Police find Corvette convertible stolen in 1970, and more

Police find Corvette convertible stolen in 1970

On a November night in 1970, Chance Mayfield’s Nassau blue 1965 Corvette convertible with a white top was stolen in Nashville. Now, nearly four decades later, police in Scottsdale, Ariz., have found it. A collector had recently bought the car and, after checking with an insurance bureau, traced it to Mayfield and notified the authorities. The restored Corvette is now worth $65,000—30 times what Mayfield paid for it—and he is headed to Arizona this week to drive it home. “We couldn’t believe it still existed,” said Detective Mark Wagner.

Couple learns of search and rescue effort after saving themselves

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An Oregon couple arrived safely home last week after spending three days and two freezing nights in their Subaru pickup, stuck on a remote, snowbound road. Keith and Jennifer Lee had gone into the Siskiyou Mountains near the California-Oregon border, where they cut down a Christmas tree. But on their way back, they rounded a curve on the south side of Mount Ashland and sank into two feet of snow. After repeated efforts, Keith Lee finally freed the vehicle and got under way; over the radio, they heard that a search for them was in progress. “It was really surreal,” said Jennifer, “not like it was really happening to us.”

Doctor delivers first baby since medical school on airplane

Southwest Airlines Flight 441 was heading from Chicago to Salt Lake City last week when a passenger went into labor. On board was Dr. John Saran, an internist who hadn’t delivered a baby since medical school, more than 30 years ago. But Saran was the most qualified person around, and the birth went fine; he used a pair of children’s scissors to cut the umbilical cord and his shoelaces to tie it off. The flight was diverted to Denver, where the unidentified mother was taken to the hospital with her healthy baby boy. “I’ll remember this for the rest of my life,” Saran said.