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Show Series Explains Public Notices Public notices, or legal advertising adver-tising appear in this and other newspapers regularly, as provided pro-vided under the laws of all of the states. These notices are a part of the basic right of the people to know what their government gov-ernment does with tax money under the American system. Copyright 1961 By James E. Pollard AN ODD TRAFFIC BLINKER (No. 6 in a Series) An out-of-state motorist was driving along a New England highway that was unfamiliar to him. All of a sudden he became aware of a double amber blinker on his left, ahead and above the road. He had never seen this kind of signal and wondered what it meant. His puzzlement was soon resolved. re-solved. In a short distance he saw a sideroad approaching from the right. The blinker was like a permanent caution, warning the approaching driver to be extra careful. Within limits, the blinker was like a public noitce. The purpose pur-pose of the notice may vary but basically it is intended to call attention to something. It is designed, de-signed, moreover, . to give due notice. Generally this means sufficient suf-ficient time to enable those concerned con-cerned to take whatever steps may be necessary to protect their rights and interests, whether collective col-lective or individual. By long practice the bonafide 'newspaper of paid general circulation cir-culation has been shown to be the best general medium for notices. That is why the laws of all 50 states make provision for the publication in such newspapers news-papers of hundreds of kinds of public notices. This has come to be a basic part of the American legal system and indeed of the democratic process itself. |