Questions to ask yourself before you tell your teen yes or no...

If you have a teen driver on the road, you've probably already learned a few things. For one, you're stress level likely increases two-fold every time they pull out of your driveway. Two, you cross your fingers that they are following every safety precaution they learned in driver's education to a 'T.' And finally, they can certainly be expensive to insure.

With such great responsibility being handed over to them behind the wheel, as their guardian, you're responsible for knowing your facts about how to protect your teen and yourself. This article from Insure.com outlines some of the top questions asked about insuring a young driver, including: When do I have to add my teen to my insurance -- when he or she gets a learner's permit, or a driver's license?

• When do I have to add my teen to my insurance-- when he or she gets a learner's permit, or a driver's license?
• Can my insurance company force me to add my teen to my policy even though I don't allow him or her to drive yet?
• Is it cheaper to put my teen on his or her own policy, or on the family policy?
•  If my teen isn't on my insurance and crashes the car, is the damage covered?
   

On 7/1, a carnival was set at King Park with "giant" fireworks for the fourth, Almacs featured watermelon at 5 cents/lb, and the city braced for holiday crowds-- ahh, Newport Summer! Anticipating a housing shortage, the Chamber of Commerce urged residents to register extra rooms if willing to rent to visitors. By 7/3 "brisk" ticket sales for '62 Jazz Festival were attributed to Dave Brubeck and Duke Ellington although Louis Armstrong, Charles Mingus, Max Roach, The Count Basie Orchestra, Aretha Franklin and Theolious Monk were also on the bill! The festival was deemed a huge success; Newport PD reported the crowd of 9000 was happy and orderly. On 7/17, the Daily News headline read: "Kennedy to Vacation Here in September," it would be the fifth time in recent years that Newport hosted the summer White House (Eisenhower, 1957, 58, 60- JFK 1961). On 7/19, Redwood Library directors...
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The Space Race and the Cold War continued to heat up. On 7/7, a Soviet Mikoyan-Gurevich Ye-152 set a new airspeed record of 1,666 mph. On 7/10, Bell Labs' (AT&T) Telstar, the world's first commercial communications satellite was launched for swift worldwide transmission of radio, telephone and television signals. Indicative of the tenuous times, FCC Chairman, Newton Minow, said: "Now we have the opportunity to increase the flow of information among all nations, to surmount the walls of ignorance and prejudice and to use mass communications, hopefully, to avoid mass destruction." Meanwhile, in Berlin, hundreds of East German workers were seen toiling day and night on the Berlin Wall to...
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In pop culture this month Andy Warhol premiered his Campbell's Soup Cans exhibit and Darrel F. Zanuck became studio head at 20th Century Fox. At the movies in Newport, The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (<video) and Spartacus played at the Drive In, West Side Story(<video) at the Opera House and Hitari! at the Strand. On 7/12, the Rolling Stones...
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The America's Cup Defender Trials (<must see - free 1962 film link!) began with skippers drawing numbers from a hat to determine match-ups between the four yachts. After the first two-week trial period, the record stood with Nefertiti (10-2), Weatherly (7-4), Columbia (4-6) and Easterner (1-10). Although Nefertiti had the better record, Weatherly had beaten her by large margins in 2 of their 3 matches and sailed faster in all conditions. Designer, Philip Rhodes had tweaked Weatherly's keel shape, sliced her transom and removed bulkheads to reduce weight. Skipper Bus Mosbacher was also thought to be the best helmsman of the group. July 21 was Australia Day in Newport; Gretel, the Aussie challenger, her trail horse Vim, and their crew arrived. As they passed Brenton Lightship they were greeted by two Navy tugs spraying streams of water, Coast Guard tenders and a flotilla of private boats. Ida Lewis YC officers and a band playing Waltzing Matilda escorted them to a parade down Thames Street... read more  

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