"Defending national driving champion Mario Andretti is a study in contemplation as he looks over his STP Oil Treatment Special in the garage at Ontario Motor Speedway where over 170,000 fans are expected today for the California 500 auto race. Andretti, who qualified at 174.199 miles per hour, will start in the third row. Thirty-three of championship drivers will compete in the race."

"The body of Narciso R. Inglesias of Vista, an avocado picker, was carried by coroner's corpsmen from the El Norte Parkway grove where Inglesias was electrocuted Wednesday when his aluminum fruit cutting pole came in contact with a 12,000-volt power line. Inglesias' son, Miguel, was burned attempting to rescue his father."