Evening star., 1955-01-10
Officials Plead
|ForCaution as
Crashes XII IS
Heavy Toll in Virginia
And Murylond Brings
Urgent Appeals

Urgent Appeals
One Of the most tragic week
ends In the motoring history oe
the District, Virginia and Mary
land left a trail of 35 dead today
and brought pleas of of1icials to
end the carnage.
Since 6 pm. Friday 10 persons
were killed In Virginia. IA Ia
Maryland and 2 in the District.
Before Friday Virginia had
counted only four dead for the
new year and Maryland listed
eight.
In the first nine days Of Janu-,
airy the Maryland death count
has reached 81. In january
1854, the trafic toll was 81. II
Appeal Sent by wire.
Miss Marie Gardner. CHAIR
man Of the Maryland Highway
Safety Committee, sent teie-
grams to members Of the General
Assembly.
'sI implore you to use your
important position Of trust in
the legislature to help the Mary
land Traffic Safety Commission
curtail this carnage. she said.
She noted that in the last n
days there have been 80 traffic
deaths In Maryland and said
900 State citizens would die
| IL the rate was maintained
throughout 1855.
The Maryland and Virginia
superintendents Of state police
called for cooperation from
drivers to curb the menace.
More Police Needed.
Maryland Supt. Edward +.
| Munshower said his force Of 36l
was inadequate to cope with the
problem. His department has re-
quested an extra rs men. but ac-f
tually needs a force Of 535. he
said.
Col. Munshower called the.
mounting toll q terrible indict-
ment Of the American driver,
who seems to speed on despite
all signs, radar warnings. safety
lines and other devices meant to
help keep him alive.
In Virginia. Col. c. w. Wood
son, noting his force was UP TO
its authorized strength Of $50
for the first time since 1880. said
the troopers would continue an
unrelenting fight against high-
| way tragedy. For fiye days Of
| the new year, Virginia highways
had been unmarked by fatal
accident.
The Virginia total was ill-
creased by eight In one terrific
| head-one collision two rnile1
south Of Fincastle Friday night
Car Hits Crane.
one Of the Maryland casualties
last night was Mrs. Lottie Black.
48. colored, Of 40S @ street NE.
She was killed when the car
driven by her husband, Lonnie J.
Black, sideswiped Q wrecking
crane pust north of Washington
on the Baltimore Parkway.
Five teen-agers were wiped out
IN one of the most tragic Of the
Maryland accidents. The young
est to die was IA; the oldest 10.
The accident occurred Satur-
day night In Baltimore County,
half a mile north of Fork. The
car left the road and sheared
OF q utility pole. The top Of
the auto was completely shorn
of by the impact.
Those dead were William E.
4 Sample, jr., 10, of Hydes, Balti-
more County. owner of the car:
his brother, Elmer Sample, 16. Of
Hickory, near Bel Air: Judy
Wohnhaas, ii. Of Baltimore:
Margaret Richert, 16. and Bar
bara Wright. Is. both of Park.
vile. Barbara died yesterday In
q Baltimore hospital. Frank C..
| Shipley, 18, of Fullerton, Balti.
more County, was the only sur.
vivor.
/ A 3-month-old girl was killed
instantly In a two-car collision
on Route 230. 8 miles east Of
Madison, Va.
State Trooper Edward Eddins
said the young victim was Donna
Lee Mcdaniel, daughter Of Mr..
and Mrs. Ernest E. Mcdaniel Of
Madison. Her father was driving
one Of the cars.