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Show I Across 4 IRi cctf J &Xttri&Z&J 'deot from other editor 1 Des Moines, Iowa. The visitors left Tuesday morning to return to Iowa. Claudia Johnson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Reed Johnson of Midvale, spent last week end visiting with 'Mr.. and Mrs. Verio Kendrick and family. From Tbe Outlook, Golden, Colorado: Colo-rado: The tad thing about the teenage driver and hotrod problem prob-lem is that a small minority of Immature youngsters create a bad name for the rank and file of hot-rodders hot-rodders who are probably even better drivers than their elders. In fairness the public should keep in mlnd.that most of the teenage teen-age drivers around us are not only fun-loving but also serious about their development as good citizens. citi-zens. And we're all for them. What many people fail to realize Is that the law-breaking, reckless type of teenage driver Is in the minority. But they're the ones that make the most noise and get into trouble and therefore Into the public pub-lic print. The rank and file good citizens among the hotrod net Isn't heard of much because they're behaving be-having themselves. They're solid future citizens. They're the kind who like to tinker with machinery and make it run better the experimenters perhaps per-haps the discoverers and Inventors of tomorrow. Next time you go for a drive take note of the hotrods you see. You'll notice that most of thorn have a deep, muffled purr thnt suggests power but doesn't create t. distur bance. At the same time you'll notice that the driver knows how to handle his car skillfully and in harmony with every traffic regulation. regu-lation. These youngsters are the counterpart coun-terpart of the "whoopee" driver of a former generation only a lot more sensible. Let's view each driver on his own merits regardless of the kind of car he drives. Let's not classify all hotrod drivers with the few who have no use for the law. Let's be fair to the good citizens of the younger set From The Suburban List, Essex Junction, Vermont: It Is quite common for people in the cities to crab about subsidies and public funds that are used to promote and help the farming industry. They forget there are a lot of other groups that get subsidies from the federal government. Even Secretary of Agriculture Ezra T. Benson indicates that all farm support programs should be dropped . . . Don't get it into your heads that farmers are the only group who are given special privileges. priv-ileges. This Federal relief goes deep Into Industry, transportation, power, shipping, and many other groups. |