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Worried and puzzled, Manufacturer Hubert Harris, 48, checked into Dallas' Baylor Hospital a fortnight ago. His left eye was blackened; on his legs were great bruiselike splotches. To Baylor doctors, it was obvious that Harris was suffering from severe internal bleeding. They did not know...
...Double Life. At Baylor University in Waco, Texas, Baptist Butt specialized in the Bible and business administration, after graduation put in a year at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary studying New Testament, social ethics, preaching. Then, convinced that the ministry was not for him, he married and went to work in the family's business. But invitations to speak came to him more and more often. Billy Graham asked him to help out at several of his revivals, and before long, young Howard found himself living a kind of Christian double life...
...regents, 72-year-old Houston Oil Tycoon Hugh Roy Cullen. A onetime $3-a-week candy salesman who wildcatted his way to one of Texas' biggest fortunes, Cullen never went to college, but he takes great pride in his adopted university. The week before, Houston had defeated Baylor 37-7, and Cullen was still aglow with the triumph. "The great spirit and determination of the Cougars," he said, "prompts me to do something for our great university . . ." The something, he explained, was a gift of a cool...
...Waco, Baylorites got wind of the news and launched a counter-whammy: they bought up all the green candles in town and set them alight. Dr. William Richardson White, president of Baylor, a football hotblood himself, turned up at a feverish pre-game rally, reminded his listeners that Texas had spoiled Baylor streaks before, and promised: "This year it's going to be different...
...football field at Austin at week's end, Baylor's backfield perfectionists (Waco nickname: the "Fearsome Foursome") put on an elegant demonstration of running, passing and blocking for each other. They also committed four fumbles (one each), all scooped up by Texas, and two of them led promptly to Texas touchdowns. Final score: Red Candles 21, Green Candles...