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VPope tallies Sfninigiy, THE EFDIANAPOLIS NEWS 5f GENTLEMEN, START Sunny and mild today and tomorrow; cooler tonight; high CITY EDITION fl today in mid 70s, low tonignt in upper 40s. The Great Hoosier Daily Since 7869 "Wert the Spirit of the Lord Is, There li Liberty" II Cor. 3-17 Details on Page 27 0 MEIrose 8-2411 THURSDAY EVENING, MAY 30 1963 94th YEAR 52 PAGES 7 CtNTS -JSTX" carrHr 0 0 'o Wfeo3 imp aafi Tki fei? I fa 0 0. Cqj 5, Crisis for Pontiff May All Traffic Moves Smoothly at Track Encouraged by ideal weather, droves of race fans flocked through the gates of the Speedway today. A record crowd was expected as the Indianapolis Weather Bureau issued a favorable forecast for the 47th running of the 500-Mile Race.

5 Be Passing By BENNET BOLTON At 5 a.m. when the historic 5 VATICAN CITY (AP) T- TU Will nan "on OJTUpe JU111I ywvill opcut. an excellent night with perfect rest," the Vatican an 5 0 nounced today. His doctors reported "concrete improvement," informed sources said. 0 0 0 Fans, milling around inside the Speedway grounds with nothing to do until the race started, congregated around the garage area hoping to gel a glimpse of drivers or the sleek' racers.

At 5:50 a.m. car, builder; Mickey Thompson received a lot of attention as he walked through the garage parking area to his stable of cars. He was carrying a small suitcase. Mechanics tinkered around with the cars outside of their garages. Many had removed the hoods of the cars and were making those last-minute adjustments.

Not only did the crowd seem to be a record; the purse was also expected to be. A half-million-dollar prize fund was predicted for this year's 500. Last year the drivers split a $425,000 melon with Rodger Ward, the winner, picking up $125,015.37 of the total. An oral statement by a Vatican spokesman underlined new optimism that the 81 -year-old Roman Catholic leader might rally from the critical hemorrhaging provoked by an abnormal internal stomach growth. hestatement, indicating the immediate crisis might be past, said Pope John "would 3 receive his doctor, Professor Antonio Gasbarrini, in a farewell visit this morning." Gasbarrini, who lives in Bologna, plans to leave Rome this afternoon, the statement d.

was summoned here rtfter the Pope suf- Stical setback. Jllllllllk If Gasbarrini's de-Pope remained un- track opened, the temperature was 52 and the wind, which can create havoc on a race course, was only 5 miles an hour from the northeast. By 6 a.m. it had dropped to 3 miles an hour. And the weatherman promised the winds would remain generally light all day with sunny skies and temperatures reaching the mid 70s.

Capt. Alva Funk of the state Speedway traffic, said the traffic was heavier than usual this morning. TRAFFIC MOVES STEADILY, SMOOTHLY A crowd of more than was anticipated by the volume of early morning traffic. He predicted that all attendance records would fall. At 7 a.m.

the Speedway traffic control center reported traffic was moving steadily and smoothly into the grounds. Funk said all vehicles waiting in line to get into the track at 5 a.m. were cleared by 6:45 a.m. By the time the aerial bomb exploded, signaling' the opening of the gates, all approaches to the track had cars backed up three and four abreast. Funk remarked as he watched the stream of vehicles pouring into the Speedway: "I hate to think what that golf course is going to look like." Nine holes of the Speedway golf course are inside the track.

Apoarently Funk felt that all infield parking spaces would be exhausted and cars would have to be parked on the The $55,000 Speedway Open tournament there tomorrow. After the "big push" into the Infield was over. Main Street in the city of Speedwav was filled with litter. Crushed beer cans, empty cardboard cartons and broken beer bottles filled the area. It was reported that during the night some of the fans rolled themselve in blankets and tried to sleep in the driv- nt attention from an doctor and from a pi! HOW IT ALL BEGINS Here's the sequence of events preceding the 47th running of the 500-Mile Race: 5 a.m.

Speedway.gates open on aerial bomb 1 a.m. 33 starting 8:30 parked on pit racers r' III r' 1 fiU ill special Vatican medical staff. One of his doctors said last night that the Pope might be able to get out of bed in a week or 10 days if he continues showing improvement, Vatican sources said. That statement indicated optimism. But it also pointed to the fact tha the next week or 10 days might be crucial, with the threat of new hemorrhaging still present.

Vatican sources said the doctors spoke of renewed color in the Pope's face and voiced hope he will gain strength gradually in coming days. This account indicated he was showing signs of slow, steady improvement. The sources said the medical team explained that much would depend on how much strength Pope John could regain before further hemorrhages occur. This underlined the fact that his condition is still grave. Today's report was the most optimistic since the Pope's stomach disorder sent him to bed 10 days ago and brought him close to death.

The Wheel of Fortune Last year's winner of the 500-Mile Race, Rodger Ward (bottom), will be trailing the three other drivers in this wheel of fortune, for a while, at least, today. Parnelli Jones (top) will be on the pole and Jim Hurtubise (left) and Don Branson (right) will be alongside in the first row. Ward will be in the second row. That's the steering wheel, incidentally, on Ward's Kaiser Aluminum Car 1. The NEWS Photo, William Palmer.

0 1 Missing as Outboard apron. 9:30 to 9:59 a.m. Parade of bands. 10 a.m. "On the Banks or the Wabash" by Purdue University band.

10:02 to 10:29 a.m. Special events and pre sentation of celebrities. 10:30 a.m. Track Inspection. 10:40 a.m.

"Star Spangled Banner" by Pur-due band. 10:45 a.m. "Taps" by combined U.S. Armed Forces color guard. 10:50 a.m.

Brian Sullivan sings "Back Home Again in Indiana." 10:53 a.m. Speedway owner Tony Hulman gives order: "Gentlemen, start" your engines." 10:54 a.m. Pace lap begins. 1 1 a.m. Start of race.

500 Strategy? GO, Says Novi Driver, Jim Hurtubise Hits SailboaN border Main Street. FT. WORTH, Tex. (AP) An outboard motor boat knifed pected by many to be in the through a 19-foot sailboat fight at the finsh of the 354 0 Hotel Novi. A record crowd of nearly 300,000 is expected to watch.

Don Branson, the third front-row strater and who has By WAYNE FUSON, Associate Sports Editor What are the strategy plans for the front-row starters in today's 47th 500-Mile Race, expected to be the richest and the fastest in history? hour grind. The complicated carrying eight teen-agers last night, and one of the group SWEATERS. JACKETS COME IN HANDY Many of the girls were wearing shorts and found the going quite chilly. Blankets, sweaters and jackets were the order of the morning. Novies, admittedly among the was lost.

fastest cars in the field, have a long history of mechanical "Strategy?" said Jim Hurtubise, who'll start from perhpas the best vantage point Charles (Tuck) Hayes, 16, difficulties during the race. at the start outside disappeared and presumably the inside of the front row in his powerful V-8 Novi. "I'll just go like hell. This car is built to race and that's Ward, although confident drowned after the accident on Eagle Mountain Lake. He was he'll become the fourth three 0 what I'm going to do.

time winner of the 500, figures at the tiller of the $3,000 sail NEWS FEATURES Pages Amusements 34,35 Business News 38 Comics 36,37 Crossword Puzzle 52 Editorials 12 Family Features 50 Picture Page 20,21 Sports 22-25 Star Gazer 50 TV and Radio 40, 51 Want Ads 40-49 Women's Features. 30, 31 Jones to be the man to beat boat. All the otehrs were res "We got into the front row where I'll be running at the first turn or after the first lap cued. to lead the race," said Hurtu- Jones himself thinks his stiff est competition will be wouldn't comment on his strategy. "We'll decide as we go along," said Branson.

"I know there'll be three or four drivers going real fast out there at the start and I hope I'm one of them. But it takes me a little, while to get warmed up, so you never know." Branson, driving the No. 4 Cooper Watches Orbits of Track "I never saw them till we bise. former Speedway quali- rwhT'we're in from 1961 winner A. J.

Foyt hit them," said Gibbs Slaugh "I wouldn't say he's my only fication record-holder and regarded as one of racing's real ter, 24, who was piloting the competitor," says Parnelli, front row." Parnelli Jones, the first man ever to drive 150 miles per lead-foots," "and that what motor boat tor three companions. "I've been on the "but he'll be the toughest we'll try to do. I don't know Rodger Ward? You can't count Leader Card Special, is a team- hour at the Indianapolis Motor lake since I was a young kid, Astronaut Gordon Cooper, him out; he's as steady as they asphalt mate of Rodger Ward, the 1959 Speedway's 214-mile and I've always tried to be who whizzed around the globe and '62 500 champ and one of come. very careful, especially at Most races are won or the top favorites again. Ward night." lost in the pits.

Both Jones 22 times in his Faith 7 space capsule, faced a down-to-earth traffic jam today as he and some 300,000 other race fans struck out for the Indianapolis Sailboats have right of way si and Hurtubise figure the win over power boats. ner will have to stop three times for tires. Ward's crew Passengers said the out makes no bones about his strategy. He'll let the "hot" boys go, hoping to stay within a few seconds of them. He hopes he can pick up that deficit with superior pit-crew board struck a few feet from Motor Speedway and the 47th running of the 500-Mile Race.

track and for the second straight year the pole winner with record qualification speeds, is equally confident. When asked if he was going to shoot for the lead on the first turn, he answered, "Every lap means money, doesn't it? Like $150. I've never said that I'll run 150 or 151 all the time as has been written. What I might have said was that I probably would run a few laps the bow of the sailboat, nearly has been counting on only two. The Ford-Lotus grand prix racers.

Jimmy Clark of Scot- Cooper arrived here yester cutting it in two, and vaulted day from Wright-Patterson Air Force Base at Dayton, and stayed overnight at the home over, lne sail dropped into the water but the crippled craft remained afloat. It is generally believed that land and Californian Dan the early running in the race Gurney, hope to get by with will be at about 148 mph. only one stop each with their Jones, who led for 120 laps lightweight English-built cars. POLE RULE: DON'T HIT THE PACE CAR There's no need for concern over a little slowdown by Parnelli Jones during the pace lap for today's 500-Mile Race. Jones told Indianapolis Rotarians at their weekly meeting the other day that his chief problem last year was to keep from running over the pace car.

Because he was on the pole, he slowed down, took his foot off the accelerator and coasted. He said he saw Rodger Ward, who started in the middle of the first row, do the same thing. Finally, the pace car pulled off the track, and Jones said he gave his car "the gun." Ward then speeded up, but he was too late to catch Parnelli. of Col. Roscoe 6800 W.

10th, a speed pilot of days gone by. Nobody was predicting the speed of the race. "That de- at possibly 150 or better. The last year before his car de-whole matter of speed depends veloped brake trouble, had the Turner now heads Roscoe 400 Cholera Cases KUALA LUMPUR, Malaya fastest lap a year ago and pends on too many things Turner Aeronautical and is a member of the nation's space advisory com (AP) The number of sus mittee. pected cholera cases in Malaya passed the 400 mark to Race drivers Jim and Dick on just how fast I have to run to keep ahead of everybody.

That's my strategy keeping ahead of everyone." The early duel is expected to be between Jones, the race favorite, in his No. 98 Agajan-ian-Willard Special, and Hurtubise, in his No. 56 Tropicana that was just a little over 148. weather, amount of laps run However, Jones has been run- junder the yellow (caution) ning practice laps with a full light and the tire wear," said fuel load over 150, so the av- Parnelli. erage could go up.

But there were few around Hurtubise and his two Novi who thought that Ward's re-teammates, rookies Bobby Un- cord of 140.293 set last year ser and Art Malone, aren't ex- would hold up. day. Health officials pressed .5 nationwide inoculation pro Rathmann, both of whom are entered in the 500, and Turner arranged the Indianapolis trip Gordon Cooper, from spact to race. gram. Tnere nave been 12 deaths.

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