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Vol. 109 No. 47. Weilnesday, November 19, 1969 ~ 15c per copy • I Speed crackdown or trap? Guerriero asks !city for report Father-son on radar ··to curb violaters By SALLY TROUT Of the tickets issued, data shows that the minimum duo~. ~ News Staff Writer amount written for speeding was 10 miles over the speed Does Mason have a speed trap? limit and the maximum being 30 miles over the posted Councilman Frank Guerriero asked why the city A FIRST. Leon Clark1 17, limit. son of Richard Clark, 629 patrol cars have been parked so frequently on Cedar street The radar unit does not give officers a chance to just Henderson street, Mason, and how many. tickets had been issued under the radar go out and park in the patrol car, Stolz said. While using topped his dad over the system at the Monday night meeting of the city council. the radar officers are usually in clear vision of weekend by getting his first Guerriero indicated that a number of persons had intersections and are looking for other violations as well as deer, an eight-pointer. Dad asked him the same questions informally. speeders. came in second with a Mason initiated a new radar system on Oct. 28 and, Over the years there has been a great increase in the seven-point buck. Both according to William Bopf, city administrator, rumor has number of cars using the main arteries into the city, The it that 23 tickets were issued on N. Cedar street alone most recent traffic count on Cedar street shows that animals were bagged Sunday in the past week .. some six miles south-east of 15,000 cars use Cedar street in a 24-hour period. Mason, The Clarks estimate Police Chief Tim Stolz was requested to prepare a "With an . increase in vehicles and drivers there is the weight of the -bucks report on the speeding ticket situation for the council's bound to be violation increases," Stolz said, "I have average about 160 pounds review at the next meeting. compared our tolerance figures for speeders with other each. departments and find that they are similar." STOLZ REPORTED "'"'Tuesday * that he had completed a tentative report for the council and had submitted it to ·the administrator. In this tentative report, Stolz points out that actually there were only nine speeding tickets issued on N, Tex Evans, 60, Cedar street in the past week rather than 23 •. In compiling data on the various speeding tickets issued Stolz found that during the period of radar use, tickets had been written for a total of l, 178 miles per to quit road job hour over the speed limit with each ticket averaging 15 miles plus per hour over the posted limit. By SCOTT KINGAN Stolz told the News that the council purchased the News Staff Writer radar unit with the idea it would be put in use and not left After 23 years as engineer-superintendent of the in the police building, They indicated that full radar Ingham County Road Commission, Frank K. (Tex) Evans coverage of the city was desired, he said. is planning to retire effective January l, 1970, "We have attempted to do just that with particular He was 60 in July. emphasis on highly traveled streets such as Cedar, Evans said he had planned to retire at age 60 for Jefferson, Barnes, Okemos, Ash and Columbia, he said. some years in order to have more time for himself and his The police report shows that in the three-week plus family. time the radar has been in use there have been a total of When he started with the road commission in 1946 78 speeding tickets issued as compared with four speeding his average work week averaged around 80 hours. Lately, tickets written during the month of June before radar use. he said, he is spending about SO to 60 hours on the job. * Besides his desire to stop working full-time at 60, "Since the radar unit*"' was put in use there has been Evans said that for hiJTI to remain on the job arid take , ., . By DON HOENSHELL only one complaint from a citizen about vehicles speeding time off would be an injustice to the county. News Editor · "T.hat's bad. We can't allow .that to happen at all. It is on a city street--~he raclar unit has proven that Maso11 has However, many of his friends say they doubt "Tex" J;i;perative that we havelnafeorrecte(fimmediately." . Gov. Milliken today said the dangerous condition of ------------;.· . .. - \* II<"' a speeding problem and that something can be done about will enjoy time on his hands after being accustomed' to the present 88-year-old state capitol adds "a sense of it," the Chief said, long workdays and high involvement. urgency· to the construction of a new building." MILLIKEN, who has known the capitol as a senator Of that question even the six-foot-plus, He said 'the· ·present building should be renovated for and lieutenant governor and governor since 1961 as did stetson-wearing engineer himself isn't sure. But he said ceremonial and historical purposes but that Michigan's his father, James, 25 years before as a senator, said he has Michigan Bell buys he'll know in about six _months. government needs more. known, too, of the safety warnings by fire marshals. Milliken expressed shock when informed by The News "I am aware that the fire marshal has raised serious EVANS SAID he doesn't"'* "' intend to lose all contact that the only enclosed route from the fourth floor in the · questions over the years about the safety of the capitol," . apartment dwelling with engineering or roadwork. he said. "With this awareness, it was clear that we should event of fire was blocked. He said: The Michiga •• Bell Telephone company has "After 41 years I can't say I have no interest," make plans for a new capitol. Evans said he wants to do a little traveling and visit "Even if we were to renovate and enlarge the present purchased a four-apartment dwelling and a lot at 211 some relatives before making any decisions. building, we would still have a capitol that would be Maple street, Mason, to provide for the future growth and expansion of the Mason telephone office. Perhaps government will catch his fancy. He said he inadequate to meet the needs of Michigan, entirely apart has an interest in local government and that he might from the safety angle." George L. Voorhis, area manager for Michigan Bell, consider running for some local office. Milliken disputed the claims of state and city fire said the property, meanuring 65 by 80 feet, is located adjacent to the company's dial office in Mason. The Regardless of what Evans does, many agree that his property was purchased from the Dart National bank. The record of achievements to date is enviable. · The roof fell in on expensive equipment on the After his birth in the Philippine Islands, July 4, fourth floor recently. See pictures on Page B-5, amount was not disclosed. Voorhis said that the tenants will be able to continue 1908, Evans and his family moved to Las Cruces, New marshals, stating that a number of safety precautions have to reside in the building. He said Michigan Bell would Mexico in 1916, Prior to the move, Evans' father had been been taken at their recommendation. notify them well in advance of its need for the site. a governor of the Islands. (See EVANS, Pago 14) It is true that fire extinguishers have been liberally installed and employes have been briefed in their use, the· enclosed stairway was built and, when not blocked, is a route to safety, however precarious. "But the situation gives the whole proposition of a new capitol a sense of urgency," Milliken said. "There are fire hazards, particularly on the fourth floor." It is the fourth floor that the Legislative Service Bureau, with 50 or more employes, drafts all bills for the legislature, and where now former office space for house members is being converted into committee meeting rooms. WITH THE QUESTION of fire danger and other perils ... such as the crumbling base and cracking walls of the capitol established, the question remains of concept and design for the new structure. RD Milliken said he feels the present capitol can be salvaged, but only for ceremonial and historical purposes. (See Urgent, Page A·14) . · Inside M-ason ~ WHEE·E·E .. Mason's Community Chest campaign is over the top, Page A-3. SHERIFF .. He reports 97 hurt in traffic accidents in one month, Page A·14. SPORTS .. Flag football, the Ingham County League's FIRST FROSTY--Young-at-heart News employes all-league football team, and Tim Goodwin's great column, • hustled out Wednesday morning to build the first Pages A·1 0-1_1. snowman of the season. His winter garb was supplied by GOLDEN .. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Wells observe their 50th the weatherman and Dick Brown, Inca Graphics general, wedding anniversary, Page A-7. manager. Wednesday's forecast is for one to three inches SNOWMOBILES .. They have given us a n~w sport. of snow with snow flurries on Thursday. Pages B-12·13. Flash fire sweeps· service, station A flash fire swept through the Darrow's Standard service station at 173 W, Maple street, Mason, Friday into a puddle of leaked gasoline on the floor arid exploded afternoon causing from $20 to $30,000 damage, causing the blaze. -·. · according to station owner Tom f?arrow.

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