1961 Table of Contents

	July 1925 - December 1970
	Gus Wilson's Model Garage
	The Author The Stories 1925-1929 1930-1939 1940 - 49 1950 - 59 1960 - 69 1970
	Alphabetical List of Stories Monthly Illustration Galleries Index Links-All Stories
	1961 Table of Contents
Home Site Map Cover Galleries Of Interest Martin Bunn Gus Wilson The Gus Project Word® Docs Original Scans Hall of Fame Mechanic's Creed Comments Take the Test Answers Hints from the Model Garage Navigation		1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970
		January -	GUS TAMES A TOUGH BIRD	July -	GUS HELPS LAND A BIG CATCH
		February -	GUS LOOKS INTO A TRUNKFUL OF TROUBLE	August -	GUS CURES THE BIG-CAR BLUES
		March -	GUS MEETS WITH RESISTANCE	September -	GUS MAKES A FAST GETAWAY
		April -	GUS REPAIRS A FRIENDSHIP	October -	GUS PULLS THE SWITCH ON MURDER
		May -	GUS KEEPS A LADY IN LINE	November -	GUS GOES TO THE MOVIES
		June -	GUS SEPARATES THE MEN FROM THE BOYS	December -	GUS PLAYS A DIPLOMATIC ROLE
		*In the News...* ● U.S. breaks diplomatic relations with Cuba (Jan. 3). ● Robert Frost recites "The Gift Outright" at John F. Kennedy's inauguration as president of U.S. (Jan. 20). ● Moscow announces putting first man in orbit around Earth, Maj. Yuri A. Gagarin (April 12). ● Cuba invaded at Bay of Pigs by an estimated 1,200 anti-Castro exiles aided by U.S.; invasion crushed (April 17). ● First U.S. spaceman, Navy Cmdr. Alan B. Shepard, Jr., rockets 116.5 miles up in 302-mile trip (May 5). ● Virgil Grissom becomes second American astronaut, making 118-mile-high, 303-mile-long rocket flight over Atlantic (July 21). ● Gherman Stepanovich Titov is launched in Soviet spaceship Vostok II: makes 17¹/2 orbits in 25 hours, covering 434,960 miles before landing safely (Aug. 6). ● East Germans erect Berlin Wall between East and West Berlin to halt flood of refugees (Aug. 13). ● USSR fires 50-megaton hydrogen bomb, biggest explosion in history (Oct. 29). ● There are 2,000 U.S. military advisers in South Vietnam. *Automotive News* ● Final DeSoto built