Parachute Free Fall Leaves Airman with Scratches
Airman Second Class Michael D. Leonard of Lawler Iowa survived a 1000 foot fall after two parachutes failed to open during a practice jump with the 48th Air Rescue Squadron at Eglin Air Force Base Florida. He landed unharmed aside from a leg scratch and remarked his watch was still running amid the incident.
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Eglin Air Force Base
Fla
UPI
Michael D. Leonard
Lawler
Iowa
Leonard
48Th Air Rescue Squadron
Earl Maple
$15,000 Awarded In Tucson Injury Suit
Suzanne Davidson a former University of Arizona student won $15 000 damages from the City of Tucson after a 1962 accident on Speedway Boulevard near Campbell Avenue when a dump truck wheel struck her scooter. The jury exonerated driver John Randolph Harms. The three day trial was led by Special Court Commissioner John Claborne.
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University of Arizona
Suzanne Davidson
Hicksville
Tucson
Long Island
Davidson
Speedway Boulevard
Campbell Avenue
John Randolph Harms
John Claborne
Martin Schulman
Miss Davidson
D. Burr Udall
Mrs Shriver Hospitalized With Kidney Ailment
Eunice Kennedy Shriver, sister of the late President Kennedy, is hospitalized at the University of Pennsylvania for renal colic. Her husband Sargent Shriver flew to Philadelphia. Shriver, 43, fell ill at International Airport while about to fly to Boston after visiting a city day camp for mentally challenged children and remains in care under a hospital spokesman says her condition is improving. She is executive vice president of the Joseph P Kennedy Jr Foundation which funds the camp.
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Philadelphia
Eunice Kennedy Shriver
Kennedy
University of Pennsylvania Hospital
R. Sargent Shriver
Peace Corps
Shriver
International Airport
Yester
Boston
Joseph P. Kennedy Jr
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Lee Optical
el Con Shopping Center
Broadway
Arizona
Yuma
Phoenix
Christown
Thomas Mall
Scottsdale
Tempe
Mesa
Lenies
Free Park & Shop
N. Stone
Alameda
the Citizen
Mir
Naughton Plumbing Sales
Sam
Tucson Fertilizer Co
Monterey Village
Cismot
otoAsteadd
Rische Nursery
Mabel
Sycamore Ave
Peri
Winkle
Santana
Albizzia
Gardenia
Nandina
Begonias
Michael
J. Deir
Tucson Blvd
Cecil Gaver—Says
Aga
Saas A Ey
Frigidaire
RCSH
Aleeirie
Habla Espanol
RTO
E. Speedway
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