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A. side delivery rake being pulled by a tractor was demol shed when it was struck by a car driven by Arthur Walker Storm Lake. The accident occured Sept. 2 about 81 miles west of Storm Lake on County Road A at 5:30 am. The tractor pulling the rake was driven by Eldon F. Otto, Cherokee. There was no dam age to the tractor and the Walk er vehicle had moderate dam age to the right front. Town Highway Patrol Officer Harold Norris, said the Walker vehicle was unable to stop in time to avoid hitting the rake. NEW FIRE FIGHTING EQUIPMENT — Cherokee’s latest piece of fire fighting equipment, a new American LaFrance fire truck arrived on Sept. 1 by railroad and was unloaded Tues day by a company official. The $27,000 vehicle was purchased out of necessity to keep residents insurance rates at their pre sent level. ‘Truck is a 1,000-gallon-per-minute Class A pumper. This exceeds the 750 gallon capacity of other city truck. De partment now has two city trucks and rural truck. Older truck belonging to department has been purchased by an Omaha business. Shown above left to right are: Ronnie Hart, day dri ver; Art Reed Sr., relief driver; Carl Eischen, volunteer fire man; Jim Blakely, fire chief and Tom Boothby, mayor. (Staff Photo)
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Cherokee Daily Times
Cherokee, Iowa, US
Thu, Sep 07, 1967
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