Well, that's the brakes
Mrs. Michael Sedlak, 1603 W. 22nd St. Terr., the driver of the car, lost control when she applied the brakes. The brakes locked, tearing the rear axle and wheels from the frame. The accident backed up traffic on Iowa Street for approximately 45 minutes.
No injuries in traffic stopper
A one car non-injury accident backed up traffic on Iowa Street Thursday afternoon for approximately 45 minutes.
Mrs. Michael Sedlak, 1603 W. 22nd Terr., the driver of the car, lost control when she applied the brakes. The brakes locked, tearing the rear axle and wheels from the frame.
The southbound car then left the outside lane and stopped in the grass, near the 15th Street intersection. The car left the road, rupturing the gas tank. A firetruck was called to the scene but was not needed.
The rest of the incident reads like a "Would you believe . . ." story. Michael Sedlak, the owner of the car, is a Lawrence policeman, while Ted Crady, the officer from the Department of Safety
working the accident, said he was the original owner of Sedlak's car. No tickets were written.
Motor trucks make up 15 per cent of the vehicles registered in California.
Dave Awbrey, Hutchinson senior and student body president, said Thursday the effects of the student strike Wednesday would become apparent in two weeks when the Board of Regents meets.
Awbrey says effects of strike unknown
The actions of the Regents then, he said, and next week if Sen. Reynolds Shultz (R-Lawrence) announces his candidacy for Governor, will show the effectiveness.
Awbrey said there were pluses and minuses with regard to the strike. A plus was that a lot of students became aware of things that were going on in the University because they got involved, he said.
"The strike showed a clear distinction between activist students here and Hoffman activists," he said. "The activists here didn't dig Hoffman from my reaction. His mystique was shattered."
Awbrey said it really bothered him that only a small minority of students, around 5,000 were actively concerned and turned out
"It came off well,"Awbrey said, "because it was a beautiful day,it was a pleasure fair and it forced some people to get together."
He added that the other 13,000 could have cared less.
"The reaction I've gotten is relief," he said. "The news is playing down the rhetoric. The strike can't be used effectively against the University."
Awbrey joked when he said that he believed when spring came there had to be some sort of demonstration.
$200 cars predicted
The 1939 New York World's Fair predicted for the year 1960 that automobiles with rear engines and improved diesel engines would sell for as little as $200. The fair also predicted a cure for cancer, and that a woman's skin would still be smooth at the age of 75.
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