Motorcycle Use Boom Masks Rising Iowa Deaths
The piece surveys growing motorcycle use in Iowa with 44 000 bikes and rising registrations from 1963 to 1968 while reporting 27 rider deaths on Iowa highways this year and Cedar Rapids fatalities. It notes helmet debates and safety practices plus expert views from police and riders.
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Iowa
Cedar Rapids
U.S. Bureau of Public Roads
Mike Wilson
Wilson
Margaret
Roberta
Sheryl
United States
Burma Eases Tourist Restrictions On Three Day Stay
Rangoon now allows foreign visitors to linger up to three days instead of 24 hours. The policy expands tourism while noting Rangoon’s cool dry season from October to March. Hotels run $9 to $15 nightly in foreign currency with a 10 percent service charge. The city centers on the Shwedagon temple, a diamond and ruby encrusted 326 foot spire, and the Domino Club offers limited nightlife.
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Rangoon
UPI
Mandalay
Burma
Rudyard Kipling
China
Kipling
Moon rock shipment runs into Durham train breakdown
A moon rock carried from Houston to London by space shuttle and train to Durham broke down 20 miles from its destination. The rock then traveled the final leg by bus, despite the rough transport chain.
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Durham
England
UPI
Earth
Houston
London
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