Word: sec
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Constellation, the other highly touted new twelve. Then, in head-to-head races, she beat them both again and took two straight from Ted Hood's Nefertiti. Finally, to top off her week, she really rubbed it in against Constellation-by the embarrassing margin of 5 min. 31 sec...
...sails and slipping out in front. And when it came to tacking duels, he and his crew strutted some impressive stuff. In one contest, on the second day of the trials, Constellation tacked 17 times in 20 minutes. Eagle covered so efficiently that she gained an average of 2 sec. on each tack...
...Miami's John Pennel), at a track meet in Houston. > Oregon's Dyrol Burleson: a one-step victory over Loyola of Chicago's Tom O'Hara in the mile run at the Compton, Calif., Relays. Burleson was clocked in 3 min. 57.4 sec., and the next seven finishers all cracked 4 min. too. Wichita's Jim Ryun, 17, came in eighth at 3 min. 59 sec.-fastest time ever recorded by a high school miler...
...civil rights. Now a state judge in Idaho, he admits to being far from expert in finance. These may seem like unusual qualifications for the newest member of the five-man Securities and Exchange Commission, but last week Hamer Harold Budge got the job. President Johnson appointed him, said SEC sources, partly as a political favor to House Minority Leader Charles Halleck, the judge's longtime golfing crony. (The judge calls Halleck "Pop," while Halleck calls him "Son.") He replaces Jack M. Whitney II as the second Republican member on the commission. Idaho Republicans consider Budge "a top hand...
...rear-engined Fords and the front-engined Offies that had dominated Indy for years. For a while, it looked as if they would get it. Clark again jumped into the lead, but he was quickly passed by Bobby Marshman in another Lotus-Ford. After 39 laps, Marshman was 27 sec. in front of Clark; both were averaging more than 150 m.p.h., smashing Indy's old speed record every time around. The Fords were clearly faster. But could they last 500 miles...