Word: accidentals
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Thus far, the H-bomb's fail-safe systems have not been foiled even by shattering falls from high altitudes, as happened at Palomares. In that accident, two hydrogen bombs split open on impact and spilled plutonium, dusting nearby farms, which had to be tediously decontaminated. The same kind...
All states have "assigned-risk" plans, requiring every insurance company to accept a quota of castoffs, whom they sometimes charge 150% above standard rates for minimum coverage. For some accident-prone drivers, even that price may be a bargain, but insurance companies have been so fast and loose about canceling...
Somehow the industry must be helped to cut its costs. One obvious step is tighter state driver-licensing-or even a federal license for all U.S. drivers. If 20% of the country's drivers lost their licenses, says the Stanford Research Institute, the accident rate would go down 80...
Some critics urge the Federal Government to do the insurance industry a favor and take over the auto-accident business entirely. Urban Specialist Daniel P. Moynihan, who chairs a federal auto-safety advisory committee, suggests a federal insurance system modeled on workmen's compensation, with awards made strictly on...
Died. Howard Lebow, 32, U.S. concert pianist; of injuries suffered in an automobile accident; in Amherst, Mass. One of the youngest and most promising of U.S. pianists, Lebow toured 15 countries after his 1963 Manhattan solo debut, played the works of such modern composers as Edward Levy and Erich Kahn...