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...almost unthinkable that Joe Gargan and Lawyer Paul Markham would stand by while Kennedy plunged into the 500-ft. channel, his back in a brace and his mind in a daze. It seems more likely that Markham and Gargan "borrowed" a small boat from a pier some 200 yds. from the ferry landing and rowed Kennedy to the Edgartown side. According to this theory, Markham and Kennedy walked to the Senator's room in the Shiretown Inn, a block from the waterfront, while Gargan returned the boat to Chappaquiddick and drove back to the cottage. If this version...
...race a jet-powered motorcycle down a ramp at 280 m.p.h. and-God and the authorities willing-jump across the Grand Canyon. Last week Henry Carr, Detroit Lions defensive back and former Olympic 200-meter-dash champion, raced a pacer over a 110-yd. course and won by 10 yds. "I never beat the horses at the betting window," he said, "so I wanted to see if I could beat them on the track...
...Southern University in Baton Rouge, La., has simply reduced the feat of record breaking to a routine. In one remarkable string of eight meets this season, he twice equaled the world indoor record for the 60-yd. hurdles and set new world marks at 45, 50, 70 and 120 yds...
Everything Worked. As quick on pass releases as a coiled spring, Namath repeatedly hit Split End George Sauer in the "seams" of the Colts' zone defense; he connected on 17 out of 28 passes for 206 yds. and no interceptions...
...tricky, shifting defense like an open book. In the second quarter, Namath put together a smooth and varied 80-yd. scoring drive sparked by Fullback Snell. Hammering again and again at the spongy right side of the Colts' line, the pile-driving Snell ground out 121 yds. in 30 carries. When Baltimore took to the air, the supposedly vulnerable Jet secondary seemed to be operating on radar. On four different occasions, the Colts penetrated to within scoring range only to be stopped on pass interceptions by Jet defenders...