Driving on Divided Highways With Heavy Traffic
AP reports safer travel on divided highways during heavy traffic and Memorial Day. NSC and statistics show lower fatality rates on turnpikes and interstates, with head on collisions rare due to barriers. Two deaths during the holiday occurred after crossing medians or hitting guard rails. Steel dividers are being added on major turnpikes and expressways.
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Associated Press
National Safety Council
United States
Kansas
Michigan
Ohio
Harrisburg
Columbus
New Jersey Turnpike
Pennsylvania Turnpike
Tulsa Youth is Top Speller in National Bee
Michael Kerpan Jr., 12, of Tulsa, Oklahoma, wins the 38th National Spelling Bee after defeating 69 contestants. He corrects the final required word eczema and bests rival Judy Marie Guarr of Topeka, Kansas who faltered on Jarghetto. Kerpan is a Saints Peter and Paul School student, Boy Scout, avid reader, and oldest of four. He studied 100000 words with Tulsa Tribune sponsorship, winning $1000, a New York trip, and a World’s Fair visit.
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Joseph R. Coyne
Washington
Michael Kerpan Jr
Tulsa
Okla
Michael
Judy Marie Guarr
Topeka
Kan
Jarghetto
Saints Peter and Paul School
Michael Kerpan
Secripps- Howard Newspapers
Garza crafts bas relief portrait with nails in Claremont
Claremont artist Adolph A. Garza 26 creates a nail driven bas relief portrait without oils. He spent a week hammering finishing nails for detail roofing nails for shadows and aluminum nails for highlights after noticing sun glint on rusty nails.
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Claremont
Calif
Adolph A. Garza
Garza
Aresa
William Turner Reuters veteran dies at 84 in England
London AP reports William Turner former joint general manager of Reuters died at home in Bexhill on Sea aged 84. Turner served 26 years with Reuters including 12 years as chief Far Eastern correspondent and led as overseas general manager in 1932 and joint general manager in 1938 before retiring in 1941.
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London
William Turner
Reuters News Agency
Bexhill
Turner
News Agency
Reuters
Magnusson seeks take over of American Allied Insurance Co
Minnesota Insurance Commissioner asks court to place American Allied Insurance Co. of St. Paul in receivership due to an alleged deficit near 1.25 million dollars and insolvency. The petition seeks injunction against high risk driver insurer and liquidation, with a hearing set for Monday.
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ST. Paul
Minnesota Insurance Commissioner
American Allied Insurance Co
Cyrus E. Magnusson
Ramsey County
State Attorney General
Magnusson
Minnesota
American Allied
State Insurance Department
Phillip Kitzer Sr
Phillip Kitzer Jr
Joseph Kitzer
Kitzers
Bell Casualty Co
Chicago
Bell Mutual Casualty
Housepainters Hit by Runaway Truck in California Yard
Eight painters were working on an exterior wall in South Pasadena when a driverless pickup rolled downhill and knocked the wall down. No one was hurt. Owner Thomas Havanis, 42, said the truck rolled freely after he left it parked on a hill, narrowly missing obstacles on its path. Damage to the wall was unclear.
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South Pasadena
Calif
Thomas Havanis
Havanis
Franklin Credited with Invention of the Rocking Chair
Historical note credits Benjamin Franklin with the invention of the rocking chair. The claim ties Franklin to a furniture innovation that became a staple in homes and parlors across centuries.
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Rocking Chair
Benjamin Franklin
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Foie
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