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PAGE SIX

THE .MICHIGAN DAILY

SUNDAY, DECEMBER 12,1954

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Air Force ROTC Cadets Spot
Aircraft from Roof of Union

NO GUN HUNT:
Census Takers Count Reserve Deer

By CAROL PRINS
"If a line were drawn from the
Soviet Union directly over the
North Pole to the major targets
of Oakridge, Tenn., Chicago or De-
troit, the line would pass directly
over Michigan skies."
The importance of the plane
spotting service rendered by 265
members of the cadet corps was
emphasized by Cadet Major Ted
Wuerthner, '55, of the Air Force
ROTC. Each of the cadets, who
watch for alien aircraft, serve two-
hour shifts in the period from mid-
night to 8 a.m. once a month. The
actual spotting is done from the
tower of the Union on which a
small' 'shack" has been erected.
MAROItlF MES

Sides of the "shack" are made of
glass enabling observers to see
planes within a radius of eight
miles and at an altitude of 10,000
feet. Wuerthner explained that
spotting supplements the use of
radar.
Plane spotters are not required
to identify aircraft passing in the
area. As soon as a plane is detect-
ed it is reported to a filter-center
at Grand Rapids. Here a chart
showing the location of every
plane flying within the state iden-
tifies the plane immediately.
Any plane not listed on the
chart is reported as a "bogey" or
unknown, and within three min-
utes of notification an alert is
sounded to send out interceptor
planes from Selfridge Air Force
Base in Mount Clemens.
Heavy Traffic
Large numbers of craft are re-
ported, often as many as 22 an
hour. Weekend traffic is especially
heavy since many airlines schedule
flights for that time.
The Civilian Ground Observer
Corps take over spotting duties
from the Air Force ROTC, from
8 a.m. until midnight. Wuerthner
noted that many women as welll
as men participate in the program.
He said participation is urged as
Michigan's industrial centers such
as Detroit, Lansing and Flint are
susceptible to attack. Because of
their strategic position and large
amount of traffic, the Soo Locksj
are also vulnerable.
In a personal letter from Maj.
Gen. M. K. Deichelmann of the
USAF, national head of all Air
Force ROTC units, Wuerthner and1

Early yesterday morning a group
of 66 ' outdoor-loving people went
deer hunting with pencil and paper.
Rifles were unnecessary and il-
legal for this trip since the area
was the University's Edwin' S
George Wildlife Reserve, and the
students, boy scouts and townspeo-
ple, supervised by Prof. Warren W.
Chase of the School of Natural Re-
sources, were there to take a deer
census.
This annual project is undertaken
to determine the number over 50 of
deer which the natural reserve can-
not feed through the winter. These
surplus animals are killed by the
reserve caretaker.
This year 91 bucks, does and
fawns were counted by the deer
drivers, who formedna long, widely
spaced line on one side of the
fenced-in area driving the deer to-
ward the other. When the deer
broke through the line as they tried
to get behind the drivers, they were
counted.
The deer are kept on the reserve,
tended by the Museum of Zoology,
for biological research.

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MASS SAFETY PROJECT :

S-D Day Objective:_Less Traffic Accidents

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CHICAGO WP)--You'll walk out
of your home Wednesday morn-
ing, step into your car and im-
mediately become part of a unique
project in mass life saving.
As you roll along, you may no-
tice that traffic is flowing down
the boulevard at a slower rate.

tion recorded its one millionth
traffic death.
The Associated Press, as it did
on M-Day, will assemble informa-
tion from all the states from the
midnight of Tuesday to the mid-
night of Wednesday, and provide
a series of up-to-the-minute prog-

1 P.M.Cou n uversty
1 P.M. Closed Saturdays

The effort to achieve one will
take place against a background
that can be outlined this way in
statistics and estimates obtained
from the National Safety Council:
From September 1899, when the
first U.S. traffic death was re-
ported, to the first of this month

10:30 A.M. to 1

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members of the University Air And, when you stop at an inter-
Force Cadet Corps were recently section, you may see a strip of
commended "for playing such a paper on the rear bumper of the
vital role in the defense of our car ahead. You may read the let-
nation." tering on it:
"Do unto others .. . S-D Day
FL EDec. 15th."
Safe Driving Day
verbecookstore/Wednesday is "Safe Driving
OvWekB o soeDay" across the country.
1216 South University yThe purpose is to show that, if
1216SouhEUnverityall who drive or walk do their bit,
traffic accidents can be greatly
reduced.
g3F i}67w 5 7 33wmmim k5Em y The target is a big reduction.
The bull's-eye on that target is
'FOR. C R IST rAS ~24 hours without a motor vehicle
STATIONERY GIFT BOXES accident.
TATOUNERYAIFTBPSaThe campaign is sponsored by
FOUNTAIN PENS the President's Action Committee
- OFFICE FURNITURE for Traffic Safety. Other organi-
TYPEWRITERS #zations are cooperating.
CALENDARS .1IyT ewriters On Nov. 16 President Eisenhow-
C E Ay r}ser directed this appeal to fellow
All makes, Portable citizens :
and Standard. "I hope that every American
ards Immediate delivery. will help to make it a day with-
Playing A l snPout a single traffic accident
Photograph Aibuns Fountain Penslthroughout our entire country."
Scrap Books Sheaffer, Parker, He said that if all of us would
Billfolds Esterbrook. be alert and obey traffic regula-
tions, use common sense and ex-
ercise common courtesy, it could
RUSTCRAFT CHRISTMAS CARDS bea perfectsday on the streets
and highways.
UEELooking ahead, the President
FOUNTAIN PEN REPAIR SERVICE addti la
added this plea.:
"Let's make Safe Driving Day
Since Phone an overwhelming success and our
19NO -7177 nation's standard for the future."
The National Safety Council and
other groups have worked for
OPEN EVENINGS MONDAY, DEC. 6, 13, 20 safety on a year-round basis, al-
though high-death-rate holiday
periods have been singled out for
special attention.
I~ New Event

ress reports. there have been 1,110,000 motor
These national roundups will go !vehicle fatalities in this country.
to the newspapers and radio and Last year alone there were
television stations and, through 38,300 such deaths-one every 14
them, to you. minutes.
There is no record of a day Motor vehicle fatalities through
without a traffic death in recent, the first 10 months of this year
mass-motoring years. I have averaged 97 per day.
National Safety Council fists
Roundup of Freak Accidents

CHICAGO (P)-Lady Luck ca
ed the shots as she pleasedi
reeling off 1954's crop of odd acc
dents.
With her blessing, it was child
play to get washed overboardi
the stormy Atlantic or to fall o
a high fire escape.
But caught in the wrong moo
she made hash of such things
sitting in a swivel chair or stickir
the hose through a fence knotho
These are the highlights of t
National Safety Council's annu
roundup of unusual acciden
printed in its magazine Pub
Safety:
Judy Combs, 4, of Cincinna
broke the family speed record fi
getting from the fourth to the se
ond floor. She rolled off a f.
escape, fell 20 feet, landed on
network of clotheslines and gent
bounced back to the lower firee
cape landing-unhurt and unru
fled.
Washed Overboard
Just as lucky were Lars S
and Audun Jense, crew memb
on the Norwegian freighter Mai
nihild. They were washed ov
board during a storm on the A
lantic only to be scooped ba
aboard when the vessel dipp
deep down into a swell.
But Peter Passantino, 11,
Chicago, still rues the impulse th
drove him to stick his n
through a knothole in a fence, ju
for the heck of it. An inquisiti

11-
in
ci- '
d's
in
off
od,

dog loping by on the other side,
sprang up and gave the tempting
target a hard nip.
Desk Sgt. Frank Krueger of the,
Chicago police was convinced the
swivel chair is not the safest place
for a cop. The rollers slipped dur-
ing a quick turn-around, dumping
him to the floor so hard he had

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as to go to the hospital for cuts and
ng bruises.
ble i Salute Accident
he In Korea, American Cpl. Gib
ial Landell became the unwitting vic-
its tim of the snappy salute. He threw
lic his back out of joint and had to TO EUROPE 1955
be evacuated to a hospital.
o, The first rung of the ladder be-
- came the Achilles heel of Morgan;5Q days in Europe
e ie.Wallace, circus daredevil who 58dycn E rp
ire made 113 parachute jumps with- !
a out a scratch. He fell 1inchesCountries
at- his home in Peblo, Coo., o n r e
uf breaking a bone in his foot. by private car
If-
Dr. Otto Erhardt, 200-pound
stage director of the New York * Guaranteed steamship space
ele City Opera Company, probably I
ers made the noisiest fall of the year. * 58 days on the continent
,g- He tumbled into a kettle drum* Los ffretm
er- during dress rehearsal frenzy.dLots of free time
kt- Edward Sweeney of Philadel- * 4persons per car
ck phia, got four blowouts during a
ed 60-foot auto trip. But his trip was
straight down. His car ripped
of through a guard rail on a bridge
Tat over the Schuylkill River, turned
)se a somersault and landed wheels
ust down on a railroad siding 60fe r m ar ve S r ic
wve below.
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Enjoy your Christmas vacation at home
by doing your shopping now!
Just a few suggestions:
sifts1 of LINEN are always most acceptable
HUGE BATH TOWELS for Dad as well as handkerchiefs and
Barbeque accessories
PLACE MATS ... TABLECLOTHS. .. BATH TOWELS
JEWEL CASES, LINGERIE CASES, SEWING KITS and
APRONS
HANDKERCHIEFS and many other useful items for Mother h
PILLOWCASS, sheet sets and everything for the girl who is
interested in her hope chest.
All purchases wrapped in attractive Christmas wrappings
at no extra cost.

There never has been a day pre-
cisely like S-D Day on a nation-
wide scale. The event most like it,
in concentrated attention and
dramatic impact, was M-Day.
The grim drama of M-Day
built up slowly and steadily for
several weeks. It lifted to a cli-
max Dcc. 22, 1951, when the na-

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