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...bore weapons firing heavy bullets that have rapid spin, which aids their long-range accuracy-a quality that has little value in a rifle in a modern war. Production of the old M-14s was finally stopped last spring. The Defense Department has now ordered 85,000 of the Colt arms company's small-bore M16s, most of which will be sent to Viet Nam, where they have already been proved in combat...
...task could turn out to be a killing one-literally. He is constantly under guard against the danger that an assassin will try to put a bullet in him. Working a 17-hour day in his grey and white headquarters, his office watched over by a soldier with a Colt .45 and a ferocious ornamental stuffed tiger, Khanh has striven to launch reforms and breathe new fire into the war effort. He has got a trickle of additional government administrators into the countryside. Though a Buddhist, he is a moderate one and has placated the Catholics. For the military...
...Ferrari a record fifth straight Le Mans victory. >Santa Claus: the l½-mile Irish Sweeps Derby by a lazy-loping four lengths, making him the first horse in history to capture both the English and Irish Derbies; in Curragh, Ireland. A 4-7 favorite, the three-year-old colt watched the rest of the field run away at the gate, was third from last in the 19-horse field after the first two furlongs, then easily swept into the lead with a furlong-and-a-half to go. The $149,730 victory brought Santa's winnings...
...Northern Dancer: Canada's Queen's Plate 1¼-mile classic, in a strong comeback after losing the U.S. Triple Crown in the 1½-mile Belmont Stakes; in Toronto. E. P. Taylor's bay colt went off a l-to-9 favorite at the shorter distance, breezed home 7½ lengths in front, thus adding another $49,075 purse to bring his two-year earnings...
...post time, the odds against Quadrangle were 13 to 2. Jockey Manuel Ycaza thought that was pretty funny. "This is a free-running colt," he said. "He can beat any horse in the country." As if to prove it, he urged Quadrangle into the lead at the start, then eased up. Other horses pounded past: California's Hill Rise (2 to 1) and long-shot Orientalist (42 to 1) dueled for the lead; Quadrangle slipped back to fourth, and Northern Dancer was running fifth. Suddenly, Orientalist began to bear out from the rail. "I saw that big hole," said...