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Show BOX ELDER JOURNAL, Brigham City, Utah Thursday, December 21, 1972 25 Icy Roads Cause Several Mishaps Icy road condition cauied several wrecks last week in the Brigham City area, according Another accident the same day at almost the same time caused an estimated $175 damage at 219 South Fifth West. to police reports. One man was hospitalized Sunday night after a three-ca- r accident at the intersection of Eleventh South and Main. According to Patrolman Bryan Bingham the wreck happened at 5:26 p.m. when a sedan driven by Ray Webb Coombs, 61, Fielding, struck the rear end of a car driven by Jay Allen Eichorn, 471 North Second Officer Thorsted said a 1972 sedan driven by Wilma S. Johnston, 864 North Second West, was stopped behind two cars at the stop sign on the corner of Fifth West and Second South, when another vehicle approached from the south headed north on Fifth West, and slid into the Johnston auto. The car was driven by a Brigham City youth, who was cited for driving too fast for existing conditions. Officer Thorsted estimated $25 damage to the 1972 Johnston sedan and $150 loss to the youth's 1967 car. The crash happened at 3:29 p.m. A two car crash at the Fifth North and Second East, intersection last Thursday at 2:08 p.m. resulted in $160 damage. Officer Thorsted said a car driven by Donna Collins, 337 East Coombs received a facial laceration and was taken Memorial hospital in a Brigham City ambulance.- After the crash a third car came over the hill, also northbound, and struck the Coombs auto and sent it over the meridian. That vehicle was driven by Richard H. Lunders, RFD 1. Tolstoy, S.D. Damage to the Eichorn vehicle was $100 and loss to the other two automobiles was $350 each, according to Officer Bingham. Sixth East. According to Patrolman Scott Thorsted a pickup truck driven by Kenneth Morinaka, 512 South First West, was westbound on Second South across Sixth East. A sedan driven by a Brigham City youth had just stopped at a stop sign. The sedan then started into the intersection into the path of the pickup truck. He cited the youth for failure to yield the right of way. On the same day a pickup truck driven by Robert Neil Safeway Saturday afternoon Clark for improper lookout. Damage to the truck 1966 truck was $130 and loss to the 1959 car was $90. 6 Same Day Damage Estimates Damage to the truck was $110 and loss to the car was $350. The accident happened at 5 : 54 p.m. A two-ca- r collision in front of Gets Citation AW applied the brakes. The car slid and went past the stop sign. Another auto driven by Elizabeth Tingey, 566 North First East, also approached the intersection and the same thing happened, he explained. However, the second car slid into the first vehicle. The officer termed the road condition as the worst degree of ice. No citations were given. Damage to the 1970 Collins auto as $120 and loss to the 1969 Tingey car was $40. Another accident Sunday night resulted in a total of $460 worth of damage at the intersection of Second South and Patrolman Bingham cited - Greenwood approached the intersection and the driver No Citations No citations were issued. resulted in a total of $270 worth of damage. Officer Thorsted said a 1966 sedan driven by David Loudell, was Reese, Perry, northbound on Main street in the outside lane of traffic. Another 1969 sedan, driven by William T. Krueger, 813 Holiday, made a left hand turn out of Safeway s parking lot and in the path of the northbound auto, he explained. Damage to the Loudell auto was $20 and loss to the Krueger vehicle was $250, according to the police officer. He cited Krueger for failure to yield the right of way. A crash at the intersection of First South and First East, Friday afternoon resulted in $210 worth of damage. Patrolman Bingham said the accident happened at 3:14 p.m. when a car driven by George Clark, 24 North First East, made a right hand turn from a service station on to First South and went across the road, striking a parked pickup. The pickup was parked by Alicia Allen Earl 1060 South Main. - , j . - Schroeder, Brigham City, attempted a right hand turn into Skaggs drug center parking lot and slid into a car driven by William Wallace Jeppesen, 15 West Center, Mantua. The accident happened at 1 p.m. The road was described as covered with black ice, according to Officer Thorsted. No citation was given. A crash at the intersection of Third North and Main last Thursday resulted in $100 damage. The accident happened when an auto driven by Lowell Parley Archibald, 380 .Main,. CSSKY DOG Tremonton, was turning from Main street onto Third North and slid into a sedan stopped driven by Brent William Hansen, Route 2, Brigham City. No citation was given according to Lt. Jed Gilmore. Damage to the 1972 Hansen car was $100 and no loss was reported to the Archibald auto. CHO Hits Bus A 1964 sedan collided with a Box Elder School district bus last Wednesday at 95 North ' Fifth West. The car was driven by Bert Kenneth Kopinitz, 923 South Third West, according to Lt. Gilmore. The accident was in an open intersection and the sedan was westbound with the bus southbound, the officer explained. The bus was driven by Alfred Parker, RFD 2, Brigham City. Kopinitz was cited for failure to yield the right of way. Damage to the bus as $250 and loss to the sedan was $270, Lt. Gilmore reported. IIASDRO DONT DUG ME SIMP gflf.lE you bugs North Seniors Prepare For Yule Show A total of 41 senior citizens from Bear River valley have reserved seats for a bus tour to the Fine Arts center at Weber State college in Ogden Saturday Jan. 6 to attend the production The Nut Cracker. Accompaniment will be by the Utah Symphony orchestra. A chartered bus will leave Tremonton at 1 :30 p.m. and will arrive in Ogden for the matinee at 3 p.m. Accompanying the group as hostess will be LaRene Napoli, project director for the Senior Citizens. Bonnie Sue Grover will also accompany the group. REG. 4.99 ' ft J LIMITED QUANTITIES . . . list 1.29 DEADS ... list 1.29 . . . list 1.49 MY LUIICII DOX . . . list 1.19 CANDY HOME DAKE SET . . . list 1.19 MILK DOTTLE ft HAMMER . . . list 1.29 NOUY NOD CHECKERS CLOTHES ... 1.27 value CHESS SET . . . 1.27 value FREE-K- A SINGING TOY . . . "By calling before Christmas Day, you not only take advantage of low rates, but also have a better chance of having your call go through on the first try, Newman said. He explained that Christmas and Mothers Day are the two busiest calling days of the year. Everyone tries to call at certain long times, overloading distance circuits and causing fast busy signals. Utahns will place an estimated 100,000 long distance calls on Christmas Day, a 15 percent increase over last year, Newman said. DEADS RINGS Thu gum Make Calls Early Yule Have Better Luck BE JOLLY .. odd butturiusl . . . Just YOCR CHOICE, ALL REDUCED. that will drivu Telephone customers who plan to make long distance holiday calls this year will have better luck calling on Saturday or Sunday before Christmas, according to Mountain Bell exchange manager, Boyd Newman. Newman said customers can take advanatge of weekend rates and low use of telephone circuits by calling on Saturday, Dec. 23 or Sunday, Dec. 24 before 5 p.m. and WKU TKIY EA. UST YOUR f(i CHOICE 1.19 value C3 S- MATTEL 1 9 38L ag DIG-- 0 iARRCARSHM CAMPER LAV OUT fry III fJ for Sizxlor ownors. 12 ft. of flat truck wido strip for rod passing action! REG. 8.99 Offers Tips LIMITED I QUANTITIES 9 He offered some tips to help people complete their holiday calls: Dial Direct. 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