Grand Bend Holiday, 1966-08-11, Page 9un
F°I"A ed G the BLUE WATER ROUTE
North to
Ontario's Finest
The Big Ones Run
By Brien Murdoch
Al Biscay from Oakland,
California, is the driver
of a startling piece of
machinery.
It's n 1966 Falcon
station wagen with n huge
Westinghouse J-34 engine.
Al uses two F/105 ring
slot parachutes to bring
the bumf to a halt. On
three exhibition runs,the
car went 173,181.44 and
183.63 with a best elnp-
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sed time of 9.23 sec.
That a ground shaker:
On the run for Top
Eliminator, Gene Burgess
failed to fire, leaving
his intended opponent to
make a single run. Herb
Rodgers from London wes
the one that made that
single at 8.23 sec. -
173.74 mph.
Competition Eliminntor
ens Ron Farkas from De-
troit in his 396 A/Modif-
ied Sports over the Strn-
tford based Zimmer-Gavelle
B/Ges Prefect , with a
10.62 second clocking.
Street Eliminntor was
Rogs- MGlyon of Kitchen.
er w.. h a 390 inch B/MP
77 Ford. His tine, -
12.86 sec. 110.F6 mph.
Top Stock - The Stnn
'long Pentiac c,6 CTO from
Hwy. 21 — 3 Miles South of Grand Bend
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Hwy. 21 — 2 Blocks
South of Lights
7eteoit bent Stratford
driver Jack Hyde on a
13.35 sec. 105.50 mph
run.
Pere Stock - George
Jamogk, 62 Chrysler G/PS
17,.24 - 93.45.
Junior Stock - Bob
Burch, Sarnin, 55 Chev,
J/SA 15.53 - 88.14.
Junior Street - Cord
Villeneeve, Kitchener,52
Ford 18.64 - 72 mph.
In two wreks.August 21,
a match race betwren Inn -
den's Rankin Ferd "Wild
Child", and the "Northern
Charger", hemi-P]ymouth
of the Mntheson Bros.
from Dearborn. Both cars
are injected, both are on
nitro feel.
Lest Sundny at Grand Bend Drageny - featured cnr
ees the Romeo Palimedes jet -powered "Flemin' Funey
Wagon" which made a 185 mph quarter -mile trip.
GB Girls Write From Egypt and Israel
This is another of a series of exerpts frnm letters
home from Barbara and Judy Blewett, during an around
the world tour, to their mother here at Grand Bend,
July 15 - Cniro: We nr-
rived here yesterdey noon.
Cairo is an old, modern
city, clenn but dusty.We
see lots of men and boys
wearingwhat looks like
flnnnelette nightgnens,
but in reality it is the
dress of the pensents.
Fifteen minetes from
downtown Cairo you tern
on the super higheny end
lo, there are tbe pyra-
mids. It was exciting to
see the Nile,the pyrnmids
and the desert after
herring of them so myst-
eriously. The desert et -
retches so far you can't
tell where it eerie. Even
the horizon was covered
like a mirage.
We also went to see
the sphynx whieh Wes sme-
ller than I had thought.
All four structures are
arezing.
The camel drivers are
Teeny commereinlized and
are very anger to take
you riding.
We drove to the other
side of Cairo to visit
en alabaster mosque built
by Mohammed Ali. It is
old end very lovely. The
ceffin of Mehnseed Ali
Us wet for dinner at
Mten Bose:
beet anehered
'ht 10 and fixed ep
into e restaurent.Then
we went to a sepper club
sn the desert where we
cold see the spot lit
pyremids. It wes Ievely.
end 1 acteelly got cold
for the first time in 31
days.
The "Sound and Light"
show consists of coloured
lights lighting up the
pyramids and the sphynx
and a recorded voice
spoke from the sphynx
telling the history of
Egypt,especially this
aree. The night club ix
which we had dinner hasi
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July 23 - Jeruselem, Jor.
den: A tour of the old
city showed mnny thing;
pertaining to Christ'e
life end CIA Testament
times.Romen Catholics,
Greek Orthodox or Armen -
inns have built churches
over every place, so we
were constnntly being
told "under this floor"
or "behind that well".It
was all very disappoint-
ing/Ind unconvincing.
We mede application to
go over to Israel (which
is a bad word around
here) so we have to call
it South Beiret.
At the Egyptian mus-
eum in Jordan (the best
yet) we saw the stones on
which the Ten Comeend-
ments were supposedly
written. We drove to
Bethlehem. the Deed Sen.
Jericho era Betheny,Sam-
nrin and Jacob's Well
where we could see the
well and drink the water
from it though it wes
inside a church.
This morning we welked
to the Garden Tomb.There
are two tombs for Jesus -
each of the churches
claim that one is in the-
ir church.The Garden Tomb
discovered only in 1879
is in a small garden end
looks very much like it
could have been Joseph
of Arnmethen's. It was
the most authentic and
impressive piece we've
seen yet:
July 24 - We went to a
church service in the
Garden of Getheemene
where we beerd e very
fendnmental sermon,There
ens a very peaceful et-
eeepl-ere in the piece.
Then ee crossed the
barrier into Isreel.We
walked to King David's
tomb and a memorial to
all Jewish people who
were killed in World War
II.This memorial contain-
a.room built to re-
semble the gas chambers.
We found that the Room
of the Last Supper ens in
a military zone and we
needed special permission
if we were to go in. It
is also covered with
white marble,gold paint
end curtains, no wouldn't
eeem reel.
Tel Aviv : We took a bus
out to Jaffa (or Joppn
where Jonah and Peter
lived).We went swimming
in the Mediterrnnenn but
the sands were full of
tar which sticks to your
feet.
July 28 - Istanbul: This
city reminds me of Hong
Kong with its large har-
bours and two sections.
We are staying in a
"Pension" here where the
minter is turned off ev-
ery night at 8 or 9 pm,
end stays off until 2 am.
We went to the Topknpi
museum where the movie
"Topkepi" was filmed.We
took a ferry from the
European side to the As-
ian side at night, end
the lights of the city
were benutiful.
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