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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 31, 1963
Page
6
The National Safe Council reports a 5 percent rise in traffic deaths through June 1963 compared with 1962, with 18,930 auto fatalities and a 4 percent gain in travel. The first six months show a 4.9 fatalities per 100 million miles, essentially unchanged from last year. 650,000 people suffered injuries disabling beyond the day of the accident.
The family of Cpl. George F. Larson Jr recalls his remark about a destined bullet after his death in Korea. Larson, 24, was killed by a North Korean sniper while helping an American-South Korean patrol locate other North Korean snipers. His father criticized U.S. laxness during the Cold War and urged a forceful answer.
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