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...leading in his Ferrari-Mexico, the spectators got another jolt. Some 55 seconds behind Spear, in fourth place, was Harry Grey, 37, one-time British professional driver and now a Long Island sales manager for European cars. Pushing his Jaguar at an 80-m.p.h. clip, Grey went into a spin, flipped over a time and a half, skidded to an upside-down stop just 20 feet from a conspicuous sign: "No Spectator Area." Grey crawled out of the crack-up with only a few bruises. Two spectators were not so lucky. They ended up in the hospital with broken ankles...
...Indianapolis Speedway. Good enough to hold the track's one-lap speed record (139.6 m.p.h.), Veteran Miller never won the annual 500-mile speedway classic, decided that this year's attempt would be his last. He climbed into his V-8 Novi Special for a fast practice spin, lost control, crashed into the barrier, became the speedway's 43rd victim...
Every flight test of an experimental airplane is a blood-chilling drama. It has its hero, the test pilot, to dominate its climax like the matador of a bullfight. It has a troop of villains: the unseen devils of the air that claw at the untried plane, shake it, spin it, hammer it, try to tear it to ribbons. Some tests are extra tense. The maiden flight of the X-3 a few months ago was one of the touchiest in aviation history. The pilot: Bill Bridgeman, a husky, clear-eyed airman who had already flown faster (1,238 m.p.h...
Before Secretary of State Dulles' continental spin, the European Defense Community was struggling to frame a treaty that could pass its members' parliaments. Because of the weighty issues involved, this was a lingering process. Dulles demanded speed--or else, and then proudly noted that a treaty showdown was nearer. But he overlooked the fact that agreement was not. Under his urging, the Europeans might approve the treaty before they can settle their controversies, but this would only make later amendments more difficult...
...Plantation's hero, Ed Ruffin, is a dying man, and as he waits for the end, friends and relations spin the web of his life out of their memories. It has been the kind of life that gets lived a great deal oftener than it gets written about-the life of a good and gentle man from whom others take, not because he is a dupe, but because it is his nature to give...