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...only his third competition outside high school meets, the gracious, unassuming Willingboro, N.J., athlete won a gold medal for his leg in the 800-meter relay and a bronze in his specialty, the long jump. Lewis was disappointed with third place in the long jump, but Stan Vinson, 27, who won gold medals in the 400-meter dash and 1,600-meter relay, looked ahead: "I think he'll jump 29 ft. before he's 20 the way he's going." Bob Beamon's 1968 world record...
...flashed word that Edwin Moses of the U.S., the world's best in the event, would be wearing No. 825 and running in Lane 2. Trouble was Moses was at a track meet in Italy. The real No. 825, who belly-flopped at the last hurdle ,was Stan Vinson, an American middle-distance runner competing in the hurdles for the first time...
...meter dash. Then the U.S. collected four gold medals in Spartakiad's first five days: Wardell Gilbreath, 25, of Amarillo, Texas, in the 200-meter dash; John Powell, 32, of Cupertino, Calif., in the discus; Henry Marsh, 25, of Eugene, Ore., in the 3,000-meter steeplechase; and Vinson, 27, of Chicago, in the 400 meter...
...Kudlacik (C) 31.87; 3. Kelley (H) 32.35. 5$-yd. breaststroke--1. Joel (H) 33.14; 2. Droppo (C) 33.81; 3. Poirier (C) 34.90. 100-yd. butterfly--1. Black (C) 1:04.47; 2. McAree (H) 1:06.36; Fortin (C) 1:06.58. One-meter diving--1. Stone(H); 2. Gustafson (C); 3. Vinson...
...Even more startling are the cost overruns of new ships still in production. The projected price of a Trident missile-firing submarine, for example, has shot from $793 million to $1.2 billion in the past three years, while that of the Vinson nuclear-powered carrier has climbed from $973 million to $1.3 billion in five years...