Show I FREAK SQUEAKS Driving Dog Tops fops 5 1951 List Lest Of Unusual Wacky Accidents Do you ever have the feeling that things in this good old USA U.S.A. may just possibly be a little wacky Well take it from the National i Safety Council Council youre youre you're right The Council has just lust completed its annual roundup of odd accidents accidents acci acct dents and dazedly reports some mighty queer goings goings on on in the field of freak squeaks A dog who's a hot rod driver a n fish that caught a fisherman an airplane that crashed a n red traffic traffic traffic fic light a horse and wagon that collided with a sailboat a n garden rake that shot the raker these these and m many other dizzy doings doings doings do do- ings indicate that things have been slightly screw screwy y in 1951 t 4 The pooch who pined to drive a ahot ahot hot rod was riding in a truck with r w gin his m master William C. C Hollis of Denver As Mr Hollis drove through Topeka 1 Kan at a prudent pace the dog stirred impatiently reached over and planted a heavy paw on the accelerator The truck leaped forward went out of control collided collided collided col col- col- col with a passenger car Four I persons were injured The dog hasn't driven since Police in Miami Fla are arc used to seeing all kinds of traffic on busy U. U S S. S Highway 1 during the tourist season But even they were startled when Robert Simmons of Dayton Daton Ohio landed his airplane on the highway one August afternoon rolled through a red traffic light and nudged a truck before he stopped Simmons h had been forced down by carburetor trouble Nobody was hurt No traffic ticket In Chicago a sailboat got on the wrong tack and collided with a 3 horse and wagon driven by Randolph Randolph Randolph Ran Ran- dolph Johnson a non non nautical nautical pilot who found himself a little at sea when confronted b by a boat traveling traveling traveling travel travel- ing along a busy street on a trail trail- er Damage to the boat was The land forces suffered no casual casual- ties Many a a. a tired and perspiring gardener has moaned Im shot as he finished his raking But Lincoln Lincoln Lincoln Lin Lin- coln Stew Stewart of Columbus Ohio really meant it He was raking trash in a dump when the rake struck and discharged a bullet in inthe inthe inthe the trash Stewart was shot in inthe inthe inthe the ankle And all of us who have greeted a new day by gro groaning ming I feel like Ive I've been run over by a steam steamroller steamroller steamroller roller can get a hand first report on the feeling from year old St Stanley Willoughby of Portland Ore who actually underwent the experience Fascinated by a three- three ton roller Stanley grabbed on to toa a pipe at its back and walked along as it rolled Suddenly the roller backed up It knocked Stanley down dO passed over his legs and hip and imbedded him neatly into the hot soft asphalt He was injured only slightly TO SKEPTICS who believe chivalry chivalry chivalry chiv chiv- alry is dead here is a note of comfort Cab Driver James Deeds of Des Moines Ia la gave up his seat for a lady lady and and did it the hard way Helping a fair passenger unload a big sack of groceries from his cab Deeds backed into a passing car felt a draft looked up in time to see the seat of his pants disappearing down the street on the door handle of the offending auto And in Boston Mrs Catherine was injured in an automobile automobile automobile auto auto- mobile accident as she sat in her second floor apartment In the street below a car had struck a pedestrian knocked of off his shoe hurled it 25 feet through the open window of Mrs living room It hit her on the head inflicting inflicting inflicting in in- scalp wounds Yes it looks like good old 1951 was a little goofy in spots But as the saying goes arent aren't we all ll |