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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Both teams broke the previous meet record of 16:39.4 set by Villanova...

Author: By Mark R. Rasmuson, | Title: Benka Takes 1st In Penn Relays Relay Unit Upset | 4/29/1968 | See Source »

...student bearing food broke through the conservatives after a scuffle, but was reportedly stopped by faculty members, who also ring the building which houses President Grayson Kirk's offices...

Author: By James K. Glassman, | Title: Columbia Siege Continues After Amnesty Denied | 4/29/1968 | See Source »

...Earl Ray had fled the Missouri State Penitentiary in April 1967, hiding in a big wooden breadbox to get from the prison bakery to the outside world. He had twice before tried to escape, once placing a dummy in his bed and hiding in a ventilator shaft; once he broke a makeshift ladder trying to scale the wall...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: WHO KILLED KING | 4/26/1968 | See Source »

...Broke? U.S. space officials were not particularly awed by the technology involved in the Russians' docking maneuver. The U.S. has carried out ten manned rendezvous in space since Gemini 6 and 7 first got together in December 1965, and the U.S. has all the guidance and control equipment necessary for automatic docking Soviet style. More significant, say NASA scientists, would be the safe return to earth of Luna 14 from its orbit around the moon. Such an accomplishment would open the way to a manned circumlunar flight, which would place the U.S.S.R. ahead of the U.S. in at least...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Space Exploration: Racing for the Moon | 4/26/1968 | See Source »

...moon. Some NASA officials believe that such a preparatory flight would improve the chances for a trouble-free descent to the lunar surface. Others oppose it. Once an Apollo is in orbit around the moon with all its equipment functioning, runs the argument, why not go for broke...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Space Exploration: Racing for the Moon | 4/26/1968 | See Source »

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