The first freezing rain of fall iced-up bridges on Interstate 70 in Howard County, Maryland, resulting in a four-vehicle accident. Velva Thomas, driver of the crushed Datsun, survived sustaining serious back and leg injuries.
The world's largest hot-air blimp crash landed into power lines after a steering mechanism failed. Malcolm Forbes, publisher of Forbes magazine, was aboard. because he was thinking about buying it.
86-year-old Emma Hart appears to be more concerned with the contents of her mail box than the problem faced by the truck driver behind her. A load shift toppled the bales of hay just beyond the Hart residence.