Evel Knievel Performs Despite Broken Back at Atlanta Event
Evel Knievel, hurt with a broken back in a Saturday practice jump, appeared Sunday at Lakewood Park in an ambulance. He rode a motorcycle at 60 mph performing three wheelies before apologizing for not jumping 13 cars and instead doing seven. He was later taken to Piedmont Hospital for treatment as ~10,000 spectators watched.
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Robert “Evel
Knievel
Lakewood Park
Piedmont Hospital
Alumni Director Gets Helper
Carol M. Luedtke will become assistant to the director of alumni relations at the University of Idaho on July 1. A Nebraska native, she has a BA in speech communications and has worked with the Mid-America Research Center. She will coordinate alumni activities and liaise with campus programs and news media among other duties.
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Moscow
Carol M. Luedtke
University of Idaho
Dick Johnston
Nebraska
Mid-America Research Center, Inc
Lincoln
University of Nebraska
Association For Publication
Lewiston
Luedtke
Dick Sherman
Aetna Casualty and Surety, Co
Spokane
Washington
Huck Finn Triumphs in State Turtle Races
In Sacramento 600 turtles competed in seven divisions at the International Turtle Races. Huck Finn, a 8 inch entrant in the super monster class, sped from center to outside in four seconds but missed the two second record.
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Sacramento
Calif
Huck Finn
Hu¢k'Finn
Summitry Won't Solve Problems at Yale Commencement
Yale President Kingman Brewster Jr. urged that summitry won t solve future issues. He credited private groups and associations with improving the human condition as the key to America s future quality and direction. At baccalaureate ceremonies in New Haven he dismissed summitry as merely style. In Nottingham England women at a cigarette maker complained of a heavy surveillance rule after cameras were removed from the restroom.
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New Haven, Conn
UPD
Yale
Kingman Brewster Jr
Brewster
America
Nottingham
England
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Symms Speaks On Pollution and Other Campaign Talks
Republican First District candidate Steven Symms says pollution will be solved by technology and new design, while other candidates like Bud Davis and James McClure address education, welfare reform, and rural credit. Byron Johnson and Glen Wegner offer rural development and job creation plans.
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United Press International
Steven Symms
Caldwell
Nampa
Kalispell
Mont
Flathead Community College
William LF
Bud) Davis
Davis
John Steinbeck
James A. McClure
Ridaho
U.S. Senate
McClure
Working Mothers’ Forum
Burley
Genesee
Byron Johnson
Brown Wins Ralph Breshears Memorial Freshman Honor
Richard G. Brown, Idaho freshman football standout and leading rusher and scorer for the Vandarbabes, is named the Breshears Award recipient. Coach Don Robbins notes Brown’s strong spring session and potential for a fall starting role as the award shifts to honor Idaho freshmen statewide for leadership and academics.
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Moscow
Richard G. Brown
Idaho
Ralph Breshears
of Idaho
Don Robbins
Brown
Vandarbabes
Robbins
Breshears
Boise Valley
University of Idaho
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