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Best in History? All around the major leagues, 1965 is an exceptional year for new faces. "If every other club has what we do," says Manager Bill Rigney of the Los Angeles Angels, "this has got to be the greatest bumper crop of rookies in history." Rigney has five rookies on his roster, and three of them have starting berths. Centerfielder Jose Cardenal, 21, is hitting .286, has stolen ten bases. Pitcher Marcelino Lopez, 21, is the ace of the Angels' mound staff with six victories, only three defeats, and Third Baseman Paul Schaal, 22, has cracked eight homers...
Lucky Debonair is the best of a bumper crop of California three-year olds. He has won five of eight races this year, and his most impressive performance was a four-length romp in the 1-1-8 mile Santa Anita Derby. It is tempting to pick him to win Saturday, but Lucky Debonair is no Swaps, and our Rule Number Two says that California horses don't finish first at Churchill Downs...
...certainly right. His top rival in the nonpartisan mayoralty race was Democratic Congressman James Roosevelt. But the Roosevelt name evoked no magic whatsoever; Jimmy was loaded with dough but light on ideas. He put up hundreds of billboards, handed out bales of bumper stickers and buttons, appeared often on television with 15-minute and half-hour shows, plus so many other spots that his electronic omnipresence became irksome. Jimmy's campaign cost around $450,000. Yorty spent less than half that amount...
...industry is also considering such ideas as wiper blades for headlights, autoguide devices on the front bumper that pick up signals from the highway's shoulder and guide the car, and G.M.'s completely automatic highway. But the automakers are in no hurry to rush new safety equipment to the market, and they are unlikely to move any faster on their own. One reason: installation of all the safety options already available would add $1,000 to the cost of the average...
...margin of six votes, the union won the right to represent Darlington's 550 workers. Milliken immediately closed the plant, a move that depressed the town (pop. 7,000) and crippled the union's entire Southern campaign. Textile manufacturers festooned the region with bumper stickers that warned: "Remember Darlington...