Seven feared dead as Hatchie River bridge collapses near Memphis
Flooding weakened a 60-foot section of the U S 51 Hatchie River bridge near Covington Tennessee. Seven bodies recovered include a trucker and his wife and two Ripley families. Investigators probe erosion of a pier amid heavy rain and ongoing searches resume with cranes.
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Memphis
Tenn
Hatchie River
Covington, Tenn
Hatchie
U.S. 51
Cecil Whaley
Tennessee Emergency Management Agency
Billy Herron Sr
Ripley
Betty
Henning
Charles Fain
Herron
Covington
Fain
Mary Annette Davidson
Jimmy Davidson
Wilma Bonds, Jr
Jehovah's Witness
Barbara
Sophia
Whaley Salt
Whaley
Jimmy Evans
Yellow school bus marks 50 years of coloring school life
Stamford New York AP recalls Frank W. Cyr who led a 1939 survey that spurred national school bus safety standards. The 42 page pamphlet shaped color use and rules from axles to brakes, helping consolidation and later integration while painting the bus yellow became universal.
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Stamford
N.Y
Frank W. Cyr
Kansas
Cyr
Columbia Teachers College
New York
Rockefeller Foundation
Teachers College
America
Larry McEntire
National Association of State Directors For Pupil Transportation Services
National Bureau of Standards
P. Michael Timpane
Minnesota
Catskills
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