Pacific Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 14, 1959, Tokyo, Japan The stars and stripes saturday february 14, 1959 Italy to adopt new traffic code by Robert m. Fleming staff writer Heidelberg Germany is a new Road code is scheduled to go into effect March 15" in be done away with what consider the suicidal left turn a Man Euver in which the Driver pulls Over to the extreme right before turning left into a Cross Street Usa eur he said. Italy has adopted the method familiar to americans. The new Rule specifies that the Driver should Start the left hand turn from As near the Center of the Road As pos Man with a problem Walter k. Lonch u cashier at Karagoz air Obi the h finance office in Spain shows off the "1 /4-Inch stamp thut has been getting him a lot of ribbing. Ordered was a stamp that was to have been pc inches Overall but delivered was a jumbo sized stamp with ims Inch letters the result of a misunderstanding now Jones uses theh tamp for display purposes Only. Is photo by Bane Mace missiles to bolster Safe punch at 3 bases by Joseph f. Mob Klee staff writer Wiesbaden Germany is later the Safe bases arc schedule to get the air Force s new martintm76 Mace guided missile Safe he announced Here. First to get the new weapon Lithe 587th tactical missile up a Sembach. Delivery of the guide missile there is scheduled for late this Spring Safe said. Mats to Fly Circle route Washington up Theair Force has announced that the military air transport service will Start a scheduled run in april Over the Northern great Circle route to Tho Orient using the same course that Pither military and commercial planes have flown for More than 10 years. The military air transport serv ice Mats flights will travel via Alaska and the Aleutian islands the air Force said they would not come within several Hundred Miles of Russia s Kamchatka Peninsula on the run to Japan. Shorter Routten flights a month Are planned. The air Force said military transports weather reconnaissance and commercial planes had flown the great Circle route for More than a decade and it was one of the three main courses during the korean conflict. The route is about 1,000 mile Shorter than the Central Pacific course but has not been used to a great an extent because. Of limited navigation facilities in the missiles will be delivered to two other groups of the 38th tactical missile Wing the 586th at Hahn air base and the 585th at Pitburg air base. The swept Wing Mace uses an Allison j33 Turbojet engine an eventually will replace the older tm61 Matador. The new missiles will be equipped with either automatic terrain recognition and navigation Atran guidance system or the inertial guidance system. The systems Are so accurate they can guide their carriers to specific targets More than 600 Miles away from the to bile launching pads. The 38th is commanded by col Harry j. Sands jr., of Marietta Ohio with Headquarters at Hahn air base. The tm61 entered service with Safe in Germany in 1954, and for a time were the Only operational guided missiles in the air Force inventory. Placed in an Aler posture on a 24-hour watch against the Frontier to the East the tm61sare dispersed through Central Ger Many and can be fired at any Tim regardless of weather. Sible and turn near the Center of the intersection. Drivers turning to the right Are required to hug the curb All the Way around. The code also will impose on civilian automobiles a new Speed limit of 50 Kilometres an hour 31 Mph in inhabited areas. It specifies lesser speeds for truck Sand buses. Violators will be subject to jail terms of up to two months and a Fine of from 10,000 lire $16 to 40,000 lire $64. Outside of populated areas Drivers still will be required Only to drive safely taking into consider Uon such factors As condition of the car and Roadway and the weather situation. Penalties will Range from a Fine of 5,000 lire $8 to 50,000 lire $80. Another., provision of the new code states that outside of built up areas a car must not follow an other at a distance of less than 40meters 43%. Yards except when overtaking the other car while passing. The Fine will Range from 5,000 lire $8 to 20,000 lire $32. Other provisions Here Are some other important provisions of the new code income cases just a clarification of the existing Law right of Way unless other Wise marked the Driver coming from the right has the right of Way when two Drivers enter a intersection. Outside of populated areas vehicles travelling on stat highways have the right of Way. Fine 4,000 to 40,000 lire $6.50 to$64. Lights headlights Tail Light Sand directional signal lights Are required. Only parking lights May be used when there is sufficient Public lighting. Low beams must be turned on when the lighting is insufficient. The use of Bright lights is forbidden in inhabited areas. This Means stick to parking lights in metropolitan areas. Blind ing an oncoming Driver is viewed As a serious offence punishable by up to three months in jail and Afine of from 10,000 to 40,000 lire $16 to $64. Horn honking the Horn is prohibited except in an emergency in populated areas and compulsory for signalling outside of towns. Fine 4,000 to 10,000 lire $6.50 to accidents in Case of a Colli Sion the Driver is required to Stop give Aid to any injured person and remain at the scene until released by authorities. The Driver who fails to Stop or Render assistance is subject to severe penalties. These vary with the circumstances an extent of injuries. Pedestrians pedestrian crossing the Road outside of designated Crossings must give the right of Way to Drivers. Atlas production line Atlas intercontinental ballistic missiles near the final Section of the production line in san Diego Calif. The stainless steel missiles Are 10 feet in diameter and 75 feet Long. They rest in elevated docks above the equipment bins and electronic gear required to Check their sub systems. Associated press photo Survey shows Progress in Usan retraining plan by William h. Burrell staff writer Washington is the air Force has made a thorough Statis tical Survey of its school retraining program and has found it to be progressing the official report said retraining applications for the period january1957 to december 1958 totalled 18,712, with 75 per cent being sur plus cos. Of this total 3,500 were surplus cos in the directed pro Gram the air Force said. Expansion planned object of the school retraining plan is to reduce overages an shortages in no career Fields and to improve retain ability in tech Nical Fields. The air Force plans a major expansion of the retraining pro Gram and details will be announced in new regulations now being prepared. Available courses yank airman in Spain weds Gina Lollobrigida s stand in Torrejon Spain is a/1cowen g. Bernhardt can expect his Bride to receive Many Many Piro by Paul Spiers staff writer pos. An old Spanish custom is Thep i r o p o a the extemporaneous neatly worded tributes paid to an attractive girl encountered on the Street. Although propos were outlawed tiny to space Rig unveiled Sunniville Calif. A a tiny nine Pound television system which its builders say can with stand being rocketed into space and transmit its pictures 1,000 Miles was displayed Here by the l
