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Independent from Long Beach, California • 99

Publication:
Independenti
Location:
Long Beach, California
Issue Date:
Page:
99
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ALOJMflNlUM AWNUUGS mww mvHOM uvKrttintfTSTunVir Buy Now 'From Factory and 71 IW Abm ndnli i PkMi if On Mwy A MBMIOOF AWNING AT A PUC IVIITONI CAN AFFOB0 ftwto Dy ABlktr Hawaii ltd will delcadia 1957 Sahara Cup raeoa. Drirer-Iack-flcqaa (waflrinq) aHor l956 victory. BAIIO-ON BUMBrlMf A-l ALUMINUM AWNING MFG. CO. Silt SOUTH SltCCr MEIcdfMIfJ Gold (Cup) Bug By Bob Ruskauff TIE GREATEST man-made body of water In the world la Lake Mead, behind Hoover Dam In Nevada.

Miss Thriftway (1956 and 1957 winner of the coveted Gold Cup) hit the wake of a boat in practice and disintegrated. SPECIAL OF i BUILD NOW and SAVE! -BEDBOOQ- 14x12 DRIVER BILL MUNCET, who escaped serious injury on Lake Mead in the same great boat a year ago, surfaced with HARDWOOD FLOORS rr-2-3LlDINGWARDROBE ELECTRIC WIRING LOUVERED WINDOWS ROOF TO MATCH STUCCO AND PLASTER Climaxing two days of racing. large fleets of restricted class hydroplanes and runs-bouts-the fastest of their kind in the world and costly, Mg -f-unlimited cla jia-iiYtlrpplanes only a bruised shoulder, (ditto) will this afternoon be competing in an event known as the second annual Sahara Qp Regatta. The Gold Cuppers are the prima donnas. If it weren't for the dollars involved, probably 50 per cent of the restricted class inboard drivers would be tooling the big ones.

But it wu likely that drivers, handling other might be In the field Jack Regas, with Hawaii this week end. After he had twice escaped in breaking his own record this same Lake Mead both boats, against Kal, COMPLETE! DEO 16x18 TILE FLOORS FIREPLACE LOUVERED WINDOWS EXPOSED BEAMS STUCCO AND PLASTER ELECTRIC WIRING narrowly while on three years back, I asked that question of the only man of three who had gone over 200 m.p.h. in a boat and is alive to tell about it Don Campbell with five words answered the question fare you afraid?" saying: "I am very much frightened." Then England's speed king simply asked another question in return, "Why does man climb a mountain?" COMPLETEI AS LOW AS HITCHED BIRCH CABINETS FORMICA TOPS OVEN A STOVE COPPERHOOD EXHAUST FAN URgcr BATHROOM JgOATING By Ed Ianuzzi AS LOW AS WHATEVER THE size, speed and cost though, with todays soaring records it's a fascinating, danger tinctured business done in the name of sport. Why do they do ft? The answer is easy. For the sponsors.

A year ago, the first Sahara Cup Regatta proved (as the golf tournament has proved for the Desert Inn) that a high caliber sports event could load puhlic lnla IhatJbrwhJHvt miles of neon, cartwheels and green-topped tables known as the Strip It's purely a calculated financial risk. BUT WHAT THE con-tenders, the lads who tool those low-flying, lethaBy-pow-ered mountsT It isnt money, for most St if any, comes back. Its speed. Speed gets In the How can they ignore it? Going Into this week-end battle on Lake Mead, the chances that Hawaii Kal 1956 winner and already the 1957 National High point Gold Clip champion would repeat, were considerably increased. WITHIN TWO WEEK two of her greatest rivals "were eliminated.

SHOWER STALL CERAMIC TILE WASH BASIN ELECTRIC WALL n3T II I .1. I REMODELING HOMES UNITS 5 TO 20 YEARS TO PAY! call non FREE ESTEU1ES lil J. LET US CALL ON YOU AT YOUR CONVENIENCE Wi De Onr Own Work Wo Owo Oar Owo Shop AHALE LENSED.ood JNSURfo JNSUI Gooorol Builders These light, fluffy clouds generally give the appearance ofycotton-are the boatmans sign, of fair weather. When they be-WVgfowliTilw or get darter and'thlcker, In all the way. Head for (he nearest shelter.

He On the Potomac River, Sept 22, Shanty was demolished DAILY AND SUNDAY TO 5 LC LONG BEACH 1 JLim I injuries to At Mad Russell Schleeh. Madison, Ind, Sept, 29,.

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