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Wedged Into Clay Bank...by the force of the impact is the wreckage of the prize winning customized convertible.

MOOOOve This Cage...off of me, bawls one of the cattle trapped under the overturned truck. Three were killed.
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Splintered Garage...shows how the vehicle blazed the end of its trail. The splatters are from oil in the drums which prevented hitting the building at left.

Finally Stopped...after slamming its way through the narrow pass between two garages is the car which plummeted down Elder Street at the rear.

Swinging Aerial ladder...into position--shortly after 5 a.m.--firemen prepare to pour water on the blazing roof of the Raven Feed Plant elevator. A few moments later Pipeman Early Hanson, atop the ladder, directed a stream of water onto the…

Electronic Thermometer...which instantly records body temperatures is observed constantly while patient is receiving hypothermia treatment.

Surgical Team...takes over in an operation that lasted six hours. Instruments shown are hemostats, clamped to the incision to slow bleeding.
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Immersed In Ice Water...is a man about to undergo brain surgery. Nurses use paddles to keep ice cubes circulating throughout the tank.

The Unnerving Tragedy...of striking John Hines with her car is too much for Mrs. Alberta P. Siebert, who is aided here by neighbors. She is the mother of five young boys.

Comforting Injured Boy...before arrival of the Emergency Unit are his mother, Mrs. Leo Hines, and a passerby.

Epworth Scored A Run...following this action at third base in fourth inning Monday night when throw got away from Glendale's Dennis McIntosh. Dick Steffan finished his slide, got up and raced home before the ball was retrieved.
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Runaway Truck...came down Fourteenth Avenue, then took this wild route, shown by dotted line, between High and Pleasant Streets. It finally stopped between two houses in the background. The only victim was the garage.

This is the mangled hulk of the car in which four Massena High School seniors dies Wednesday morning on Highway 92 when their car rammed headon into a moving van near Massena. Picture was taken in a Cumberland parking lot. The black cat perched on…

Beaming Happily...Mrs. Bertha Ward reads a personal birthday greeting from Mamie Doud Eisenhower.

photo, from overpass, of interstate highway in rural area

Dorothy, a mongrel dog who attached herself to the family of The Rev. Lloyd Sapp here, is causing quite a stir in the neighborhood. She likes nothing better than to loll on the air conditioning set at the Sapp home, even in winter.

What are you--an overgrown hog or a giant watch dog? Many persons have asked this question as they glanced over the field on the Spetman Brothers Silver Spur Ranch, Route 4. Closer inspection reveals this is the remnant of a small haystack. …
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