HURSDAY, DECEMBER 8. 1949
UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
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Kill'em With Kindness Is Capital City Cop's Motto
Washington—(U.P.)-The way the cop on the corner looks at it, you've got to treat the public like people.
The cop in this case is Pvt. Ray Taylor of the Washington traffic divisions. He guards life and limb at one of the busiest intersections in the world—Fourteenth and Pennsylvania, three blocks from where President Truman lives.
Taylor, who is tough enough to lick his weight in pedestrians, is one of the most popular officers in town
Unless it's necessary, he doesn't have a blackjack, a revolver or a tough word for anybody—and his boss, Capt. Lorain Johnson, will back stand on that.
He's proved it time and again
The private, father of two and a man who claims he takes most of his orders from his wife instead of his captain, is only 31. He has a reputation for being able to smooth things out with his hand-waving and his whistle.
It's proved it time and again.
Not long ago, a local driver, who should have known better, made a left turn at the officer's corner. Taylor first gave the man a "hand signal."
Later the offender, who apparently realized the cop on the corner had been pretty nice about it, came around and apologized in person.
That didn't work, so he tooted his whistle. That worked.
"I had to give the man a ticket," the private said.
Officer 863, as the private sometimes is known around the neighborhood, doesn't pull his punches when a punch is what is called for. He'd give his brother a ticket, if he had one on hand, fact, some pretty big manuses in Washington have received "Taylor-made" tickets.
But even in protection of the walker, the most polite copper in Washington keeps his manners.
“A guy behind the wheel of a car made of steel has a lot better chance to hit you, guy who is walking across the street, give the walker a break,” he said.
Not long ago a woman pedestrian took a chance against the lights at the corner. He hand-waved and that didn't do any good. He used the whistle.
"You young whipper-snapper,
you You changed the light on
me."
The lady stopped and gave the cop a slice of her tongue. She added to the insult with:
The copper said, "yes m'amed"
dear boy, you, and went on my bed.
Taylor easily handles the country drivers who come in here from Urich, Mo., Farmer City, Ill., and other places where traffic isn't much of a problem.
The officer kills 'em all with kindness.
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Knoxville, Tenn. — U.P.) — Mrs. Shirley Mason Wales is seeking a divorce. She told the domestic relations court that her husband not only came home with lipstick on his shirts, but also ordered her to wash them.
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KU Group Attends School Program
Kansas City, Mo. high schools held their annual "College Days" program recently. James K. Hitt registrar, Lawrence C. Woodruff, dean of men, represented the University of Kansas. Representatives from 68 schools in the U. S. attended the conference. All colleges and universities which Kansas City, Mo. high school graduates attend were represented.
Accompanying Mr. Hitt and Dr. Wooldruff were: Donald K. Alderson, assistant dean of men; Miss Martha Peterson, assistant dean of women; Thomas Yoe, public relations director; Donald Wilson, associate professor of electrical engineering; Miss Maude Elliott, assistant professor of Romance languages; C. F. Weinaugh, associate professor of petroleum engineering; Frank Pinet, instructor in economics, and Miss Marjorie Austin, social director of dormitories.
There are 156 persons injured in traffic accidents in the United States every hour.
Teneka. —(U.R.)—Reports of wheat mosaic in Kansas fields have been noted today for the first time this fall in a weekly federal-state crop bulletin.
Disease Found In Kansas Wheat
Hubert Collins, government agricultural statistician, said;
"There have been some reports of wheat mosaic (an extremely damaging plant disease) in volunteer and early planted fields. Aphids, which carry the disease, are present in large numbers in some areas and they have been favored by a long period of warm weather.
"However, damage to the wheat cemeteries any, cannot be appraised at this time."
Meanwile continued dry weather in Kansas is beginning to retard growth of the wheat crop, the government report asserted. Soil moisture has become short in practically all areas, particularly in the central and north central counties.
Collins commented that "some yellowing of leaves indicating moisture and nitrogen deficiency is occurring and the plant had a reassuring note to his reports.
As a result of the excellent progress that the fall-planted wheat made earlier, the abundant subsoil moisture supplies and the excellent root development, the crop's condition still can be listed generally as very good.
The mild autumn weather has been favorable for livestock. All classes were listed as being in generally excellent condition.
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