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...Baton Twirling...
...aircraft, which last year killed 1,215 people, occur in a variety of ways, but none more bizarre than the one that happened last week when Pilot Lou Benscotter picked up Robert ("Bo") Rein, the new football coach at Louisiana State University, and began to fly from Shreveport to Baton Rouge...
Following a legend, conceded Composer John T. Williams last week, "will be very difficult." Still he seems a logical choice to take the baton of the late Arthur Fiedler as conductor of the Boston Pops. A month short of his 48th birthday, Williams has written more than 50 film scores, and won Oscars for three (Fiddler on the Roof, Jaws and Star Wars). The new leader will meet his musicians at a Boston rehearsal next week, then conduct his first concert at Carnegie Hall. The parent Boston Symphony Orchestra, which depended on Fiedler's prodigious performances to keep...
With the thinclads clinging to a 66-65 lead, McCurdy elected to lead off the relay with Murphy. The junior All-American, who had expected to run only one event because of painful blisters on his feet, sprinted in front and handed the baton to Scidmore with a five-foot lead...
...denied. Despite tendonitis in his knees that will sideline him for a week, the amazing sophomore grabbed the stick from Scidmore and raced off. In seconds, he pulled even. Then, the patented Dixon burst of speed put him in the lead. By the time anchorman McNulty got the baton, the Crimson was five yards in front...