First hand report
8 cars in wreck
By RICH LOVETT
This is a story—unfortunately true—of how this reporter was sent to cover a wreck last night and became part of it.
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I started down the hill. Ten seconds later my car was sliding helplessly on a coating of new-fallen snow. My brakes couldn't stop me, but I finally halted—by hitting the car ahead of me.
"Get down to the intersection by Murphy Hall," an excited UDK photographer said on the phone as I sat in the Daily Kansan office. "There's been a wreck. Better get a story."
FROM THERE we could see police lights flashing down at the corner of 15th and Naismith, and a line of cars backed up the hill from the stop sign.
So, dedicated cub newsman that I am, I hurried to my car with a fellow reporter, Merrily Robinson, Jacksonville, Fla., junior, and drove along Jayhawk Blvd. to the intersection at Naismith Drive.
That was only the beginning. Three seconds later, another car hit mine from behind. A chain reaction followed. Smash. Smash. And another smash.
Sadly I got out and viewed the result: two cars in a collision at the stop sign; a space of about 50 feet; then six cars, one bashed against the other all the way up the hill.
SOME of the drivers involved in the mutual bumping were Susan Jones, Lawrence sophomore; John S. Martin, Bethel freshman; Larry Streib, Lawrence freshman; Mark Powers, Wichita sophomore; Pat Blackburn, Prairie Village freshman; and this reporter.
Somehow nobody was injured, and the police ruled it was a freak accident and did not press any charges.
One student, Susan Geiger, Leavenworth senior, had time to drive her car onto the sidewalk, stop, and watch the spectacle pass her by.
About 60 Kansas high school teachers and publications advisors are expected to attend the Kansas Organization of Publications Advisors meeting March 18 at the William Allen White School of Journalism.
When I returned to the UDK office I confronted the photographer who had phoned in the tip. Very sympathetic about the dents in my battered car, he gave me 25 cents to help pay for the high cost of getting the night's news.
Teachers to meet
The keynote speaker will be Elwood C. Karwand, chairman of the journalism department at Wisconsin State University at Eau Claire. He will speak on the ways in which a high school journalism advisers' association can help the individual teacher.
Larry Miller, general manager of the Kansas Press Association, will speak at the noon luncheon.
The goal of the conference is to formulate plans and ideas to strengthen journalism at the high school level.
RUSHER
FIRST NO-HITTERS
Daily Kansan Wednesday, March 8, 1967
Seniors,
The factory representatives of Josten's, Inc., this country's largest college jewelry manufacturer, will be on campus March 9 & 10 to show the OFFICIAL UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS CLASS RINGS. A new medium weight ring will be shown for the first time.
Come in and choose your personalized Class of 1967 ring at the
kansas union BOOKSTORE