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...relatively unnoticed while contributing 13 points to the varsity's total. Although his form was still a trifle off, he won the high hurdles in 14.9 and the lows in 24.4. Running the 220 dash for the first time this season, he was barely edged by Penn's Dave Coffin in a fast...

Author: By Michael S. Lottman, | Title: Track Squad Beats Penn, Cornell By Large Margins in Triangulars | 5/4/1959 | See Source »

...would be a tremendous boost for the Crimson. In the low hurdles, where form is not so important, Landau is still the favorite, on the strength of last Saturday's 23.8 effort. He will also run the 220, where he is the only one who can match Quaker Dave Coffin and Cornell's George Ekstrom...

Author: By Michael S. Lottman, | Title: Track Varsity to Face Penn, Cornell In Rugged Triangular Meet Tomorrow | 5/1/1959 | See Source »

...special train with the coat of arms of Pius X was made up at Vatican City station. A group of 23 Vatican officials, plus government bigwigs accompanied the Pope's body on its journey. In Venice, the body of St. Pius X, enclosed in a glass coffin, was borne to a navy barge rowed to the rhythm of a drum. Followed by a procession of gondolas, the barge headed up the Grand Canal to St. Mark's, where a choir of 2,000 children and almost everyone in Venice waited...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: The Visit | 4/20/1959 | See Source »

...next month, Pius X will lie before a special altar in the basilica. Venice was only disappointed that Pope John himself had not been able to make the journey. "Without your help," he told the Vatican workers who carried the coffin of Pius X, "I hope to go alive...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: The Visit | 4/20/1959 | See Source »

...fuego!" After the volley, Marks stepped up to Contreras' writhing body, fired the coup de grâce with his .45 automatic-then had to shoot two more times before his man finally died. Guards took off Contreras' shoes, fingerprinted him, placed him in a plain wooden coffin, and loaded him aboard a hearse for delivery to waiting relatives. By 1:55 a.m., all three prisoners were dead, and Marks's work was ended for the night. "Execution is not a pleasant task," says Castro's chief executioner, "but a necessary...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CUBA: Chief Executioner | 4/13/1959 | See Source »

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