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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1948
The Zones Have Spread
By Daniel Bishop, St. Louis Star-Times
Home for Christmas
In a few days, students will leave the campus for a welcome respite from the grind of studies. Going home for Christmas has always been a high spot in the year for nearly everyone.
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All students who will be driving home, must keep in mind the sobering reality that the highways are not the safest place in the world. Now is the time that owners should look ahead a little to be sure their cars are in proper mechanical shape. There are plenty of hazards on the road during these days of poor visibility and early darkness. To add mechanical hazards, by sheer neglect to have them remedied, is most short sighted.
This is the time of year when heavy traffic, combined with twilight or darkness and inclement weather, cause many deaths. In December of 1947, 3,190 persons were killed in accidents as compared to a monthly average of 2,692 for the year.
Information furnished by the National Safety council shows that for the northern half of the country winter death rates are 24 to 53 per cent higher than for the summer months. The two major factors contributing to the higher rate are inadequate traction and reduced visibility. Both of these causes can be minimized by simply taking it a little slower. It is difficult to do anything but slow up when the visibility is poor but one can always be sure his brakes are in good condition if proper care is taken. All drivers must also remember that on icy pavement, braking distances increase from three to 12 times.
As we said, going home for Christmas is a great experience, but if you drive, just take it easy and increase your chances of getting there. —M.C.L.
to start a fatal skid!
TODAY'S SAFETY SLOGAN
IT DOESN'T TAKE MUCH ICE...
Courtesy of the National Safety Council Are Your Brakes Good To The Last Stop?
I am from the deep south. My home town, Natchez, Miss., has a population of nearly 30,000, half of which is Negro. In Mississippi, a Dixiecrat state, civil rights are shunned. And in Natchez, one of the oldest and most famous cities in America, the people cling to the culture of the old South.
Dear Editor:
Dear Editor
When I came to college in the midwest, I was not familiar with the intermingling of races. It was new and strange to me. But, I soon became accustomed to it and began thinking more and more about racial prejudices. I thought
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about the situation at home and the attitude of the people there. "Are they wrong?" I inevitably had to ask myself.
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At home, the Negro is given an opportunity, but an unequal opportunity, to prove himself like anyone else. There are wealthy Negro doctors, lawyers and businessmen in the South who have become recognized by long and diligent effort. In Natchez, there is
It is my unalterable belief that some day this will happen. I expect the two races to become closely affiliated in labor, religion, and education. Perhaps I am an optimist. But I am hoping for the best. It may take a long time and until that day comes, those of us who are against the needless prejudices must endeavor to make offenders see things our way.
If the Negro and white man would work together for the common interest of the South, production would be higher, wages would be higher, and the distribution of taxes would be more equitable. The South would definitely benefit.
Some day, the entire South, and other parts of the nation, will wake up to the reality that the suppression of the Negro is a serious threat to our well-being and prosperity.
a Negro college and the public schools are large and well attended. The few facilities afforded, however, cannot supply the demand of the majority and Negroes, as a whole, cannot hope to attain the professional heights that a small percentage do.
Robert L. Simonton Journalism junior
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Watkins Uses New Drug
In Undulant Fever Case
Richard L. Albright, business senior, is being treated for undulant fever in Watkins Memorial hospital. Dr. Ralph I. Camuseton, director of University Health service, said this is the first case of the fever ever to be treated at Watkins.
A new drug, aureomycin is being used and today, Albright's temperature is normal for the first time in several days, Dr. Canuteson said.
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