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...train of events after the knockdown surpassed even the coup de grace itself. The camera focused on the supine Liston, but there was no ign of referee Jersey Joe Walcott administreing the mandatory eight count. Then, as Liston vainly tried to get up, Clay dashed into the picture, being restrained by Wolcott, just as the challenger was tumbling down again after having risen to one knee...
Died. Lucian ("Sonny") Banks, 24, journeyman heavyweight boxer from Detroit, whose main claim to fame was his 1962 knockdown of Cassius Clay (Clay kayoed Banks four rounds later); of a blood clot in the brain, three days after he was knocked out in the ninth round by Leotis Martin; in Philadelphia. Banks was the 64th fighter to die of ring injuries in the last five years...
...SHILLELAGH is a stubby little (about 50 Ibs.; 43 in.) missile launched from an armored vehicle-usually a tank. Its microbeam-guidance system is so accurate that Shillelagh can destroy a tank, pillbox or troop concentration several miles away. Giving Shillelagh an added knockdown punch is its launching platform, the new General Sheridan tanklike armored vehicle. This is a speedy battlefield bantamweight (it weighs only 16 tons, compared with 50 tons for most U.S. tanks) that scoots along at 39 m.p.h. on the ground; when necessary it can dive into water and "swim" at 4 m.p.h. More important: the Sheridan...
...call the shots," says Cohen, "but when we have the time, we each contribute our one-quarter." Argument over interpretation occasionally reaches an impasse, but the quartet solves such problems by playing a piece differently from night to night until all agree on one idea. "It's a knockdown, drag-out battle sometimes," Hillyer says, but they always resolve their differences...
...holed spinnaker, the Venturi. The sail has a series of horizontal slots across its top half. The breeze flowing through the slots shoots downward, thus by counteraction pushing the sail itself upward and providing extra lift. According to Designer George Ratsey, the slots also operate to reduce the "knockdown" or heeling effect on close reaches. Price: 25% higher than conventional spinnakers...