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...Carter's murder was apparently solved when a police officer spotted the victim's battered black Volkswagen, bearing stolen license plates, 35 miles north of San Francisco. In the car were $2,657 in cash evidently stolen from the prosperous peddler, and the driver, a daredevil motorcycle racer named Eric Dahlstrom, 23. Beside him on the seat was a grisly piece of evidence: Carter's right forearm, neatly sutured at the severed end and wrapped in a blue suede...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: California: End of the Dance | 8/18/1967 | See Source »

...U.S.A.C. ruling reduces the size of a turbine racer's air intake from a maximum of 23 sq. in. to 15 sq. in. A 15-sq.in. intake would supply only enough air for a 480-h.p. turbine, while Granatelli's Pratt & Whitney aircraft turbine is rated at 550 h.p. The answer seems simple: replace...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Auto Racing: Reining in the Turbine | 7/7/1967 | See Source »

Padriac and Harry Spence, pedalling a tandem racer, zipped across the finish line 17 seconds ahead of freshman Chase to receive a laurel wreath and a kiss each from Debby Hall, equipment director for the Wellesley Outing Club, which, along with the Harvard Outing Club, sponsored the affair...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Freshman Pedals to Slow Victory in Wellesley Race | 4/25/1967 | See Source »

John French Jr. of Middlebury, a class B racer, won the giant slalom with 0:57.3. Second place went to Irwin Nelson, a B racer from New England College, who skied a tenth of a second slower than French...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Freshman Skier Zooms for First In Wildcat Race | 2/8/1967 | See Source »

Carter, a class C racer and the brother of Peter Carter of Harvard's varsity team, placed first out of 110 contestants in the 60-gate, two-run slalom on Saturday. His time...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Freshman Skier Zooms for First In Wildcat Race | 2/8/1967 | See Source »

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