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...rumbling noise over the sound of the engine, and the plane began jumping around as if it were fighting turbulence in the sky. I watched the terminal building crack open at the sides and sag to earth." Dozens of oil tanks on the city's outskirts burst into flame, sending up columns of choking black smoke 20,000 ft. high. The tanks burned for 96 hours, despite efforts by U.S. planes to smother the flames with foam bombs. A tidal wave hurled fishing boats far inland. A nearby island rose 9 ft. in a series of jolts...
There was a strangely routine air about the rocket test. No exasperating, last-minute delays, no long, apprehensive countdowns - someone simply pressed a button and a dagger of pale yellow flame spewed skyward. White smoke climbed above the dry hills, and an enormous roar echoed along the California-Mexico border. After exactly 109 seconds, as scheduled, silence came back to the test stand...
Sheets of Flame. Last week, the favorite won. The 33-car field was the fastest in 500 history. Driving a rear-engined Lotus-Ford, Scotland's Jimmy Clark roared through the first lap at 149.7 m.p.h., and other drivers strained to match his pace. One was too bold. On the second lap, drifting off Indy's No. 4 turn, Californian Dave MacDonald lost control of his Thompson-All-State Ford, spun crazily and smacked into the inside wall. In one horrible instant that none of the 300,000 spectators will ever forget, a sheet of flaming gas spread...
...left axle crumpled, and California's Parnelli Jones, 1963 winner, urged his Offy into the lead. But it was not Jones's day either: running low on fuel, he pulled into the pits. Somehow, a spark got into the fuel tank; the car burst into flame. Uniform smoldering, Jones leaped out and rolled on the ground; stretcher bearers carried...
...swooping over the dome of St. Peter's, then briefly darts away to Greece to catch the sun's rays igniting the traditional torch through a burning glass at Olympia. Soon some 5,000 athletes from 85 nations parade through Rome to the vast Stadio Olimpico. The flame arrives, the Olympic flag is hoisted, and a battery of pigeons soars skyward...