Indiana Boy Wins Top Racer Prize at Derby Downs
Terry Townsend of Anderson Indiana won the 20th All American Soapbox Derby at Derby Downs before 70,000. He clocked 27.18 seconds over 973.4 feet to edge David Hakman of Los Angeles by a length and a half. The Anderson winner earned a $3,000 scholarship and a two week European goodwill tour.
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Terry Townsend
Anderson
Ind
Andy Vasko
St. Catherines
Ont
David Hakman
Los Angeles
James Bryor
Long Beach
Akron
Ghia
Townsend
Terry
Derby Downs
Barney
Brooks
Maudice Bale Jr
Hoy
Andy Vaska
United States
James Pryor
Callif
Wayne Temme
Evensville
Townsend Brothers
Guide Lamp
General Motors
U. S. State Department
New York
Europe
U. S
Young Vasko
Dider Menne
West Germany
Michael Bernacki
Philippines
Edward Christensen
Anchorjage
Alaska
Vasko
Bernacki
Bes
Twelve counter-revolutionaries sentenced to death in Chekiang raid
New China News Agency reported Sunday that twelve counter-revolutionary bandits were sentenced to death for a raid on Communist Party headquarters in Kinhwa County Chekiang Province. Five others received up to life imprisonment. Four party officials including a district chief were seriously wounded in the July 16 attack with home made guns and knives.
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Hong Kong
Hasidic Leader Rabbi Rokach Dies in Jerusalem
Rabbi Aharon Rokach, 80, a prominent Hasidic movement leader, died Sunday in Jerusalem. He was the last survivor of a line of Hasidic rabbis, had come to the Holy Land 13 years ago from Poland, and will be buried in Jerusalem.
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Jerusalem
Israel
Aharon Rokach
Poland
Rokach
Holy Land
Opague OCR fragment hints at a seaside dining and lodging ad
Fragmentary text describes a hotel or dining room with private baths and wall-to-wall carpet, a large dining room facing the ocean, room rates around 24.50, and catering to outside public patrons. Some garbled phrasing mentions meals, carpets, telephones, and a bakery.
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Clu
Air Force to Stop Ice Cream and Bakery Production
A Senate Small Business Committee report says the Air Force will end in house ice cream bread and pastry production at the Air Force Academy and rely on private Colorado firms. The Navy will close most paint plants except for research, shifting to private suppliers. The panel notes ongoing government operations duplicate private industry.
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Washington
Wpi
Sens
Reate Small Business Committee
Port
Air Force
Sparkman
D-Ala
Thye
R-Minn
GOP
Air Force Academy
Colorado Springs
Senate
Colorado
Navy Department
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Indiana Boy
Richard Adams
Shamokin
Donald Wake
Detroit
Pat Travis
Gainesville
Fla
Carl Taraschi
Trenton
W. J. Young Townsend
Mine Ave
Hasidic Movement
Huntington Hotel
Orean Slvd
van de Kamps
Solons
Elgin Omega Bulova
Boyson's
Pine Avenue
Certified Trust Deeds, Inc
Atlantic
Bixby Knolls
U.S.C.A
Jim Dandy
Chuck
Adolph
U.S. Dla. Choice
U.S
U.S. D. A. Choice
U. Sid. AL Choice
U.S. DA. Choice
Hermosa Beach
Redondo Westchester
Inglewood
Jim Lucky Stores
ING
Torrance
Gerber
Lomita
Harbor City
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