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Experiments & Excuses. Unlike the nationalized railroads of Europe and Asia, the U.S.'s private lines have already surrendered by default to the airlines. Experiments with low-slung Talgo trains seven years ago failed because of excessive vibration and passenger queasiness at speeds up to 100 m.p.h. As for future attempts, Pennsylvania Railroad Chairman James M. Symes offers the prevailing view: "We do not believe we could attract patronage from the air and highways to justify the expenditure...
...Grand Prix racer only two years ago: the U.S. Grand Prix at Watkins Glen, N.Y., by the margin of 15 sec. over Britain's Graham Hill (TiME, Sept. 28). In a hurry to get home and "get the feed in for the winter," Clark gunned his low-slung V-8 Lotus into the lead at the start, set a new lap record (110.4 m.p.h.), and stubbornly fought off Hill-despite a clutch that failed midway through the 230-mi. contest. Runner-up to Hill in the duel for the Grand Prix driving championship, Clark needs a victory in next...
...Wind. Racing to beat Wimpenny and his crew to the historic flight are two other British flying clubs. Southampton University aerodynamics students have built Sumpac, which has an 80-ft. wing span and also uses a pusher propeller. Their pilot is longdistance Runner Martin Hyman, who pedals in a low-slung cockpit while reclining on his back. Sumpac, which made its maiden flight one week before Puffin, is still given to ground loops and violent yaws that its pilot is unable to control...
...bold idea, for Moore's recent robust and rugged style would probably be in startling contrast to the varied elegance of the four surrounding buildings: the low-slung theater originally designed by the late Eero Saarinen, Max Abramovitz' travertine-columned Philharmonic Hall, Wallace K. Harrison's fluted Metropolitan Opera House, Pietro Belluschi's Juilliard School of Music. The center's governing committee got Moore to look at the site, and last week, after Yorkshire-born Sculptor Moore pored over a model of the site, he agreed to take on what should be the most formidable...
...Only one collision marred the 46th running of the Indianapolis 500, the fastest Memorial Day race-and one of the safest-in history. As usual, speed outstripped design: only 15 of the 33 low-slung racing cars that started managed to last the punishing 500-mile distance. A minor melee on the 19th lap knocked four cars out of the race, sent Driver Jack Turner to the hospital with a broken hip and a cracked toe. An early dropout was the 1961 winner, A.J. Foyt, whose Bowes Seal Fast Special threw a wheel at the 75-mile mark. The early...