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13 more arrested; to be tried with Nikolaev by Sup Ct's mil tribunal; govt communique alleges conspiracy within Communist party ranks at Leningrad to revive Trotsky-Zinovieff Left opposition movement; Kiroff's assassination was to be 1st of series; I I Kotolynoff leader of Leningrad Centre, terroristic group; Izvestia ed comment
Feared that attempts of exiled Austrian Nazis to return home for Christmas will result in border shootings
1934David Pearson, American race car driver (died 2018)[†]
David Gene Pearson was an American stock car driver, who raced from 1960 to 1986 in the former NASCAR Grand National and Winston Cup Series, most notably driving the No. 21 Mercury for Wood Brothers Racing. Pearson won the 1960 NASCAR Rookie of the Year award and three Cup Series championships. He never missed a race in the years he was active. NASCAR described his 1974 season as an indication of his "consistent greatness", finishing third in the season points having competed in only nineteen of thirty races. Pearson's career paralleled Richard Petty's, the driver who has won the most races in NASCAR history. They accounted for 63 first/second-place finishes, with the edge going to Pearson. Petty had two-hundred wins in 1,184 starts, while Pearson had 105 wins in 574 starts. Pearson was nicknamed the "Fox" for his calculated approach to racing.