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Civil Defense. In East Los Angeles, after alarmed residents reported an explosion, six patrol cars, a detective car, an ambulance and six fire engines raced to the blast area, found Motorist Anthony Gams standing beside his 1947 Chrysler inspecting a blown-out tire...
Britons saw their first Report from America last February. Called Roads and Traffic, it opened with a shot of a London policeman writing out a parking ticket for some hapless Briton, switched to a Manhattan policeman doing the same thing for a glum American motorist. There were the nerve-jarring traffic jams as well as the glossy six-lane highways, and the whole was pleasantly salted with a wry and unpretentious commentary. Reaction was immediate. "An outstanding event," said the Sunday Times. "Visual journalism at its best," said the South Wales Echo. "A winner," said the London Evening News. Just...
Voter's Choice. In Montreal, after being ticketed for failing to signal a left turn, a motorist explained to the cops that it was all because of the provincial elections: "I was afraid that if I put my hand out the window some candidate would run over and shake...
...above. But the congressional action that would have the biggest and most immediate impact on the people of the U.S. (see BUSINESS) was enactment of the historic $33.5 billion federal-state road-building program, signed by the President before leaving Walter Reed Hospital. Starting this week, the U.S. motorist will begin to pay for the unprecedented 41,000-mile project with a tax of one cent more for every gallon of gas, plus a tax on tires that will run around 70? a tire for passenger cars...
...Henry Koerner's painting of Robin Roberts [May 28]: the look on Pitcher Roberts' face seemed strangely familiar to me. Then I placed it. It is also the look with which the Asiatic pedestrian fixes a motorist who honks...