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...performed impressively as a sophomore last year, has been switched to flanker this year, and he'll be backed by sophomore Mike Murr, another speedster. Tom Miller, who handled the fullback spot last year after Gus Crim injured a kidney, returns, and sophomore Curt Humphreys is there as backup strength...

Author: By John L. Powers, | Title: Harvard Football After Last Year, Nowhere to Go but Up | 9/21/1970 | See Source »

...strings at tackle, but none have any real varsity experience. Junior Frank Veteran, who played on the JV squad last year, may team with Ferullo at guard, but behind them, there is precious little depth. Waldstein, a junior, will start at center, with Skip Starck as backup...

Author: By John L. Powers, | Title: Harvard Football After Last Year, Nowhere to Go but Up | 9/21/1970 | See Source »

...graduation of Neal Hurley and the loss of Martucci leaves Harvard without an experienced starter, but senior Walter Johnson has proven that he can turn in an acceptable performance, and Dave Ignacio can play there as well. Tim Bilodeau, Ron Suduiko and sophomore Barry Malinowski are available as backup...

Author: By John L. Powers, | Title: Harvard Football After Last Year, Nowhere to Go but Up | 9/21/1970 | See Source »

...smiled a PR man smile until the engineer n the booth mercifully switched back to Jim McKay. The next day Ruby ran very fast, but blew up two engines without completing the four qualifying laps. His crew toiled diligently through the week, and Ruby eventually qualified the team's backup car during the second weekend. He made the sixth best qualifying time over-all, but due to the peculiar qualifying system at Indianapolis, he was placed on the inside of the ninth three-man row. Ruby is in his early forties, and he'd like...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A Racer's Weekend: ???ndianapolis 1970 | 5/29/1970 | See Source »

...caused when Apollo 12 Astronaut Alan Bean inadvertently pointed his TV camera at the sun, the astronauts have been instructed to keep their color camera aimed at least 45° away from the solar disk. The Apollo 13 camera also is equipped with a lens cap and has a backup: a spare black-and-white model inside the cabin. Other improvements in their paraphernalia: antiglare visors, 8-oz. water pouches inside their suits ("Nice for wetting the whistle," Haise explains), backpacks to haul lunar samples (instead of the fancy Teflon bags that hooked to their sides) and even a nylon...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: The Dawning of Aquarius | 4/13/1970 | See Source »

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