Time Trials Step Up for 46th Indianapolis 500
Four former winners and five rookies join the 46th Indy 500 field, with Parnelli Jones setting a new pole speed of 150.370 mph in the Agajanian Special. Qualifying averages reached 147.33 mph, surpassing last year’s 145.302 mark. Jim Hurtubise barely made the field after two wrecks and a late card swap. Elmer George was the slowest qualifier at 146.092 mph. The list includes former winners Troy Ruttman A J Foyt Jim Rathmann Rodger Ward and rookies Jim McElreath Dan Gurney Chuck Hulse Chuck Rodee Allen Crowne.
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Thompson Conn Sports Car Races Set for May 27
Thompson Raceway in Thompson, Connecticut, will host the Sports Car Club of America's 1962 New England Championship races on May 27 at 2 p.m. Expected are 150 drivers from New England, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, and Ontario. Notable entrants include Gaston Audrey, Art Swanson, Paul Richards, and two women drivers, Lucille Dingley and Shirley Juskalian, driving Alfa Romeo models and a Cooper driven by Audrey.
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Kennedy to hold news conference at White House
President Kennedy will hold a news conference Wednesday at 4 pm Eastern Daylight Time at the White House. Press Secretary Salinger said the event will be open to live television if networks wish to carry it.
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Vermont Women s Golf Tourneys Get Under Way
The Vermont State Day Women s Tournaments begin today with the northern event at Northfield and the southern at Bellows Falls. Prizes include the Mae Murray Jones Trophy for the top club, the Janet Lang Trophy for the top individual, and the Genevieve Babbitt Smith Memorial Trophy for the player with the biggest handicap drop. Play is divided into four handicap divisions. The season runs through a final tournament and banquet in Brattleboro on Sept 18.
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Howard Mitzel to Star in Memorial Day Hill Climb
Howard Mitzel 64 from York Pa will headline the Memorial Day cycle hillclimb at Feura Bush eight miles south of Albany off Route 32. He holds more national climbing titles than any other rider and is the oldest living active competitor. Gordie Mitzel, his son, is groomed for the next National Champion. Gordie was runner up last season. Other entries include Brownie Betar Johnny Cicerelli Kenny Katton Joe Hemmis and additional top riders in Class A and B.
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Woodbridge
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Canada
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Cumberland
Baltimore Signs Robin Roberts to Orioles Pitching Deal
Cleveland AP Robin Roberts 35 year old right hander signed Monday by the Baltimore Orioles after a 1-10 last season with Phillies and spring try with Yankees. He is to join Orioles in Cleveland tonight and is expected to be paid in line with Yankees offer around $30,000 annually. Roberts peaked with six straight 20 win seasons 1950-55. He impressed Orioles manager Billy Hitchcock during a May 11 workout.
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Young GOP Rally Planned for Burlington in June
MONTPELIER The Vermont Young Republican executive board outlined a Burlington rally with an all day program of panel discussions and speeches ending with Sen. Barry Goldwater. Arthur Thompson of UVM was named rally chair, replacing Pat Emory who is moving out of state. Additional party business covered county spring programs and a vacancy filled in Orleans County by Mrs. Carroll Carpenter.
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Pioneers Cut Path For Interstate
Kentucky's first interstate highway Wilderness Road was built before the Revolution with Daniel Boone among its engineers. He cut a section from Cumberland Gap to Boonesboro in 1775. The road ran from West Virginia through the Shenandoah Valley, extend ing into Tennessee and North Carolina. In Kentucky it split toward Boonesboro and toward Harrodsburg and Louisville. Much of Central Kentucky section followed a buffalo path to Ohio River feeding grounds.
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Decision On NCAA Play Delayed A Week
Holy Cross, Boston College, and Bridgeport University will enter the NCAA District One double elimination baseball tournament in Springfield. Vermont's Yankee Conference champions are tentatively slated to fill the field but post season limits may block them. if Vermont cannot play, Massachusetts advances. Regional play runs May 31 to June 4 with the winner advancing to nationals in Omaha.
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Lawn Care Basics for a Lush Summer Lawn
Washington report outlines soil preparation seed selection and fertilizing for a green lawn. Advice covers moist soil testing lime or phosphate peat moss or manure mix seed textures bentgrass bluegrass and regional mixes plus planting methods seed coverage and rolling. It recommends organic nitrogen fertilizer two or three times yearly and timing by climate.
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