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...days recently it seemed like old home week at Soldiers Field. Bob Rittenburg, a Harvard track immortal ever since his 26-point performance against Yale in 1955, returned to work himself back into shape. Charley Jenkins, the reigning Olympic 400-meter champion and an old habitue of Soldiers Field, was back, and Tom Courtney, Olympic 800-meter king and now an assistant varsity coach, breezed through a 50.8 440 early in the week...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Coach Templeton Visits McCurdy, Aids Track Men | 4/18/1959 | See Source »

...flames rolled across the fiberboard ceiling, and cried out the alarm. Flinging themselves against the windows, some of the youngsters slashed their heads and arms on broken glass, tore frantically at the "escape-proof" steel mesh between them and safety. While others pushed at him in terror, Charley Meadows, 16-year-old night sergeant for the inmates, at last broke through one window guard, and another gave way to the boys' desperate strength. Through the two openings, 48 escaped. By the time the fire trucks arrived, the building had caved in, and in its flaming ruins lay the bodies...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ARKANSAS: Locked In | 3/16/1959 | See Source »

...Giants' defensive team had already blocked a Colt field-goal try, smeared Unitas himself at crucial moments, made a devastating goal-line stand inside its own 5-yd. line and had roared back from a 14-3 half-time deficit on the wings of aging (37) Quarterback Charley Conerly's passes for two touchdowns...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Sudden Death | 1/5/1959 | See Source »

Thirty gridiron stars were given Honorable Mention. Leading the list of six Harvard players was Harold Keohane, who was yesterday elected captain for next season. Two linemen, Peter Briggs and Robert Foster, also made the team and Harvard also dominated the choices for the backfield with three: Charley Ravenel, Chet Boulris, and Sam Halaby...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Sportswriters Select Shaunessy As Tackle on All-Ivy First Team | 11/25/1958 | See Source »

...parents, however, oppose their wedding by reason of the difference of each position, and of course she is procured artificial abortion, while her father divorce her from charley...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Ten North Frederick in the Mysterious East | 11/22/1958 | See Source »

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