Where 3 Met Death
A head-on collision between the cars shown above took three lives Sunday evening, September 6, 1970, one mile east and one and three-quarter mile south of Manning. Killed outright were Dennis Beck, 18, Manning, driver of the car in foreground, and Melvin Sinow, 36, and his mother, Mrs. Amanda Sinow, 62, both of Aspinwall, who were in car.
The accident happened at 6:15 p.m. just over the crest of a hill. There were no other occupants in the cars.

Three Killed in Manning Crash
A grinding, head-on collision between two cars near the crest of a hill claimed three lives near here Sunday evening.
Killed in the crash were Dennis Beck, 18, Manning, driver of one of the cars; Melvin L. Sinow, 36, Aspinwall, driver of the other car and Mrs. Amanda Sinow, 62, Aspinwall, his mother.
The three deaths raised the Carroll County highway fatality toll to six for 1970.
The accident happened at 6:15 p.m. on a county road one mile east and one and three-quarter mile south of Manning.
The Beck car was southbound and the Sinow car was northbound at the time of the crash.
Each vehicle was demolished by the force of the impact and the occupants were killed outright.
Following the impact, the Beck car skidded sideways and direction across the west lane in the north-south road. The Sinow car went off the roadway and came to a stop with the front end buried in the ditch on the east side of the road.
The accident was investigated by Highway Patrolman Dale Hanson, Carroll, and Deputy Sheriffs Roger O'Tool and Jack Hays, Carroll.
A ruling of accidental death was made by Dr. Roland B. Morrison, Carroll County Medical Examiner. The two drivers each suffered crushed chests and Mrs. Sinow suffered several head injuries.

Funeral services for Dennis Harold Beck will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday at Zion Lutheran Church, Manning, with burial in the Manning Cemetery. Pastor Edward F. Heinicke will officiate. Pallbearers will be Lyle Karsten, Douglas Musfeldt, Mark Heinicke, Kurt Struve, Ronald Reischl, and Ronald Hill.

Honorary pallbearers will be Russel Ranniger, Clyde Fielweber, Bob Sturm, Jim Muhlbauer, Lenus Borkowski, Mark Speck, Harvey Dales, Dale Moeller, Marty Kerkhoff, and Joe Espenhover, Jr. The Ohde Funeral Home, Manning, is in charge of arrangements.

Dennis was born July 26, 1952, at Carroll, a son of Harold and Alice (Musfeldt) Beck. He attended Ar-We-Va Community School until 1967 and graduated in 1970 from Manning High School, where he was a football letterman. Since his graduation he had been employed as a farm hand. He was a member of Zion Lutheran Church and Walter League.

Surviving with his parents are a brother, Robert, stationed at Fort Lewis, Washington; four sisters, Judy of Omaha; Paula, student at Northeast Missouri State College, Kirksville; Chris and Marsha, at home. An infant brother, Russell, and his grandparents preceded him in death.