Year’s Oddest Accidents Highlight 1954 List
National Safety council catalogs bizarre mishaps across the U S including a Washington woman run down by her dog piloting a car, a Kansas City man struck by bricks, and an Illinois farmer injured after kicking a cow. Other incidents involve a youngster exploding a pocket roll, a fall onto clotheslines, and a nose nipped through a fence knot hole.
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Chicago
Washington
D. S
Kansas City
Illinois
National Safety Council
William Suite
Bushman
Lew Babcock
Judy Combs
Cincinnati
Peter Passantino
Jessie Dugar
Houston
Texas
Christmas Carol Pany Rally Mishap In Orchestra Pit
A chaotic scene at a Christmas event left a rally falling into the orchestra pit with a drum knocked over. Separate reports note two Safe, Missouri residents in an auto accident and Don Dempsey injuring his arm after a gym class fall in San Francisco.
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Safe
San Francisco
Don Dempsey
Girl's Car Kills Son of State Policeman in East Canaan
John McGloin Jr., 11, son of Mr and Mrs John McGloin of East Canaan, was killed when struck by an automobile while crossing Route 44 near his home. The driver was identified as 18 year old Winifred Sheak of Salisbury. The boy's father works in the State Police Communications division at Hartford.
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East Canaan
John McGloin Jr
John McGloin
Highwa
Canaan Barracks
Winifred Sheak
Salisbury
Hartford
Davies addresses Democratic women in Washington
Former diplomat John Paton Davies Jr told a National Women's Democratic club gathering that the United States must balance security against subversion with individual freedom. He urged a professional diplomat corps with limited nonprofessional infusion and a stable State Department leadership. Also notes Mrs. Myrtie Huddleston of New York swam 87 hours 27 minutes in 1931.
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Washington
John Paton Davies Jr
United States
Davies
National Women's Democratic Club
Myrtie Huddleston
New York
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Leslie Ertl
Pinckneyville, Il
Anadarko, Okla
Billy Law
Billy
Morgan Wallace
Pueblo
Colo
Otto Erhard
New York City
Opera
Pany
Rally
W. L. Daniel, Jr
Fort Worth
Bob Cratchit
Bob
Mrs
Charles Dickens
Prince Matchabelli
Cologne
Stradivari
Skydel’s
East Main Street
Cor
Arctic Ph. FO
State Department
Foreign Service
America
Europe
Lesko Travel
East Main St
Bridgeport
P. R. Magill
Jeweler
Congress Street
Main St
Automotive Twins, Inc
Fairfield Avenue
Coppola Motors, Inc
Kings Highway
Fairfield
Keating Bros., Inc
Stratford Avenue
Stratford
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