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FRANK E. MCBRIDE JR. Dayton, Ohio...
...Dayton, Ohio, Major William T. Whisner Jr., 29, flashed his F-86F Sabre-jet past the finish line 3 hrs. 5 min. 25 sec. after his takeoff from Muroc, Calif, to win the 1953 Bendix Trophy race by 4"8 sec. His average speed for 1,900 miles: 603.547 m.p.h., some 50 m.p.h. faster than the record...
...Dayton last week, 7,500 fans turned out to watch records fall in the National A.A.U. championships. Among the featured performers: California's Parry O'Brien, 21, who had established two successive world records for shot-putting in the past few weeks with heaves of 59 ft. ¾ in. and 59 ft. 2⅜ in.; California's Sim Iness, 22, who broke the world discus record a fortnight ago with a toss of 190 ft. | in.; Kansas' Wes Santee, 21, who last month ran the fastest mile in U.S. history (4:02.4)* None of these heroes...
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Died. Walter Brookins, 64, earliest of U.S. aviation's surviving Early Birds; of a heart ailment; in Los Angeles. A boyhood neighbor of Wilbur and Orville Wright in Dayton. Ohio, he became their first pupil, soloed after 2½ hours' instruction, taught scores of American pilots to fly, including the late General H. H. ("Hap") Arnold. Retiring in 1919, he began manufacturing aircraft parts, helped in the development of World War II's 6-24 Liberator bomber...