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Show HILL TOP TIMES Friday, April 19, 1985 d S eamcariteahs die It was in the wee hours of the morning about 4 a.m. A vacationing Air Force sergeant and his family were driving along Route in McClain County, Okla., when they saw a woman frantically pointing at the engine under the raised hood of her car. "They stopped to help a woman in distress," said Don Smith, sheriff of McClain County. "They didn't see the two men crouched beside the car.". When the sergeant got out of his car to help the woman, her two accomplicesher husband and a friend-rus- hed out to rob the startled family. "They wound up killing the sergeant, his wife, and son," 1-- 35 Mr. Smith said. "If you see someone on the road who seems to be in distress, don't stop!" is Mr. Smith's advice. "Drive on to the nearest town and telephone the law enforcement people...let them handle it. "You just can't afford to stop anymore," Mr. Smith said. "Probably 99 percent of the people out there are really in trouble, but it's that other-onpercent who might kill you." In another incident involving a a young airman picked a befriended him, and hitchhiker, up took him home for a meal and refreshments. Later, the ungrateful hitchhiker strangled the airman and left his body in a vacant lot. He then returned In another case, a Kansas Army National Guard sergeant enroute to Topeka for weekend drill duty was murdered when he stopped his car at a rest stop on Interstate 70. "He was robbed in the process," said a spokesman for the Kansas e Highway Patrol. "We recommend motorists not pick up hitchhikers," said the spokesman. "How could you know if the hitchhiker intends to do you harm? It seems that the motorist is harmed more often by the hitchhiker than the other -- scafefy for .accident-fre- e With the onset of good weather, bicycle riders in great numbers are competing with vehicles on the highways for riding space. Add to that safety hazards like potholes, soft shoulders, angry dogs and railroad tracks, and the results can be disastrous. An investigation by the ILS. Consumer Product Safety Com- safety rules can mean the difference between starting summer activities with an accident or having a fun-fille- that of 600 bicycle resulted injuries, nearly from loss of control; 16 percent were attributed to such factors as the rider's foot or clothing getting caught in chains, wheels or spokes. Following a few, simple bicycling and railbed. M m BIKE SAFETY WEEK April hour before dusk; Keep tires properly inflated. Use caution when approaching railroad crossings or tracks. Cross one-hal- bicyelimig 90 degrees. This prevents front wheels from becoming wedged between rail d, summer. ' Follow all the traffic and highway use rules for regular motorized vehicles. This includes proper signaling. Stay in your own lane of traffic. Use all available safety equipment such as reflectors. Remember, all bicycles on Hill AFB must have headlights which should be turned on two-thir-ds way around." There are no federal or military-wid- e laws on hitchhiking, but 45 states and the District of Columbia have made the practice illegal. The other states allow it in cases of an accident or emergency. The Navy is the only service that stamps "Hitchhiking is Prohibited" on its leave forms. However, commanders in the other services are encouraged to discourage hitchhiking for safety reasons. Law enforcement officials warn that no matter what country you're in, playing good Samaritan could result in tragedy for motorists. (AFPS) tracks perpendicular to the rails at accident-fre- e in-dep- th mission revealed in distress s to the airman's home and brutally beat and raped his young wife. er, 12-year-o- ld Tfofimik helping-other- 07 .I f 21-2- 7 I iiiMiiiMiitntiiiiiiiiiiniunuunMiiiuinm'miiiiiimiuiniiiiiiuiiinuniuuiuiniiiii: '76 YAMAHA RD350 '84 '82 '83 MAICO 490 '83 HONDA XL250R. NEW & USED CARS, TRUCKS & VANS NOW! 78 J I A , CAN AM 250MXLC CAN AM 250Q. . . . . . . . ..... YAMAHA YZ80 . . . 950 1 1700 1 950 I 1150 I .900 .350 1 II new shipment of '85 Fords will arrive in the next few days and we need more space in the lot. DEAL NOW! mm WE GUARANTEEING ONE WILL BEA T OUR DEAL! V EEL 602 I. Main 544-071- 7 L avion niHIIIllUlllllllUUUUIIUmUKlUmiUlUIIHHIIIIIlIIUIlUHllllllUIHIIIIIilllR I GL TEMPO 838l. looded wiih ss ''SSI m"y"t"ll"iiii J . 00.275 HIM 99 $122) oil the good Hull. 8.8 (wionctng. rurchoe lor $988 lor 60 monihi. down plus ton & kea ESCORT 200. 6 . & I h.gh output engine, more leose lor 48 monlhj. you poy lo ond security depofct. payment lerne. rt - M . 8583. a lo ol truck w. 0 tmoll payment. kene. 48 month leoM. you poy to cur-- y de- poyrw o KonHnotw". IJ mJJ flII U II II J (0198 II I MO. J&H II (0(0198 II II II I . SSSt I 1 11 ranger i I . yJMOdeo 9SBJ 48 mown leote . l.rt j yov poy poy. 76,000 miles, runs good, sun roof, just inspected, needs struts. f .r. t to.ecr.., o"d ' i ' f-- " J li ., Km w at . im 1 Q w tmi w u'' VM ll |