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...Fortnight ago a crowd of 100,000 gathered as the rajah's body was placed in its 69-ft.-high crematory tower. A 300-ft.-long red paper dragon was coiled around the tower's base as if in readiness to bear the rajah's soul to heaven. Priests chanted and tinkled ceremonial bells. Finally, the rajah's body was put in a coffin fashioned in the shape of a bull, and the red paper dragon was placed on top. Then the priests lit the crematory fires...
...Castro's reckless ways and the later reckoning. Seizing the great cattle ranches of Camaguey province, the "Texas of Cuba," Castro's men slaughtered breeding cattle by the thousands to show Cubans what a good life the revolution had brought. Before long, the herds were decimated. Fortnight ago, Castro ordered a count to see how many cattle were left, and last week called a national conference to ponder "production deficiencies...
Finally. Silvester overcame a disqualifying tendency to step out of the circle, began to find his form. In Helsinki, he hit 194 ft. 6 in., just 2 ft. ½ in. off the world record set in 1959 by Poland's Edmund Piatkowski. Fortnight ago in Frankfurt, he broke the record convincingly with a heave of 198 ft. 7 in. Not content with last week's record toss in Brussels.Silvester intends to stay in the throwing ring until he has flung the discus past that magic barrier...
...major league baseball's 86-year history, only twelve pitchers had managed to win 300 games, a feat last performed by Lefty Grove in 1941. Fortnight ago Milwaukee's balding, 40-year-old Warren Spahn made it by hurling a tidy six-hitter against the Chicago Cubs, thereby virtually assuring his nomination to baseball's exclusive Hall of Fame. Last week, still improving an indifferent season's record (13 wins, twelve losses), Spahn allowed the Pittsburgh Pirates ten widely scattered hits, won his 301st victory to become the winningest pitcher alive. If Spahn's durable...
...HOME BUILDING: Akron's Alside Homes Corp. fortnight ago showed off a new line of all-aluminum houses, plans to produce them at the rate of 200 a day by December 1962. With aluminum curtain walls in 12-ft. sections, the Alside houses can be built to any size the buyer wants. Also featured: aluminum interior walls, ceilings, doors. Price for a fully equipped, seven-room, 1,512-sg.-ft. house...