Word: agee
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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DIED. Ronnie Peterson, 34, Swedish racing-car ace; of injuries suffered in a fiery ten-car crash during the first lap of the Italian Formula One Grand Prix at Monza; in Milan. Starting as a "gocart" driver at the age of eight, the shy, cool-nerved Peterson eventually raced in more than 100 Grand Prix events, and this year ranked second behind Mario Andretti in the world championship driver standings. Asked if he ever became scared, Peterson, the veteran of some 30 accidents, replied, "No, not really. If I did I think I would give it up." The fatal wreck...
DIED. Willy Messerschmitt, 80, German industrialist and aircraft designer whose single-engine fighter plane dominated Luftwaffe squadrons during World War II; after surgery; in Munich. Awarded a glider pilot's license at the age of 15, Messerschmitt first gained fame building light sports planes. The young, soft-spoken engineer specialized in increasing aircraft speed and soon received military assignments. During the war, German factories filled European and African skies with 40,000 of his ME-109 fighters and ME-110 twin-engine bombers, aircraft so effective that Allied pilots who displayed bad nerves were said to have "the Messerschmitt...
...justifiably obscure rock band trying to bust onto the charts. Things may pick up a bit, though. The next scheduled offering, for example, includes a harrowing look at juvenile offenders trying to survive in an adult maximum-security prison and a zany profile of the mostly middle-aged men who put out Mad magazine. Future subjects sound promising too: football injuries, school censorship of dirty words, teen-age pregnancy, cheerleading, how rock concerts damage eardrums...
...defective product (fast). "We don't approach these stories any differently than if we were shooting them for the Evening News," says Correspondent Aaron. Adds Glenn: "There never has been anything [on TV] that says, 'We're taking stories that are of interest to your age group and giving them a journalism job.' " CBS is not helping that job much by burying 30 Minutes in the suicidal 1:30 p.m. (E.D.T.) Saturday time slot opposite the N.C.A.A. game of the week. But then, growing up never was supposed to be easy, for children or networks...
While a deadly determined Ali holed up for intensive training, Spinks caroused and skipped workouts, counting on the strength of youth to carry him through. Ali relied instead on conditioning and the canniness of age, all the skills learned in 58 professional fights. He stepped into the New Orleans ring with a look of fierce concentration unseen since his third and final bout with Joe Frazier...