1st Shooting Championships of The Americas, Mexico City. The American Rifleman article (December issue), “Seven World Records Broken In First Americas Shoot – U.S. topples six, Mexico one, as 17 hemisphere nations compete in Mexico City” – Picture of the Team, caption reads: “U.S. shooters (l.-r.) Lones Wigger, Margaret Murdock, John Writer, and Lanny Bassham are all smiles after posting four world records in the smallbore rifle three-position team event. Wigger’s individual 1167 was also a new record.