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...Newport Shipyard was quiet around 4 p.m. the afternoon of Race Four. Two miles offshore, however, Courageous had just successfully defended the America's Cup by the whopping margin of 7:19 in the final battle of the series. The radios on shore were the only clue to the jubilation on the water, as Hoyt bubbled over about the victorious American crew popping champagne on the deck as they waited for the Southern Cross to finish...
...guys are no different from the Watergate fellows," said Bob McCullough, manager of the defender Courageous syndicate, after members of the Australian squad had sneaked aboard Courageous at Newport Shipyard and prowled the deck of the sleek racing machine...
Magruder begins with two chapters on his childhood and youth. He reveals that he grew up in a family overshadowed by scandal: his grandfather's career as a New York shipyard executive was ruined in the early 1920s when he was convicted and jailed for misapplication of $300,000 in bank funds...
...Mobile, Ala., shipyard worker, Aaron, like Ruth, rose from humble origins. He started in professional ball in the old Negro League Indianapolis Clowns. The 19-year-old Aaron signed with the Braves organization and played for the Braves Eau Claire, Wis., farm club in 1952. In 1953 the young slugger hit his way to the most valuable player award in the minors. The next year he was called up to the Braves squad and on April 23, 1954, he hit his first four-bagger against the Cards...
...economy cars, selling at around $1,600, for the Asian market. The island also produces Sanyang motorcycles. Taiwan lately has switched to seeking capital-intensive heavy industry in order to stay a jump ahead of Malaysia and Indonesia, where labor costs are even cheaper. Its biggest catch: the Kaohsiung shipyard, a $27 million joint Sino-American enterprise whose annual capacity will be 1.5 million shipping tons. Together with older yards, Kaohsiung will make Taiwan the world's 15th largest ship-building nation...