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Show Kenneth Cox Suffers Painful Injuries on Outing Kenneth Cox, 12 year old son of Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Cox of Cedar City, is in bed recuperating from a fall Jast Saturday morning morn-ing at Lake Mead. Kenneth will be confined to his bed for approximately ap-proximately six weeks, doctors indicate, to insure recovery from a bruised disc in his back. In addition to the bruised disc Kenneth has both feet in casts. He sustained a fracture in both heels. The accident occurred Saturday morning when Kenneth along with other boys of the Cedar Stake Aaronic Priesthood were enjoying an outing at Lake Mead and Hoover Dam. Kenneth was' climbing in a tree when he fell, to the ground, a drop estimated j at between 15 and 20 feet. The youth landed on his feet, fracturing his heels, then fell on his back, bruising the disc in his spine. ) He was taken to the hospital j in Boulder City where he was treated and remained over Sat-! urday night. Sunday morning he1 was returned to Cedar City. He is resting a his home. |