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1 San Pedro Calif Thuri Au? 13 196S 3 Famed race driver Ken Miles dies in flaming crash at Riverside hot Ford car at the Riverside Internationa! Raceway In the violent crash in the lone test drive Miles apparently died instantly as his car left the track and over a steep bank He reportedly was thrown clear on the third flip in a series of somersaults before the demon came to rest in a burst of flames Miles will long he remembered I hy US racing enthusiasts as the prototype who brought road racing and sports car rallies to the US public He learned to drive fast at an early age in his native England and came to the United States following World War II to establish the sport in this country perimental stages and yet never flinched in accepting such a big challenge one that not many drivers are really ready to He teamed with Texan Lloyd Ruby to win the Dayotm race in February and again with Ruby for the Sebring enduro in March He was Leading at Le Mans when the Ford sweep attempt for the firm Miles started racing in England in 1938 He served in World War1 apolis interest fell off following the war He had crashed several times in his racing career and lived to tell about them all but once There is speculation among track officials that the fatal crash was caused by a mechanical defect The incident is being invest iga led Funeral arrangements are being made by Utter-McKinley Mortuary in Hollywood II as a British army sergeant He came to the US permanently to live in 1952 and became a naturalized American citizen He holds the Porsche dependability record with a total of 49 finishes in 49 starts At 47 Miles has been noted for his sharp tongue and keen wit which many speclators misunderstood for insolance But he had a deep dedication to the sport which he helped pick up after Indian He missed a by taking a second at Le Mans in June when Ford Motor Co executives tried for a "photo for first and second places using their own cars Mdes has been the No 1 team driver for the Shelby American enterprise since 1963 He also was the chief test driver He helped develop the Shelby Daytona Cobra Ford GT 40 and Mark II and the Mustang GT 350 His teammate in the Shelby venture was Dan Gurney who often outrared Miles but never outclassed him Gurney said after hearing of the fatal crash: "Ken certainly earned the victories that had come to him the last couple of years "He had run cars in their ex i irtrfai ritti ringer for port city schedule with a recording contract as the result Her first record is on the market and she has signed to do two more But even this super-active schedule stilled her longing to revisit the scene of her greatest triumph am quite impatient to come back to Long she wrote think often of the days of the contest and sometimes I think winning it was just a Ingrid will return to relive the days of tears and joy as she 77ie pleasure of your company is requested of the opening of JEWELERS 924 NORTH WESTERN AVENUE PARK PLAZA SAN PEDRO CALIFORNIA AUGUST 1 8th 1 9th 20th 1966 Military Medicare crowns her successor during the 1967 International Beauty Congress Feb 7-18 She will be welcomed hack with a special distinction Rescheduling of the Long Beach pageant to a winter event from its previous August date gives Ingrid an extra six months as International queen And when the new Miss International walks into spotlight she too will find her moment of glory only the beginning of the busiest year of her life Symington noted that the average career military man retires at 44 and thus would have 21 years of purely military benefits The Symington measure would require the beneficiary to pay 25 per cent of civilian hospital charges a cost-sharing formula recommended by the Defense Department The retiree would be responsible for meeting only 8 per cent of his hospital bill under the House legislation The House measure also has no deduction requirement The Senate directed that beneficiaries pay the first $100 of their own annual Sgt- major given award The 47th Artillery Brigade's newly assigned command ser- gpant major Wilburn Riggins received the First Oak Leaf Clust-1 er to his Army Commendation Medal in recent ceremonies at Fort MacArthur I Riggins received the award for meritorious performance of duties as G-3 operations sergeant with Headquarters 5th Region ARADC0M In part the accompanying ci- tation read his attentive supervision and mature guidance the effectiveness of the administration in the G-3 Section was improved A Sacramento Calif native Riggins served active duty as an i officer during hi career attain- ing the rank of captain He at-j tended and graduated from Of-1 Candidate School for Anti-aircraft Artillery Officers in 1943 1 Riggins lives with his wife Katherine and their children in San Pedro i (Continued From Page One) The Senate in effect told the retirees to switch to Social Security Medicare when they reach 65 if they want to use civilian hospitals The House would make over-65 patients eligible to collect either social security or military benefits in civil hospitals Sen Stuart Symington D-Mo manager of the Senate bill told the Senate that the new civilian programs were intended a transitional civilian plan until the retiree or his spouse becomes eligible for Medicare at age It will pay you grand dividend if you attend the GRAND OPENING SALE NOW ON AT THE NEW "MODERNE" 399 6th ST CORNER 6TH AND MESA SAN PEDRO Wednesday's fatal mishap occurred on the Riverside circuit's phenomenal ninth and final curse before the blistering straighta way The turn is steep but high-banked for a shattering speed plunge into the stretch son Peter saw the crash He also is survived by his wife Muriel The Ford machine was being tested for several days by Miles prior to the accident The car is a successor to the Mark II model that recently won the Le Mans enduro classic in France It was being tested to check out its future for a series of sports car races on the North American continent The day before the fatal crash Miles supposedly broke the track's lap record of 1 minute 264 sec onds The time is being substantiated by the long process of checks by auto racing officials Miles has won more races in Southern California than any other driver He also was known elsewhere in the US He won the grueling Daytona 24-hour endurance test and the Sebring 12-hour marathon earlier this year bill expenses or the first $200 of the total costs for themselves and their families Defending this feature Symington told the Senate deductible outpatient formula is customary under most health The senator emphasized that the retiree's traditional privilege of receiving medical care in military hospitals and clinics when space is available will continue without regard to age the age of he said retirees would have two sources of military benefits: the military facilities and civilian facilities under LAYAWAY By GAYLE PALMER Probably auto racing's greatest drixer of all time Ken Miles took his final flag Wednesday He undoubtedly ended his career doing what he taxed best: fast driving Miles died at an estimaled 175 miles per hour in the fantastically Germany homesick By HERB SHANNON Ingrid Finger of Germany is homesick for Long Beach wheie international Beauty Congress judges last year named her the most beautiful woman in the world Not that life has been dull since she has returned to Germany with the title Personal appearances television interviews tours film making and her regular job as a fashion model filled Ingrid's calendar with excitement year passed like a she wrote recently to IBC headquarters here from her home in Furlh Bavaria I appeared I was treated like a queen" As Miss International she visted 10 countries in Europe and the Middle East including three behind the Iron Curtain In Germany she garnered two new titles bv invitation of United States Armed Forces units stationed there The US Third Infantry Division named Ingrid Anniversary and the Division's Second Brigade selected her as of the succeeding actress Elke Sommer since departed for the Hollywood firmament While honoring Allied NATO units with her presents Ingrid did not neglect her home troops She also was the central attraction at a formal review of the Fourth Panzer Oranization of the West German forces In order to enhance her budding film career Ingrid squeezed voice study into her crowded Boat deaths total down Boating deaths for the first six months of 1966 are down from the same period last year although the number of boating accidents are tip State Parks and Recreation Director Fred Jones has announced Boating accidents statistics released by the Division of Small Craft Harhors shows a total of 43 deaths and 63 injuries resulting from 213 accidents during the first six months of this year For the same period last year there were 56 deaths and 44 injuries in 165 boating accidents Lachlan Richards chief of the Division of Small Craft Harbors reported that the 1966 total includes seven accidents in which multiple deaths occured Capsizing incidents resulted in 25 deaths including those of five adults who were lost when a 14-foot boat with seven aboard sank and three brothers who drowned with their 10-foot boat loaded with four persons capsized Of the remaining deaths three were from boat collisions one from a water skiing accident six from persons falling overboard and eight from various causes resulting directly from boating accidents are more than 360000 small craft using California Richards said thousands more are being added each month It is imperative that all new operators learn the basic rules regarding their equipment and its operation before taking to the water" He said free instruction in boating safety is given by several qualified organizations including the Coast Guard Auxiliary the Power Squadrons and tha Red Cross He urged new owners to take advantage of free courtesy motorboat examination offered by the Coast Guard Auxiliary which ran help to assure the new boater that his craft is properly equipped for safe operation Port student wins NSF grant Warren Peascoe son of Mr and Mrs Joseph Peascoe 1151 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