Word: parkway
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Darkness was settling on New York City's Henry Hudson Parkway one Sun day last May when a northbound car suddenly plunged through a six-foot di vider hedge, skittered into the south bound traffic and smashed head-on into another car. All of the people in the northbound car - a seven-year-old boy, his greatgrandparents, his great-aunt and a friend of the family-were killed. The driver of the other car was gravely injured. Motorists braked to a stop and hurried to the wreckage. In the midst of a gathering crowd, Gareth Martinis, 23, peered into...
...short time later, police arrested Martinis in a friend's apartment not far from the scene of the accident. Witnesses had told police that Martinis' zigzagging car clipped the rear of the car that went caroming through the parkway hedge...
...testimony that the three judges had heard, a departmental panel considered some facts about Martinis' driving record. He was arrested for speeding three times in 16 days in 1959, lost his driver's license, got it back two months later by lying about past convictions. After the parkway smashup, police found ten unanswered traffic tickets in the glove compartment of his car (five for driving with a defective muffler, five for parking violations). In late July, the department announced its findings: 1) Martinis was speeding on the evening of the accident; 2) he was zigzagging through traffic...
...Note: The drive to the Festival Theatre in Stratford, Conn., takes three hours via the Massachusetts Turnpike and Exit 53 from the Merritt Parkway. Reservations in advance are advisable, and free picnic facilities are available on the grounds. All performances begin punctually; and, a half-hour before, there is an exhibition of expert juggling on the lawn. Forthcoming issues will carry reviews of "Henry V" and "The Comedy of Errors," which will be played in repertory with "King Lear" through Sept...
...Merritt Parkway (Conn.) 2.50 Good