Word: albright
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Tenley Albright skated to a delicate lead over Carol Heiss in the United States Figure Championships which began yesterday at Philadelphia...
Senator Richard H. Lee. (R.), of Newton has filed a resolution in the State House asking that the Senate officially praise Tenley Albright '57, figure skating champion, "for bringing honor to Newton and the commonwealth" through her victories in the 1956 Winter Olympics...
...winter Olympics all over again. For the world championships, figure skaters had moved to the big ice stadium built by Adolf Hitler at Garmisch-Partenkirchen in the Bavarian Alps. Colorado's Hayes Jenkins repeated his Cortina victory; when the women finished their school figures. Defending Champion Tenley Albright seemed to have a slight lead over Long Island's Carol Heiss, just as she had had in the Olympics. The "Skating Mothers" were still on hand, still complaining about accommodations, still intent on a family triumph...
...Tenley Albright '57 returned to her Newton home yesterday from her European title-winning tour, with one of the U.S.'s two Olympic gold medals. An injured right ankle caused cancellation of skating exhibitions which would have kept her in Europe until March...
American athletes have been faster with an excuse than on the ice or down a ski trail this winter, and the Carol Heiss-Tenley Albright "feud" has sorely detracted from their fine performances. Training and conditioning are fine things for an Olympic team, but while they may lead to victories they may not result in friends, and perhaps the budgetary appropriation urged by Macdonald would only intensify this emphasis on winning...