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OTHER INTERESTS: Aside
from the music, Bill has many other varied hobbies and interests.
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Astronomy: Bill was an
avid amateur astronomer, owned two big telescopes, and attended the
University Of Connecticut majoring in Physics and Math but never
graduated. He, along with other members of his Moonwatch team, were
the last people on Earth to see the rocket casing of the Sputnik 1
satellite in orbit before it fell to Earth and burned up. (He still
has the newspaper clipping about this.)
This picture of Bill and one of his telescopes was taken from
the local newspaper when it ran as a first page story. Bill
fully intended to be an astronomer when he entered college.
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The JFK Assassination:
Bill has studied all the so-called facts of this horrible event, has
many books and reports on the subject, talked to many people, and is
convinced that it was a conspiracy and that Lee Harvey Oswald was,
as Lee himself said, a "patsy". Don’t get Bill started on this
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Drag Racing: Few are aware that Bill
took an active interest in drag racing over a period from 1959
through 1975 winning 208 races. He raced two different vehicles and
was a national record holder in 1962 and a national champion in 1975
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Bill raced his 1956 Chevrolet from 1959 to 1967 winning 31
championships and setting 13 strip records. Notice at Orange
Dragstrip in Massachusetts, they still used a flagman to start
the races.
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From 1967 to 1975, Bill raced his 1957 Chevrolet
wagon winning 9 championships and setting 7 strip
records. He won his class and eliminator
bracket with this car at the National Championships
in 1971.
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