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Show BROTHERS COAST TO SAVE GAS; THMJJNG RIDE His first experience at the wheel of an automobile ended at 11:30 a.m. Wednesday in a smashing climax for Kerry Jones, 5, who steered his father's 1936 Dodge from the post office to Dowd's grocery, stopping after a collision with the store's delivery de-livery truck. The little boy and his brother, Karl, 3, were left in the Jones machine while their father, Grant Jones of Telegraph, went in Utah Copper hospital to get his wife, who was having some teeth extracted. ex-tracted. Mr. Jones left the car in reverse gear, but did not have the emergency brake on. One of the boys bumped the gear shift and the car started down canyon, Kerry slid into the driver's seat. He passed four cars cominff un oanvnn sirJpsun'nino the first but doing better the next three tries. At the . narrow point in the road near Dowd grocery he ran the auto into Mr. Dowd's truck. Damage: about $75 to each machine. ma-chine. . Kerry and Karl were much concerned when police arrived to investigate the accident. The unexpected joy ride shocked both children into speechlessness. Mr. and Mrs. Jones were thankful that neither of the boys suffered an injury. The police thought Kerry did very well on his first try as a motorist, but advised him to wait until he is of legal driving age before he makes another attempt. |