European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 2, 1959, Darmstadt, Hesse -3ft my members of patrol advise truck Drivers on special driving hazards within area. Com z s safety patrol by Don Walter staff writer a safety program built on Courtesy and Good will has changed the Acci Dent pattern of one unit in com z and Vance Section. In existence the past six months the 2dtransportation in s safety patrol in t patterned after a cops and robbers idea. Its patrol cars never have set out on a Cha Sefor an offending Driver. Instead it studies the areas where potential accidents Are Likely. If imprudent traffic habits Are observed it offers advice and guidance. Its chief aim is to help truck Drivers avoid trouble and maintain High safety record. The patrol service for the Drivers of the 2d, who cover a total of approximately 450,000 Miles a month Over the highways of northeastern France. Much of this traffic moves on National route 4, betwee Nancy and Vitry be Francois bound for Paris or West in usar Hurcom z. The battalion has Headquarters near Nancy. The patrol s watch also extends North from Nancy to the German Frontier to Verdun and East toward Strasbourg. The danger zones. Have been pinpointed and As the truck Drivers themselves Are picked on a rotating basis to serve with the patrol nearly everyone is Well aware of the hazards that exist throughout the a. Result battalion spokesmen say the Accident Ratet i the past six months has fallen. The idea has proved to be beneficial no Only Jav cutting i accidents but also i increasing Drivers safety consciousness. Every month each company in the Bat Talion supplies an no with to jeep and Driver. These teams meet at battalion Headquarters at the beginning of a work ing Day for a briefing conducted by sgt Roland d. Douglas before moving out the patrol gets notice of the Day s vehicle movements the heavy traffic areas an the possible danger locations. Then each jeep sets out for its own Are of responsibility. The Normal procedure is to be stationed at an intersection or Hilltop a place where an Accident could happen. Then for example a truck rounds a curve too fast or barrels Down a Hill without Down gear ing. In this Case the patrol flags the Driver issues an informal notice of the traffic violation and discusses the Points that made for dangerous driving. The notice i forwarded to the co of the Driver s unit. Later the reports Are Analysed at battalion Headquarters. Drivers Are observed both for Good driving habits and safety violations. Vehicles of other units May also be stopped wit the Driver being advised on a Friendly basis. Nor has the patrol overlooked criticism if necessary on the state of the Driver s uniform or any abnormal condition of his vehicle. In one recent Case a Loose spare wheel was detected. Had it fallen it could have caused an Accident. The patrol has become the eyes Andears of the battalion said maj George m. Reed the 2d s operations officer. We Feelth Drivers exercise greater care now. The Accident rate is Down and for this Pecan thank the a vhf of Tutti Ujj i of v of \ patrol jeeps set out for posts after morning briefings a photos by Hunter Fri Here s what your trip to France will Cost you $100 for a week in Paris .%$35 for a weekend pm the Riviera $100 Orless for to Days spent seeing tie sights in Normandy or Alsace. These Are estimates of the first class level issued by the French government tourist office which has just completed an on the spot actual Els Jing prices in i he capital and the provinces. / a first class hotel in Paris will Cost you anywhere from $8 to $6.25per person for two people in a double room including breakfast depending on the hotel and the conveniences you desire. A Good meal May be had for under $2.50 an evening of dining and dancing for $2.80 per person an evening at a Good location at the fogies Bergere for $8. Concert tickets run about 60 cents to $3. Entrance fees at jazz clubs Are usually 80 cents. Theater tickets run about 50 per cent below . Prices. An hour Long boat ride on the Seine with guide goes for 60 cents. Entrance to the louvre the arc Detriomphe an the top of the Eiffel Tower Are respectively 40 cents 20 cents and $1. A ride on the metro is 9 cents. A guided tour of Versailles is25 cents most of the week. Guided Tours by agencies available at Many Points in the City feature modern Paris and historic Paris at $2 a general tour of Paris in a bus equipped with multilingual earphones at $2.73.Many of the sights in Paris Are free on sunday. The Loi fore museum is one of these. The $100 weekly average allows at least one meal in a great gourmet restaurant of Paris. Maxims the tour d Argent and other top restaurants have full course meals that begin at $5.06 and income cases at $4.05. These Are the most expensive restaurants in France. Outside Paris hotel and restaurant rates Are some Liat lower. Nice has Many top flight hotels where a room for two people with private Bath costs As Little As $3.50 per person. The number 01 Good hotel where a double room and full pension is $7.50 per person is legion. Special family rates Are offered by Many French Seaside resorts. T a bus tour of Nice is $1.17 a circuit through Provence from Aries to Les Baux is $1.82. Among the summer festivals of music and Art typical rates Are those of Avignon july 15-aug. 2$1.01 to $1.41. The celebrated Casals music festival at trades has a Price scale of $1.21 to $8.84. Train fares in France Are among the lowest in the world about la/2 cents per mile second class about 2va cents a mile first class. Tourists to France May put a new twist on the enjoyment of Flowers by. Eating them As Well As admiring them in Fields and gardens. France s Flowers not Only look Good enough to eat but Are transformed into gourmet delicacies at Many of the country s famous and lesser known restaurants. The restaurant in the Eiffel Tower for instance often offers a salad featuring Tulip stems. Lasserre a also in Paris has created Poulard Anno Fleurs de Filleul which is Chicken cooked in Lime blossoms. The celebrated tour d Argent has produced a souffle made with violets while often to be found at Maxim s Are fritters filled with acacia Flowers. As Candy in Many stores crystallized violets and Orange blossoms. Goren on Bridge East West vulnerable. East Fra e a i -.-,North a 10 8 4.akq10 East 4aj976 vk5aj82 52 South westaq432 v862 q754,643 4 a64.j987 the bidding East South vqj1043 West pass pass pass. North Dale 3 pass stripes pass 2fpass 4f pass opening Lead Deuce of 4. In today s hand culled froma. Recent tournament West can hardly be considered Craven for passing his p a Trier s opening bid yet a shrewd Declarer using As a Clew turned the tables against him to bring in a seemingly hopeless contract. West opened the. Deuce ,8padep. East Ivon with the Ace and return d the seven. The South players on winning the second trick took a dam View of their prospects. Four losers appeared almost inevitable but on the Remote Chance that West Hel the King of hearts they took that finesse at once. East had merely to get put of the Lead innocuously and wait for his two Diamond tricks to defeat the con tract. Only one player succeeded infringing in the he did so by betting on a very in shot but he chose a Long Slot which had been overlooked bythe other players to place the King of hearts in the West hand seemed too Remote so he projected a play which would win feast held the King of hearts Only once guarded. He cashed the Ace of hearts arid ran three clubs. East Dis carded on the third round but now Declarer exited with a hear which saddled East with the Lead. East was helpless. A Dia mond return would set up Dum my s King and a Spade continuation would permit Declarer to Ruff in the Dummy As. He Dis carded one of his two Diamo Lidstrom the South hand. Had West led a Diamond Origi Nally or if East had played the Jack of Spades at i trick one to promote a Spade in try to a Tiar thief s hand Tii contract could have been Defeated however we consider this to Bea bit of monday 1959, the chime i thursday Fly 2, i a
