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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
WEDNESDAY, NOV. 30, 1949
Death Valley
Roads Across The Valley
There are lots of way to die in this world. Some are more pleasant than others, some less. One of the most unpleasant is "death by automobile." You can die or be maimed in a hundred different ways in a car wreck. The steering wheel can cut you in two; you can knock your brains out on the windshield; you can be decapitated by broken glass; you can be burned to a crisp in gasoline flames.
Of course, an automobile accident doesn't always mean death. Some escape with only the loss of an arm or leg; some just lose their eyes or teeth.
There are a number of roads to "death by automobile"—drunken driving, speeding, carelessness, passing on a hill—all those will take you there, and they're all dead ends.
The tragic thing is that none of these accidents can be put down as unavoidable. No one must pass on a hill, drive at excessive speeds or take the wheel when he's had too many drinks.
Remember that more than 22,000 people have been killed this year in car wrecks, and that the holiday traffic through December and January will see a great many more killed.
Remember, too, that none of the 22,000 ever thought they would be the ones to die on the highway. No one can afford the "it-can't-happen-to-me" attitude while driving.
Half Step Forward
American journalism lost considerable prestige last year when wire associations "forgot" to send out stories of the bribery of dozens of county editors in Illinois by the corrupt state government there.
Journalism hardly added to its reputation when it was learned that three Washington, D.C., papers refused advertising from small grocers who were trying to fight the Atlantic and Pacific Tea company's tremendous propaganda barrage concerning the anti-trust suit now pending against the A&P.
However, we're happy to read that the Associated Press has carried stories about the Washington, D.C., incident, and that they have been printed in a number of papers.
The past few years we'd had the tendency to believe that advertisers do not exert much pressure on newspapers as to politics and general policy. The A&P incident is rather a rude awakening, but at least we're glad that the facts are not being ignored.
Vets Advised On Insurance
Any World War II veteran may take out a National Service life insurance policy, up to $10,000, or reinstate a lapsed policy, before Jan. 1, 1950, the Veterans administration has announced.
A veteran with a service injury or a less-than-total disability who presently is not carrying N.S.L.I. should investigate the privilege of renewing or taking out new G.I.
insurance between now and Jan.1, the V.A. said.
It was explained that a World War II veteran may reinstate or apply for N.S.LI at any time before Jan. 1 and be granted coverage if he can furnish satisfactory evidence of good health. After January 1, however, all veterans will have to meet physical requirements to obtain N.S.LI.
Wedding rings are placed on the third finger of the left hand because of an old Egyptian belief that a nerve ran from that finger to the heart.
Daily Hansan
University
Student Newspaper of the UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
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National Editorial Assn., Inland Dally
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New York City.
Editor in Chief
James W. Scott
Business Manager
Bob Boltho
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