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RuWiTS (ft ft »iROME (UP!ftth* ynoffieiil OKmoiC teamtitle Friday with an avanche ofI in women i pvmnasht* but.the United States topped its gold medal total of four years ago on a dramatic victory bv Marineat' I 4jrlt; »plt; Bin McMillan in rapid firepistol shooting.With three events still to come Friday, Russia had an insurmountable lead on 701 •52ft' 3 over theso* ood-place Americans in thetram race and a total of 37 goldmedals The pow«r*packed Sovietteam is loaded irt men s gymnastics commg up Saturday and about all the U S ran look for is wrapping up fh* basketball gofd medal against Braril Saturday nightMcMillan a 3l-\ear-old mark*-man from Turtle Creek, Pa . who won the 1958 world championship in Mwow, gave the U.S. its 33rd »ld tnedal of the games by win, tig a o- r vC.M.i Off frnrn aI nn and a Russian after a thre.Stay tie for first place Ameri*m id medals to theSmftV.Medal1956 Olympics at Melbourne.for another gold medal Friday when light heavyweight weight-lifter Jim George of Akron, Ohio,was beaten by Poland's JreneuiPalmski and there was no sloping the poised, prectde lady gymnasts from the Soviet Union whopded up 75 punts in four eventsGeorge picked up five punts forhis silver medal in the lift andJames Clark of Bartlesville, Ok fa. added a surprise fourth in theclay pigeon shoot won by Ion IKimifrescu of Romania. Russians, however, won threeof four gold medals at stake in the gymnastics hall, including a1*24-4- sweep in parallel bars and 1 2-3 sweeps in the fong horse and standing free exercise.MNT Am mTruck *o M**t Your2 a 1 Oft V 4 0 J a f t»n Miket Tofl \ «nSAY U DRIVE IT. INC.Crosby i Service Station* llhr *IU »ir t o,,„. M , lt;•!
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Morgantown Dominion News
Morgantown, West Virginia, US
Sat, Sep 10, 1960
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