Universal Newsreel Volume 40, Release 33

Universal Newsreel Volume 40, Release 33

MCA/Universal Pictures

4/21/67

The original release sheet reads: ADENAUER DIES Former West German Chancellor Konrad Adenauer dies and all the world mourns the passing of a great leader and statesman. President Johnson announces he'll attend the funeral in Cologne. Adenauer was West Germany's first postwar Chancellor. He rebuilt his nation and had an outstanding career embracing personal diplomacy with all world leaders. CAPE COD OIL Mysterious oil "blobs" float onto shore at Cape Cod, fouling a 40-mile stretch of National Seashore. Some 300 waterfowl are killed by the black sludge, as heavy as soft asphalt. Experts theorize it may be from a World War Two sunken tanker "breaking up" underwater. VERTICAL TRANSPORT PLANE The world's first vertical takeoff-and-landing transport aircraft is tested near Munich, Germany. It can also make hovering turns in mid-air. It's seen as a boon to jet-jammed airports because it needs no runway space. AUSTRIAN FASHIONS The Viennese show their fashion flair in New York, on their way to Expo '67 in Canada. Among the highlights: many functional yet flamboyant knit ensembles and some rare and unique wedding gowns! BICYCLE RACE Europe's top professional bicyclists rip over a 150-mile course in Frankfurt. The winner: a near-unknown from Belgium, ,who tops Germany's world champ Rudi Altig: finishing 16th, and former world champ Jean Stablinski of France. BOSTON MARATHON A record field of 601 run the classic marathon distance from Newton to Boston in the 71st running of the event. The winner: Dave McKenzie of New Zealand, shaving 48 seconds off the record. Second: Tom Laris, former Dartmouth champs: third, Yutaka Oaki, Japan. HAND-WALKER In Germany, Lucky Hofmaier starts a long walk, from Regensburg to Rome, a distance of 683 miles. It's an especially long walk if you do it on your hands as Lucky does! It's the result of a bet and distance-walker Hofmaier thinks he'll average 18 miles a day and make it to Rome in about 38 days. Hands down!

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