European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 25, 1968, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 4 the stars and stripes monday March 25 1961 by air font ours improves driving quickly what to do if the Gas pedal Sticks by Ann Wood Washington up give yourself a Quick test which of the following would you do first if your car accelerator stuck a. Try to kick it Loose wit your foot. B. Turn off the . Brake immediately. D. Shift to Neutral. Go to Neutral says the answer in a Driver improvement course being pioneered by Theair Force and which Well could come into general yourself Low if you chose turning off the Inmany modern cars this kills not Only the engine but Power to brakes and steering. Dangerous. In the program now in use at18 air Force installations films depicting particular driving problems Are flashed on a wide screen. Then comes the multiple Choice question on How to solve them which students answer by pushing the appropriate Button before them. The answers Are fed into console at the Back of the room cumulative scores Are registered and the right replies flashed on the screen along with an explanation. Dan Smith manager of the program says Drivers average making an error every two Miles on the Road. Not All Are illegal or potentially dangerous. But in the right combination and under particular Circum stances they contribute considerably to the Accident rate. The air Force goal is to Cut that mistake rate by half among its returns As to the course s effectiveness Are not Inlet but there was a 21 per cent drop in fatal accidents involving air Force people last year when 15 per cent of Al personnel took the course. The program is aimed at Al airmen 26 years old and under. A Driver May Speed to work because he had a fight with his wife that morning or he May make a Sloppy turn. He May swerve across the Center Lin while lighting a cigarette or come up too fast on another Carin front while tuning his radio. The course demonstrated by Smith on Capitol Hill recently is designed not Only to impart technical knowledge about driving but More importantly to make the student think consciously about Good driving habits they should know but Loo often ignore. The Basic pieces of equipment for a class of 40 estimated by Smith to Cost about $5,000 Are a color movie projector a slide projector a wide screen and the Central teaching console linked electronically to 40 individual student respond Erbo xes. The course developed for theoffice of aerospace safety takes about 18 hours. Its subject matter ranges from the driving environment to emergency situations and How to be a helpful navigate tune m too Many students wrong response to a q the instructor May Stop the of for a discussion Smith airmen although some sceptical at first fed them. Selves enjoying the course relating it to to. A experiences. The air Force is two hour local orientation course which also could Perreas a Model for schools and communities. This course pre pared individually for each air base is designed to acquaint airmen with the local drive Laws and special a Ards of area. On the Ball the Rev. Jesse jr., an episcopal priest takes careful aim during a game of Pool in a Washington . Mission and rmes his bicycle Between us two worlds the Mission and All White St. Patrick s Church sponsor of hip intercity Mission a u1 photo All while Hureh. To a Center negro episcopal priest works in 2 worlds by Sterling f. Green Washington us a part time Jtb to keep us 111 a re Tail lend jul oks i e Nuu a place to study a to in of hoi or Laue Tennis help Cuit if to a in. Tit cd is 30. He looks younger when bicycling to work or. Clad in a sweatshirt tossing a football with the teenagers. He recently grew a hippie style Beard. He Heads the neighbourhood advisory Council directs the summer Day Camp program fights for Federal and cite funds for his teen Center. Odd Job Center and other causes and teaches Niht classes in of Soloi a at Southeastern University. At the uni Ion he a embed negroes and whiles from Theoph a self sides of the City fur that run through Mitiu or i in and even Bijj onto a week fur 15 weeks. Then a left i is is be in Brit up. I i Hei Fulu his two worlds. For St. Patrick s episcopal Church Miles away in a Helling of Homes and Shade Trees the Rev. Nor. Anderson is an answer to questions that bother Many an All White congregation How can we help out How do we get involved St. Patrick s raised $45,000 to launch and support fur three Sears a inner City mis Sion. It n. E r \ i e u e d e i h t on a White and priests in 1966, then United the Kev. Or. An Der a i to come from Philadel phia to Man the Mission and to Lake his turn regularly Patru k s pulpit. Onet we pans a i ked out the fir a to Lii it ated in the Chain Al. Families their i and left St. Put Nek s. Now the Hev. I hsuii.i.-, d Ilo con Eha a add a Leckt i hip us jut hav e Al St i a a a ii if it s a a. a. I. He relies mainly on cooperation with other neighbourhood Agen cies including a Catholic mis Sion. His hardest Job the Rev. says is explaining to Well to do Whites Why the poo think and behave As they do. Hea hard to under stand for inst.i-.,\ Why makes sense to Jirl to have babies a Iii to Ora of them out of a. in t just for extra Wel fare Money but mum from sense of loneliness _ Ltd wanting to have Somis Rie a in i hint to care for and l a in is. He a Kub clean edition Cipf and Chi. Be u.�. Arm a fart and. Ifim Fri to 741.ftt,. W is new Vorlik 10c14, Tel. A Foj Zijm Scio i j not my Pirim Ltd Ner of Tiv to in i k h " Fri Idrisu Liu
