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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...
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...
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'...
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...
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...