but he couldn't understand why there were so many accidents at the intersection for 11th and Kentucky streets.
He said that a 48-inch highway stop sign had been posted over a year ago to prevent accidents, but a car had failed to stop the same night the sign had been posted.
"The stop sign is so large that you can see it from North College Hill," he said. "If it were any larger it would be a traffic hazard."
Williams said that the intersection at 11th and Indiana streets was dangerous because of the sight-distance problem and a sharp dip that precedes the intersection. He said the area was as well-marked as possible in order to be safer, but he would rather decrease the possibility of accidents.
The city had also completely reworked the surrounding parking area, he said.
Not much more can be done with the area, William said. There isn't much grade left to be widened and the terrain can't be changed to fit the requirements of a university buildings and private homes, he said.
Williams said that at one time the city had considered making 11th Street into a one-way street, but the idea fell through because it would inconvenience the motoring public.
“It’s a bad situation,” he said. “The street is overused. It carries more traffic than it should because of the University. It’s cramped and the grade can't be widened. The sun and the terrain make the sight bad, and that there is nothing more we can do.”
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