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The Indianapolis TODAY'S CHUCKLE Do you know what has gray skin, four legs and a trunk? A mouse on vacation, that's what. tam "Where the spirit of the Lord is, there is Liberty" 11 Con 3-17 VOL. 64, NO. 361 it it THURSDAY, JUNE 1, 1967 633-1240 10c Ok 9 UUVJ WKAIHEK TODAY Windy, Cool High, 65; Low, 52 Yesterday High, 70; Low, 54 us i Texan Gets $171227 Purse Parnelli Third Time Charming Collects Allies Making Mideast Plans If UN. Fails Broken Gearbox Stops Parnelli On 197th Lap By DAVE OVERPECK A.

J. Foyt became the fourth three-time winner of the 500-Mile Race yesterday when Parnelli Jones' STP turbine collapsed less than four laps from certain victory. Foyt had to drive through a grinding five-car pileup at the head of the main stretch on his final lap to win the longest "500" in history. By duplicating, his 1961 and 1964 triumphs, Foyt joins Louis Meyer, Wilbur Shaw and Mauri Rose as the race's only three-time winner. paiife.

its Aa, vN-- til if "-J pKs 1 nix MmSmm i $55,892 A. J. Foyt walked away with the biggest purse ever awarded a winner of the 500-Mile Race yesterday as he collected $171,227 and became the fourth three-time winner of the Memorial. Day Classic. The big payoff for the Texan from Houston, who raced to an unexpected victory over Parnelli Jones' disabled STP Turbine car, was fart of a record total purse announced at last night's Victory Banquet $734,846.98.

Jimmy Clark had established the previous high for a winner, $166,621 in 1965, while the '67 total fund combined $565,828 in Indianapolis Motor Speedway money, $40,000 in lap prizes and $129,018.98 in accessory awards, with all three categories being record amounts. ALTHOUGH Goodyear won its first 500 since 1919, it was arch-rival Firestone that helped swell the prize fund by paying Jones a first-place winner's share of $7,500, despite his sixth-place finish. With the addition of that "bonus" Jones set a record for sixth-place money on a grand total of $55,892.00 in-eluding $27,000 In lap prize money. All prize money, as well as order of finish, is unofficial, pending a final check of position and awards this morning. Only second-place finisher Al Unser of Albuquerque, N.M., could eclipse Parnelli's Turn to Page 17, Column 1 working on should the U.N.

efforts fail. Brown spoke in parliament of rallying the international maritime community to insure continued freedom of passage in the Gulf of Aqaba, which Egypt has declared blockaded against Israeli shipping and vessels of other countries carrying strategic materials to Israel. AUTHORITATIVE sources said the United States and Britain were meeting some success in their efforts to rally major maritime powers to form a united front to force Egyptian President Gamal Ab-del Nasser on the announced blockade. The idea is for the major shipping powers to bring financial pressure on Nasser as a first move, with creation of an international naval force to break the blockade as the final alternative, sources said. In Cairo, reliable sources said Arab strategy in the event of an Israeli attack is a three-power blitzkrieg by land, sea and air to destroy Israel within hours before the U.S.

has time to come to its rescue. THE strategy would include saturation bo i and rocketing" of Israel by the United Arab Republic, Syria and the UAR's sudden new ally, Jordan. The U.S. move in the U.N. Security Council ran the risk of a veto by the Soviet Union, which is supporting the Arabs strongly in their dispute with Turn to Page 7, Column 5 if jiisitfefev liir IfVI) The four-time national driving champion was all set to be a bridesmaid to 1963 winner Jones when they crossed the finish line for the 196th time during the two-day race.

Jones had more than a 50-second lead when a bearing in the drive line failed on the turbine-powered car after he had led 171 laps of the rain-delayed event. Foyt, driving the Sheraton-Thompson Coyote-Ford which he helped design and build, co 1 ted the distance in 3:18:24.22 for an average speed of 151.207. In spite of 64 minutes of yellow lap time, that Itaee Standings On Page 9 Full Page Of Pictures On Page 14 Other Stories And Pictures On Pages 11, 17, 48-51, 08 turn and went by him there as he was barely moving. "How did I feel? Happy as that's how. Personally, I felt sorry for Parnelli but things have happened to me before when I had a race won, too.

They all seem to even up eventually." So, suddenly the orange-red Sheraton-Thompson Coyote was the race leader for Turn to Page 7, Column 1 broke Jim Clark's 1965 race record of 150.686 mph. The race was red -flagged immediately after Foyt took the checkered flag more than a lap ahead of Al Unser. It is the first time in history of the "500" that only one car finished the scheduled distance. Drivers involved in the spectacular final-lap pileup immediately in front of Foyt were Chuck Hulse, Carl Williams, Bobby Grim, Bud Tingelstad and Larry Dickson. All escaped injury.

Jones and the turbine were living up to their advance billing in the fullest when heartbreaking disaster struck with victory in sight. The only time they had been out of the lead was for two laps immediately following a tangle with Lee Roy Yarbrough on the 52d lap and the circuits immediately following their two pit stops. JONES SAID after the race that there was no hint of trouble until the car suddenly lost power in the north short chute of the 197th lap. He coasted on around to the pits and dropped from victory lane to sixth place in the final unofficial rundown. A crowd estimated at around 175,000 showed up for the second installment of the 51st "500," some 75,000 less than were at the Speedway Tuesday when rain stopped the race at 18 laps.

What they saw was a wild and woolly 182 laps of action highlighted by Jones' abortive rout and numerous spins and accidents. The yellow light flashed 10 times for accidents, including the final tangle on the last lap. From the 184th lap to the finish the green light was on for only part of two laps. First Mel Kenyon, Bud Tingel- Turn to Page 9, Column 1 By AP AND UPI Washington- President Johnson continued to hope yesterday for a United Nations solution to the Middle East crisis, but the United States and Britain worked behind the scenes on plans for other measures if the world organization proves ineffective. Seizing the initiative in the 15-nation Security Council, the United States submitted a resolution calling for restraint by both Israel and the Arab states.

Meanwhile the Defense Department labeled as without foundation reports that the United States has decided to test the Egyptian blockade of the Gulf of Aqaba by sending a U.S. ship through the Strait of Tiran. "No such plan has been made," the Pentagon said. It thus denied what it said were news reports by the Columbia Broadcasting System saying the United States has decided on such a test. AS RUSSIA added to tensions by sending more naval units into the Mediterranean, President Johnson conferred with his top military advisers on the explosive situation.

A White House spokesman said "all the emphasis is on a U.N. settlement at this point." However, in London, Foreign Secretary George Brown hinted at the alternatives British and American diplomats are The Weather Joe Crow Says: We won't have to wait a year for the next 500 -Mile Race. It's only 363 days away. Indianapolis Windy and cool today with a chance of some light rain. Cloudy and continued cool tonight and tomorrow.

Indiana Partly cloudy, windy and cool today. Chance of light rains in some areas of state. Continued cool tomorrow. JUST 10 MORE MILES $6 Ball By CY McBRIDE Executive Sports Editor Money really can't buy happiness. Ask Andy Granatelli.

Or Parnelli Jones. Or anyone of their friends and relatives whose emotions were strung out through the STP garages at the Speedway yesterday afternoon with the echoes of A. J. Foyt's 500-Mile Race victory ringing in their ears. If money could have purchased four laps, they would have paid any price for 10 more miles at the Speedway.

1ft CTJ'M A. Texan mor and a member of the exclusive club of three-time winners Louis Meyer, Wilbur Shaw and Mauri Rose. It took a sudden flurry of yells and arm-waving from fans in the stands for the Texan to realize that Parnelli Jones and his "Silent Sam" were in trouble and the race wasn't over yet. "I honestly thought I was out of it," Foyt said. "Before the race was restarted, I fig J.

'I Thought Was Out Of It, Foyt Says FOYT FLASHES A VICTORY And Wife Lucy Get Accolades ured the turbine would be out of business within 100 laps. When the darn thing was still going by then, I figured he had won and there was nothing I could do about it. I just tried not to let him lap me." If ever there was a time for a miracle in the "comeback" attempt of America's most successful race driver (33 championship victories), it had to be the 197th lap. Parnelli (Star Photo) SMILE Third Time THE "MIRACLE" came when Jones' STP turbine car, suddenly came apart in the gearbox and coasted to a halt in the pits with the race seemingly all sewed up except for the final stitches. "The people really started yelling at me in the back stretch and waving me on so I knew something had to have happened to Parnelli," said "I finally caught up with him in the fourth By RAY MARQUETTE A.

J. Foyt had given up the ghost. He was reconciled to driving smoothly and safely and protecting a second-place finish in the 51st 500-Mile Race. Instead, the fickle finger of fate picked on someone else for a change and suddenly A. the forgotten man at the Speedway all month, was a knight in shining ar Takes Ball From drove until his love-affair walked out of the garage to forted his wife, Dolly, who with the turbine, was his the shower next door.

When couldn't hold back the tears, companion. he returned, in street clothes, A friend of Parnelli's, Judy Moments later, stripped to the gar was Thompson, stared. Dan Gur-a pair of jockey shorts and oblivious to the world, he ANDY GRANATELLI com- Turn to Page 8, Column 1 291st Hoosier Dies In Vietnam The number of Indiana servicemen who have died In the Vietnam War has risen to 291 with the deaths of Air Force Maj. Charles E. Rogers, 38 years old, Gary; Army PFC George Stephen Sutt, 19, Indianapolis; Navy Hospital Corpsman Edward Daniel Drohosky, 20, Gary, and Airman 2C Donald R.

Rybolt, 19, Cambridge City. Details on Page 5. Bearing That was the distance between the mortal lock on success and the desolation of defeat. Failure was measured by a $6 ball bearing. The turbine-powered race car for 24 hours a silent specter was struck down by a common ailment, visible to the multitude.

It wouldn't shift gears. Parnelli Jones, masking the sudden sickness which engulfed him, marched back to the garage area. J. C. Aga-.

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