Donohue leads practice speeds toward Indy pace
At Indianapolis Motor Speedway Donohue unofficially tops 170 mph on 20 laps with a full fuel load. He clocked 174.757 mph Monday and 174.622 mph Wednesday as others like Hulme Revson Unser and Leonard post 170s. Rain and yellow flags disrupted sessions while Foyt makes shakedown runs in a new rear engine Ford.
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Halas Comments at Federal Grand Jury Probe
Chicago Bears owner George Halas testified before a federal grand jury probing NFL antitrust issues. He said he believes the league did nothing illegal and noted many questions focused on the league’s evolution. Bert Rose of Texas Stadium Corp also testified.
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Peace Efforts Target NBA ABA Merger In UPI Report
Separate merger committees led by Abe Pollin and Wendell Cherry met in New York to push a rapid consolidation of the NBA and ABA. They aim for a 28 team league but face opposition from players fears of lower salaries and anti trust concerns.
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Bellevue Area Pony League Seeks Four More Teams
Bellevue recreation director Robert Peters says four teams have entered the Tri County Pony Baseball League and four more are needed. Teams from Perkins Bellevue Willard and Monroeville are in. Groups with boys 15 and under by June first should contact Peters.
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Rain Ends Flyer Misery in Rain-Shortened Tennis Meet
In a rain-shortened match at St Paul, the Flyers fell 6-0 to Tiffin Calvert. Rich Reichert won the Saints only set 6-4 against Jim Eichert, then lost 6-0 6-1. Hohler and Fields fell in singles, and Hug/Hohler dropped 6-0 6-1 in the first doubles.
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