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Five years ago the scourge began to collect its toll: within a few months the two youngest of seven children died; next the mother went, and a brother, 10. Last year the father died, and Berna dette, new head of a family, was coughing and losing weight. Then at last she saw a doctor. County officials moved fast...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Winners Every Time | 4/4/1955 | See Source »

...Hoosier would deny that shortly after Governor Craig "burst" into office, the air was hot and heavy with toll-road plans; and certainly no Hoosier could deny that, as a political tool for graft-minded politicians, the toll-road project is a tremendous achievement. What you didn't mention is that the remainder of our highways have acquired the not so complimentary name of "Craig's corduroy road system...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Mar. 28, 1955 | 3/28/1955 | See Source »

FINALLY FOUND FACTS ON HOOSIER POLITICS AND THE TOLL-ROAD ISSUE. WE DON'T GET REPORTING LIKE THIS FROM THE LOCAL PRESS. IT IS TOO BUSY BEATING DRUMS ABOUT THE HERITAGE OF A FREE PRESS. MOST HOOSIERS AREN'T AS PROUD OF THIS PATRONAGE MUCK AS ARE THE POLITICIANS. AT LEAST THE BEST...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Mar. 28, 1955 | 3/28/1955 | See Source »

This week, 1955's, big battle over, Governor Craig's toll-road authority stood without serious limitation, and his control of the Indiana Republican organization was stronger than ever before...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE STATES: Winner on the Wabash | 3/21/1955 | See Source »

Automatic Toll-Taker. New Jersey's Garden State Parkway is using a robot toll-taker that collects fares directly from motorists, corrects improper payments, sounds an alarm if a motorist fails to ante up properly, and has a camera that snaps a picture of the rear license plate if a car tries to get by without paying the toll...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GOODS & SERVICES: New Ideas, Mar. 21, 1955 | 3/21/1955 | See Source »

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