Word: broking
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Hardly anyone said anything. Ron Wilson, last year's big man, hovered around the 47 mark. Sophomores Charley Ajootian and Bob Benka broke 49. But it was a very disappointing afternoon. And things could be worse today when the putters run up against 54 foot men at West Point...
...Broke in 150 Years. If nothing else, the Chiefs are the best that money can buy. At least eight players on the roster reportedly collected six-figure bonuses for signing, and Rookie Halfback Mike Garrett, the 1965 Heisman Trophy winner from Southern California, got $450,000. To Owner Hunt, that is pin money; he is the son of Oilman H. L. Hunt, who is one of the richest men in the U.S. A family friend once telephoned Papa Hunt, so the story goes, to express concern over the money Lamar was pouring into the Chiefs. "How much is he losing...
Vicious Speech. This fall Chancellor Roger Heyns has been facing student pressures with a growing firmness. He refused to readmit Savio as a student when Savio broke rules against nonstudents distributing literature on campus. Heyns said that the students' public-address system in front of hallowed Sproul Hall disturbed classes, carried "speech that is often vicious, dishonest, laced with slander and character assassination and often charged with hatred," and proposed moving...
...Navy recruiters manning tables inside the Berkeley student union. A nonstudent, anti-Viet Nam, anticonscription group called the Draft Information Committee set up a table next to the Navy recruiters. Campus police ordered it removed. A crowd appeared, including Savio and Communist Student Bettina Aptheker. A fist fight broke out between two students, which drew more spectators. Some set up picket lines around the Navy table, then sprawled on the floor when police said picketing inside was illegal...
...riot, which broke out when Negro James Meredith enrolled in previously segregated Ole Miss, shook the college to its foundations. Mississippians suddenly had to get used to the idea of integration at the "white folks school." national attention forced the University out of its comfortable regionalism. Political issues became paramount: white Mississippians had to choose between moderation and a last-ditch defense of the state's traditions...