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Died. Major General John Kenton Hester, 48, commander of the U.S. 17th Air Force in Germany, a World War II combat ace who flew 50 missions against Japanese bases in China, later served in staff posts before assuming his final command six months ago; of brain injuries suffered when his parachute failed during a training jump from 1,250 ft.; in Wiesbaden, Germany...
With Leo only 90 feet away from a tie ball game, all the next batter had to do was bit the ball on the ground. Tom Bilo deau took a strike, bunted foul, and then fouled out to the first baseman. At this point B.U.'s ace pitcher Ron Girolimon entered the game and retired pinchhitter Dan Hootstein on a grounder to third, ending the threat. Girolimon mowed down the Crimson with little difficulty in the eighth and ninth innings...
...enough notches in its tailpipe to frighten the Mafia. Last week it roared out to overhaul a crook in a Jaguar fleeing Rome with $160,000 worth of paintings. Last month it ran Luciano D'Antoni, "king of the jailbreak," into a ditch and back to jail. Ace Police Driver Armando Spatafora has a chestful of medals for his daring sprints in the name of law, order and Ferrari...
...route. It squeaks through a spectacular 50-second bombing raid in which a Nazi armored train is pulverized-a scene achieved with 140 charges of dynamite, nine cameras, several dozen expendable engines and boxcars purchased from French National Railroads, and considerable ingenuity on the part of Special Effects Ace Lee Zavitz (who arranged the burning of Atlanta in 1939's Gone With the Wind). Another stunning pile-up is followed by regularly scheduled derailments, all studied with a fond eye for the mechanics of sabotage. At last, face to face beside a clutter of wooden crates and human bodies...
Also figuring prominently in U.C.L.A.'s second straight national championship was Kenny Washington, who came off the bench to score 17 points after a pulled leg muscle sidelined ace rebounder Keith Ericson. Michigan's Cazzie Russell, who was named on 92 of the 93 ballots for the tournament team, scored 28 points for a losing cause...