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Third place Adams will meet Yale's second place Silliman College. The Gold Coaster defense is built around center Rob Richardson and line backer Dick Weller. Adams uses an A formation, much like the varsity's, with fullback Kent Campbell and halfback Charlie Currier running most of the plays...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Eli Colleges Meet House Teams in Football Today | 11/23/1956 | See Source »

...field. Said one Houston newsman: "The whole town is on the verge of being overrun by derricks." Oil rigs are creeping within 100 yds. of the residences and businesses off Houston's primary north-south thoroughfare, South Main Street. One derrick stands 75 yds. from the roller coaster at Playland Park: another is within No. 7-iron distance (125 yds.) of the South Main Golf Center driving range. Two more wells have been drilled in the path of a proposed $20 million freeway, which probably will be rerouted. Worried Harris County officials have urged the Texas Railroad Commission...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: OIL: Gold Under the Garbage | 8/20/1956 | See Source »

...Damis of Adams took the 100 in :11.0, while Gold Coaster Frank Weller won two events, the hurdles and the 220. Jon Beecher...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Adams Wins House Track | 5/23/1956 | See Source »

Kaden, runner-up in both the foil and sabre events, quickly defeated fellow Gold Coaster Phil Villers, 3 to 0, to gain individual point honors among the House entrants with 11. Kaden's stiffest opposition came in his semi-final match, where after repeated attacks and parries, he finally overcame Bill Hooker of Kirkland, 3 to 2. Runner-up Villers triumphed over his semi-finalist opponent, John Watson of Dunster...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Kaden, Smith Cop Epee Victories; Adams Champion | 3/24/1955 | See Source »

...Mark, a New Orleans jam session, the Washington Monument) best left to home movies. On the whole, the trouble with Cinerama Holiday is that it employs such mighty means to such an insignificant end. As one customer remarked, "You get at least half the thrill of a roller-coaster ride for only ten times the price...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Pictures, Feb. 28, 1955 | 2/28/1955 | See Source »

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