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Much of the Milwaukee's track over laps the Chicago & North Western Rail way, which runs from Chicago to Lander, Wyo. The big hope for both lines is their long-discussed consolidation. Merger talks faltered this year when control of North Western fell to Chicago Lawyer Ben Heineman (TIME...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: RAILROADS: Welcome Aboard | 7/2/1956 | See Source »

Slip-Stick Specialist. Fangio's swift, shovel-nosed, 34-liter Ferrari had all the power and acceleration a skillful driver needs, but its conventional drum-and-shoe brakes were not designed for that demanding course. The best of Fangio's competitors had cars that seemed better fitted. Former...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: The Big If | 4/2/1956 | See Source »

With an average speed of 84.066 m.p.h., it had covered 194 laps and a record 1,000.08 miles. Second: Fangio's teammates, Luigi Musso and Harry Schell, in another Ferrari. Third: a D-Jag driven by Indianapolis' Jack Ensley and Indianapolis 500-mile Champion Bob Sweikert. Fitch'...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: The Big If | 4/2/1956 | See Source »

The only gray spot on the scene is dirty snow. Munro has put his squad outside only twice, both times on the asphalt parking lot in front of Briggs Cage--"about the worst conditions imaginable," according to Munro. The rest of the time the varsity has done stick work in...

Author: By Richard T. Cooper, | Title: LINING THEM UP | 3/30/1956 | See Source »

It was Rauh who put the Washington Post onto the story. In the belief that a Pulitzer Prize plum had dropped into their laps, top Post executives saw Hughes repeatedly, without seeing through him. Once, when things seemed about to come to a head, Publisher Phil Graham rushed to tell...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: The Scoop That Wasn't | 1/30/1956 | See Source »

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