Sam Hanks Captures Memorial Race at Indianapolis 1956
Sam Hanks won the 600 mile Memorial Race at Indianapolis on his 12th attempt, clocking 135.601 mph to top a field led by Jim Rathmann. The win, likely to trigger a move to Italy’s Monza race, ends Hanks’s long quest and signals the potential shift in race car design with Salih’s Belond Special.
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Indianapolis
Indianapolis Motor Speedway
Sam Hanks
Bill Vukovich
Jim Rathmann
Miami
Hanks
Rathmann
Pacific Palisades
Calif
George Salih
Italy
Monza
Mercury
Sam
Pat Flaherty
Pat O'Connor
North Vernon
Ind
Troy Ruttman
Lynwood
Paul Russo
Canoga Park
Salih
Vukovich
Mike Magill
Haddonfield
N. J
al Herman
Allentown
Edmonds
Jimmy Bryan
Phoenix
Ariz
Russo
Andy Linden
Johnny Boyd
Fresno
Marshall Teague
Daytona Beach
Fla
O'Connor
Bob Veith
Oakland
Gene
Hartley Indianapolic
Memorial Race Ends In Death At Pinegrove Speedway
Memorial Day feature at Shippenville speedway ends in tragedy when Tom Kinzer’s stock car bounds into the crowd after careening off a protective net. Two children killed, three others injured. victims include Mary Lou Lindey, 14, and Harold Brunn Jr., 13, among others. Ted Wise of Hubbard Ohio not harmed. Kinzer unaware of his missing car and had driven it to town. Coincident details indicate a chaotic scene in Slippery Rock region near Pittsburgh.
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Clarion
Shippenville Speedway
Tom Kinzer Wueel
Jten
Pinegrove Kinzer
Speedway
Pittsburgh
Ted Wise
Hubbard
Ohio
Mary Lou Lindey
Walter Lindey
Slippery Rock, Pa
Harold Brunn Jr
Harold Bunn
Ibsonia. Pa
Malvern Municipal Judge Fines Himself for Parking Ticket
In Malvern Arkansas Municipal Judge Wendell Epperson, while reviewing his docket, pleaded guilty to an overtime parking ticket and fined himself one dollar. Earlier reports noted a family from Reno Pennsylvania hospitalized with head injuries and others injured, including a 12 year old, with varying conditions.
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Ter
Robert Byers
Reno
Lindey
Malvern, Ark
Wendell Epperson
Hedell Epperson
Million Homes Forecast For 1937 Building Boom
A US Savings and Loan League survey of 6,000 associations predicts the home market near balance and a forecast of one million new homes in 1937. The report cites stable supply and demand conditions in the housing sector and outlines expectations for continued construction activity nationwide.
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Chicago
United States Savings and Loan League
Savings and Loan Associations
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Hartley
Sugar Ray Robinson
Joe* “Ouis
Detroit
Nuzman Lumber Yard
Ora
Johns-Manville
Pratt & Lambert
Briggs & Stratton
Clinton Lawson
Lawnboy
Fairbanks-Morse
Wleo
Sheldon Truck & Tractor
Ottawa
Ottawa Insulation Company
Andy Mietchen
W. ‘Ith
Hes
Eileen
Johnny
THE
Church For All
ALL
Chanter
Keistay Adv. Service
Stead
Douglas Bros. Hubbard Lumber Co
Auto Body Repair
Crites Body Shop
Banho
First National Bank
Peoples National Bank
Ottawa Peoples National Bank
Richmond
Citizens State Bank of
Pomona
Edmiston’s
Terrill’s
Your Fashion Store
Dairy Products
Bennett Creamery Co
Drug Stores— Mann-Bell Drug Store
Briscoe Drug Store Funeral Homes— Lamb Funeral Home
Lesh Oil Co
Conoco
Andrews
Grain Elevators
Farmers’ Elevator Inc
Kelsey’s Food
Anchor Savings & Loan Assn
Ottawa Building & Loan Assn
Utilities— Gas Service Company
O’day Corporation
Ottawa Steel Products, Inc
Cement Brick Products
Ottawa Warner Corp
Ottawa Herald
Minnick Dodge
Plymouth
Radio & Television
Keen Company
Mack Electric
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