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...speaker, Stanko Grozdanich, legal counsel of the Yugoslavian trade unions; stressed Yugoslavia's wish to preserve its independence and to maintain relations with all countries. "As civilization grows, countries actually become increasingly dependent upon one another," he noted...
...comer and was scheduled to drive in the Memorial Day race at Indianapolis. Fourteen thousand spectators were watching as Reid, gaining steadily, roared into third place in Dayton's ten-lap event. So, tensely, was Charlie Engle, the builder of Reid's low, powerful Engle-Stanko Special...
Suddenly, the Engle-Stanko spun wildly on the turn into the straightaway, and the right front wheel locked into the guard rail. The car rode the rail for about 100 feet, plunged under a footbridge and hurtled into a screaming group of spectators. Reid was decapitated; two spectators and a track guard were killed; 48 were hospitalized, nine of them seriously injured. Said Charlie Engle sadly: "I could see it coming. Reid was just trying too hard. That's all there is to it. He tried too hard...
...more than twice his own weight of 148 Ib. for the best single performance, already held all national records in his class. So did 33-year-old John Terpak, who set a new record in the military press for 165-pounders. Most popular performer in the show was Steve Stanko who won the title of "Mr. America." With other veterans, these Yorkers have made championships a York habit...
When Steve Stanko took his turn last week he made the judges' eyes pop. In the press, he lifted 270 Ibs., for a new U. S. record. In the snatch, he raised 280 Ibs., for another U. S. record. When his score was tallied, Bar Bellman Stanko not only won the U. S. heavyweight championship but broke a third U. S. record with a total...