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...Fiberglass may give pole vaulters nothing more than a mental lift over their aluminum-and steel-equipped competitors. But it does seem to have something. At the Mount San Antonio Relays at Walnut, Calif., Marine 1st Lieut. David Tork, 27, who had never before topped 15 ft. 8¼ in., easily cleared 15 ft. 7 in., then asked for the bar to be put up to 16 ft. 2 in. On his second try he sailed over to beat John Uelses' month-old world record...
...master it, he went back to aluminum. Says Oldtimer Cornelius War-merdam, 46, whose indoor record of 15 ft. 8½ in. (set in 1943 with a heavily taped bamboo pole) stood for 16 years: "Some vaulters get as much bend out of steel poles as they do with fiberglass. The only difference is timing...
...most important thing," says Pole Vaulter John Uelses, 24, "is having the crowd with you.'' Last year at the Millrose Games the crowd had hardly noticed the crewcut Marine corporal. This time he heaved himself aloft on his new fiberglass pole with neat precision-and the crowd was with him all the way. When the pole unbent to give him a final boost, Uelses became the first man ever to vault 16 ft. He had cleared the bar at 16 ft. ¾ in. (Next night in Boston he beat his own record, went over...
...M.T.A. is purchasing 92 flashy blue and white subway cars with fiberglass seats and large picture windows for the Harvard Square-Dorchester run. After 35 years of bumps, drafts, and wooden benches, riders will hopefully start enjoying the new cars this summer...
Under the friendly prodding of expert sailor "Corny" Shields, Chris-Craft, which has confined itself exclusively to "stinkpots," is considering going into the sailboat business. The leading U.S. naval architects, Sparkman & Stephens, have designed for Chris-Craft a 34-ft. fiberglass motor sailer. The new sailboat would give Chris-Craft an entry into a market even larger than the cabin cruiser trade...