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WhB $pes1t1tws Bud THE INDIANAPOLIS NEWS HOME EDITION CHECKERED FLAC Fair and cool tonight; sunny and mild tomorrow; low tonight near 42. Details on Page 21 The Great Hooser Daily Since 7869 "Whtro tht Spirit of tht Lord Is. Thert Is Liberty." II Cor. 3-17 97th YEAR MONDAY EVENING, MAY 30, 1966 44 PAGES lOccTSJa 638-2411 (n)Aa(g AT A if 3rd EXTRA The 50th anniversary running of the 500-Mile UVUW' Race, stopped by a huge pileup in the main straight- a delay of more than an hour. il a By WAYNE FUSON, Sports Editor The 50th anniversary running of the 500-Mile Race was stopped today seconds after it started when 16 cars were involved in a spectacular flaming pileup at the south end of the main straightaway at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

One car, about midway in the pack, apparently lost a wheel as the 33 cars roared toward the first turn. Other racers, attempting to avoid the car which lost the wheel, skidded, causing several collisions. It was the second time in the last three years that the 500-Mile Race was stopped by a major accident. A USAC official reported a wheel from one of the cars involved in the wild melee landed in the crowd in Grandstand injuring a few spectators. Six received treatment for minor injuries.

A. J. Foyt, one of the drivers in the pileup, was 1 1 f74 treated at the track hospital for a cut finger and a bruised left knee. Foyt then was cleared to drive relief. 7- Fire was reported to have broken out in Al Miller's car but was extinguished quickly.

He jumped out. Speedway officials reported that no driver was injured, at least not seriously enough to require hospitalization. A crowd of 300,000, lured to the track by nearly perfect weather and the fastest field in history, had just seen Mario Andretti take the lead on the first lap when the middle of the pack began to crash. The drivers and cars directly involved included: Billy Foster, Car 27. Mel Kenyon, Car 94.

Dan Gurney, Car 31. Ronnie Duman, Car 96. A. J. Foyt, Car 2.

Don Branson, Car 4. Arnie Knepper, Car 37. Larry Dickson, Car 34. Al Miller, Car 75. Bobby Grim, Car 39.

Cale Yarborough, Car 66. Bud Tingelstad, Car 22, Gary Congdon, Car 53. Joey Leonard, Car 6. Cars involved indirectly were: Carl Williams, Car 77. Eddie Johnson, Car 54.

The cars are valued at more than $50,000 each, meaning a half million dollars in money was 4 fit- "A First Lap Pileup-U PI Telephoto BREAKFAST OF CHAMPION? Out Of Race Stoning Of Home Denied By Stahr Andretti 'Gasses Up7 On Strawberry Shortcake BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (AP) Drivers Tell Of Crash Two-time winner Rodger Ward, who avoided collision in the chain-reaction pileup, said: "I won't name any names, but I did see Car 27 (Billy Foster) get into the wall and then another car got boxed in." Johncock said, "Billy Foster was out-accelerating me on the front stretch trying to get into the hole. He hit the wall and ran over the front end of my car. I turned left and tried to get out of the way." Knepper said, "It looked like a bunch of worms crawling through spaghetti." Gurney said, "These are a bunch of clowns. This is ridiculous." Dr.

Elvis J. Stahr, Indiana No. 2 A. J. Foyt.

First-lap crash. No. 31 Dan Gurney. First-lap crash. No.

27 Billy Foster. First-lap crash. No. 37 Arnold Knepper. First-lap crash.

No. 66 Cale Yarborough. First-lap crash. No. 39 Bobby Grim.

First-lap crash. release of a youth held in a campus police car for throwing firecrackers. Four persons were said to have been injured in the second straight night of demonstrations around McNutt Quadrangle. "Not one single rock or any other object struck the house," University president, yesterday said there was no truth to reports that students had hurled stones at his house. Reports indicated as many as 2,000 male students early Saturday pelted Stahr's residence as they demanded the About 10,000 people swarmed around the garage area, before it was cleared about 7 a.m., to watch and listen to cars being warmed up.

The first car in the pit area was Jerry Grant's No. 88 Bar- 8 By THE NEWS STAFF What do driving champions eat for breakfast on the day of the big race? 'Pole winner Mario Andretti Joday had strawberry shortcake and whipped cream. How come? He likes dahl-Pacesetter. The second was. the No.

75 Alderman Lotus Ford of driver Al Miller. The 5 a.m. opening gate rush was more orderly and not quite as heavy as in past years. After getting to the infield, the early crowd seemed well-behaved. No.

75 Al Miller. First-lap Stahr said, but added that three stones were found in the Manv were wrapped In driveway later. blankets because of the chilly early morning air. But the "There is not a scratch on crash. No.

34 Larry Dickson. First-lap crash. No. 4 Don Branson. First-lap crash.

No. 96 Ronnie Duman. First-lap crash. No. 53 Gary Congdon.

First-lap crash. the house, on a car parked blankets were soon shed. Moonship Starts 63-Hour Voyage nearby or on any tree or lamp post," Stahr added. He emphasized his statement did not mean he condoned stone throwing and confirmed that stones did strike two of the university's staff and were hurled toward some campus police. Israeli Begins Tour Senegal (UPI) Israeli Premier Levi Eshkol ar rived by plane from Paris yes USAC officials estimated that at least 19 cars would restart the race.

They said they would start in single file in the same order as they qualified. The combined police traffic control center at the Speedway reported auto traffic clear outside the track by 10:30 a.m., with late arrivers moving directly into the infield. Regular infield parking areas were filled and cars were being parked on the infield golf course. Benson Ford, driving a Mercury Comet Cyclone GT, led the fastest field in Speedway history around the track on the pace lap. It marked the third time the grandson of Henry Ford drove the 500 pace car.

Earlier thousands of colorful balloons were released and Speedway owner Tony Hulman uttered the traditional words, "Gentlemen, start your engines." Ed Ames, costar of the Daniel Boone TV show, sang "Back Home Again in Indiana," accompanied by the Purdue University band, about 10 minutes terday to beein a series of The top three world road racing champions were told by former 500 winner Rodger Ward: The 500 Is a different type race than you are used to. We know there are some things that you do in Europe that you can't do here, so be careful." The top three are Jimmy Clark, who won the 500 last year, Graham Hill and Jackie Stewart Heaters were placed on the pit wall to keep oil in the cars warm when all 33 were sent to the apron more than 2 hours before the start of the race. JOHNCOCK IN HURRY BEFORE RACE Race driver Gordon Johncock apparently forgot that "speed is for the Speedway, not the highway" while driving on S. 31 north of Indianapolis May 21. He was arrested for going 90 miles an hour in a 65 mph zone by state Trooper Glen Schrock.

Schrock cited Johncock to appear in a Cicero justice of the peace court at 6 p.m. Saturday. He failed to appear but so far has leniency of Justice of the Peace Agnes Mitchell. "I'll wait and see what happens. I figure he was too busy over the weekend, bu if he doesn't appear, naturally I'll issue a warrant," Mrs.

Mitchell aid today. state visits to seven African nations. He was greeted at the airport by Senegalese officials Surveyor could transmit hundreds of clear closeup pictures and scientific data that could determine whether that area of the moon is safe for manned expeditions. History's first lunar soft-lander, Russia's Luna 9, showed last February that at least one area is firm enough for landing. The launching opened a two-pronged U.S.

assault on space as the space agency quickened the pace of the moon race. Wednesday, pemini 9 astronauts Thomas P. Stafford and Eugene A. Cernan are to try again to and the Israeli ambassador. CAPEKENNEDY, Fla.

(AP) -A spidery Surveyor spacecraft with a revolving camera: eye rocketed toward the moon today, aiming for America's first lunar soft-landing on a dry, crater-pocked plain where U.S. astronauts may explore within three years. A powerful Atlas-Centaur rocket thundered away from Cape Kennedy at 9:41 a.m. EST to start Surveyor on its Intended voyage. If the complex moonship survives its 63-hour journey across an alien weightless world, it is to touch down gently in the moon's Ocean Big Ranch Projected NEWS FEATURES Amusements 18-19 Bridge 19 Business News 29 Dr.

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A flock of celebrities, participating in the "500" Chief starter Pat Vidan was kept busy before the race by photographers who wanted shots of him waving 'the rocket into orbit on their twice postponed rendezvous of Storms about JZ38 a.m. 4 Continued on Page 2 checkered flag. Thursday. and space walk mission. I..