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...crowd of 450 spectators ringing the course have not lost hope, however, because their favorite is making a determined run at the leader. Suddenly Gourmet Belch stops dead in its tracks and Cannabis veers off unexplainably. From back in the pack Motown Missile, pride of the Israeli Rocket Racing Stables, surges down the stretch, takes the lead, and sprints home the winner-by a beak...
Last week, open war continued between Israeli forces and Palestinian fedayeen, with P.L.O. raids and rocket attacks against Israel and retaliatory raids on Palestinian camps in Lebanon by Israeli commandos. But on the Sinai front, as the new moon of Ramadan appeared last week for Moslems, and Jews once more observed the start of the High Holy Days, all was peaceful. Two years ago when those religious events coincided, Israel was suddenly embroiled in the most costly war in its short history...
...race day, three of the original 1,200 horses were recognized favorites: Chick Called Sue, owned by Texas Trial Lawyer Aubrey Stokes; Rocket's Magic, belonging to Louisiana Fish Merchant Bill Thomas; and Bugs Alive, a filly bred by Ralph Shebester, owner of an Oklahoma oil rig repair company. In the starting gate, the three favorites were stationed side by side. Bugs Alive broke clean−a critically important advantage in so short a dash; Chick Called Sue stumbled badly; and Rocket's Magic quickly fell behind. Bugs Alive led all the way. "For the last 100 yards...
...where choppers from the helicopter carrier New Orleans will be ready to pluck the men and capsule out of the sea. Almost certainly, it will be the last such splashdown. In the future U.S. astronauts will touch down on jjmways, using the space shuttle-a cross between plane and rocket-scheduled for its first test flight...
Traveling in a slightly lower orbit and at a higher speed, Soyuz will gradually pull away from Apollo. Some 38 hours later, it will fire its braking rocket and enter an arcing course back to earth. At 6:51 a.m. E.D.T. next Monday, Soyuz is scheduled to land under its single giant parachute east of the Kazakhstan launch site. The Americans will remain in orbit another three days before their Pacific splashdown on July 24, performing a variety of different chores-some aimed at understanding more about the earth...