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Show THE SALT LAKE TIMES FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 1972 Safety Car Possibly Available to Public in Next Four or Five Years produced much the same results. The safety car itself suffered but little damage. The air bags had seemed to be triggered a few thousandths of a second too soon, and failed to protect the passengers. The failure of fair bags to protect the dummies used in the two tests has prompted the Utah Safety Council to urge motorists to get in the habit of using their safety belts. These two experimental cars represenetd the ultimate in safe vehicle construction, but had you or I been an unbelted passenger in either we certainly would have been killed. Until something better is developed, the simple safety belt is still the best bet for surviving a crash. The experimental cars proved the passenger car can be built capable of withholding a 50 mile an hour crash into a cement wall. However, many of the techniques used can be applied to tomorrows passenger car. Recently the worlds mose expensive car crashed head on into a cement barrier at nearly 50 miles an hour. As a result of the crash, one headlight popped out and the left front fender was a little crumpled. A further look indicated the bumper was a little worse for wear and the right front fender was a bit wavy. The hood and doors stayed closed and could be opened after the crash. In contrast, a standard car was demolished almost beyond recognition in the test. It is unfortunate that you and. I are not going to be able to buy one of these cars for at least four or five years. Some $4 million dollars if highway safety funds went into developing this care, one of a num ber being built in the effort to make driving on our highways safer for everyone. This car was build by Fairchild Industries, a large airplane manufacturer, underwent exhaustive tests for months before it was crashed. Inside were three dummies elaborately wired to instruments that recorded every stress on them. The three dummies were hurled into the windshield, shattering but not penetrating it, and one of them would have been killed had they been human beings. The basic flaw in the demonstration was the failure of the much publicized air bags to inflate and hold the bodies or dummies in place. A few weeks carier a test was run by American Motors which Page Nine Americas major car manufacturers have been working on th cars for some time, both on thcii own and under government con tracts. It is reported that Japan Germany and Sweden are als: involved in the project, building smaller versions of the safety car for testing. All are trying tc save their place in the United States market by meetings the standards established by the U.S Cost is a definite factor, and in some instances a prohibitive factor, Germanys Mercedes Benz already a high priced car, would cost double the present prices ii all the features of their safety vehicle were put into production Thie question can be asked, I; it worth it. In the state of Utah our accident costs are nearly an hour. Even if a car witl all the new safety features was put on the market next week a competitive prices it would probably be years before all of us arc riding in one. Dave Morgan and his piggy packer can load trailers and containers faster than ever before Minutes are important to a freight train because speed is a big thing the to a good railroad. Trailers and containers mean speed, because and merchandise in them can be moved easily to a train without unpacking, we can have faster schedules if we load trailers and containers faster. That's what Dave Morgan does with his piggy packer. of it. But it s It cost more than a small hotel, and we take veiy good care worth the cash, and its worth the care. Because we make money by hauling things for people. ..fast. $8,-00- 0 Trout is Favorite American Fish No group of fish in the world has turned on so many English speaking scribes and painters as have the trout. The literature and paintings about the fish predate even the printing press, with poets singing their praises and artists painting them and prose writers penning words by the thousands. Why, have trout inspired such adulation is easy to say. They are handsome, often brightly colored, live best in the clean cool waters of tree shaded water. Often wary when finally hooked they battle for their lives with spectacular leaps and runs, lending brief periods of great excitement to the serenity of fishing. The trout is an important fish :n Utah, for although originally here were cnly the cut throat rout and four whitefish, 12 species of these fish are now known n the state. They have been from both the east and west and include some colorful types and such favorite of the angler as the rainbow or brown rout. Trout differ from other groups of fish in coloration, fin size or shape, shape of mouth and its treamlining. Coloration is protective as it is with many other 'ish the trout being noted for spots and streaks of reds, blues, greens and yellows. Most trout lend themselves to hatchery rearing, but the rainbow is the champ at this. The rainbow has been moved about by fishery biologists and even farmers so that the narrow range in the west has been exetnded to much of the nation as well as to other continents. in-rodu- ced Booklet Provided on Apollo 17 Mission to fho Union Pacific railroad people A chapter in history comes a close Dec. 7 with the blastoff of Apollo 17. NASA has published a fully illustrated 100 page booklet on this last Apollo mission entitled On the Moon with Apollo 17. It is designed as a guide for TV viewer and follows the mission from takeoff to splashdown. It will also make an excellent memento of this occasion. The bock is for sale at the U.S. Government Printing Office and can be ordered by sending check or money order for $ 1 to the Supt. of Documents, Box 1821, Washington D.C. 20013. Checks or money orders should be made payable to the Supt. of Documents. Orders received by Nov. 30 will be mailed before the launch. (Psalms for Modern Man9 Now Available The Psalms for Modern Man in tedays English version, is now available in large size print frem the American Bible Society. Published in direct response to numerous requests for large type edition of these ancient hymns and prayers the new publication was produced by one of the newest innovations of the printing industry, an automated printing process. The requests were augmented by those from individuals with vision dimming because of age or disease who no longer could read ordinary size print. Clergymen made similar requests, emphasizing the case with which the larger type Psalms could be read from the pulpit. The man deaf to the voice of poetry is a barbaran; let him be that way. Goethe. A |