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...view, and teen-agers jammed the roof of the nearby African culture center. In the center of the square, cordoned off by police, stood a makeshift scaffold. A red circle had been painted in the middle of its collapsible wooden platform. A strong, rough rope hung down from the crossbar above. A row of open coffins, trimmed with gold and lined with white sheets, lay waiting on the ground below. Four enemies of Army Strongman Joseph Mobutu were about to be hanged, and to celebrate the occasion Mobutu had declared a holiday, and invited all of Leopoldville to attend...
When you watch Chris Paradee sail over a crossbar at 6 ft., 10 in., or Jim Baker pound out two miles in 9:05.5, it all looks so easy. But the team's victories have been especially difficult this year. As the indoor season opened it found itself without some of its best runners, and with lots of its best runners, and with lots of promise but no security in the weight events...
Pardee made his winning jump on his second try at the height, and just missed in his second attempt at 6 ft., 11 in, when his trailing leg brushed the crossbar. Pardee also scored a surprise second in the broad jump with a 23 ft., 6 1/2 in. leap, 2 1/2 in. short of the winning jump by Navy's Tom Palkie...
Miller's luck evened up three minutes later. A shot by Kevin Burke bounced off the crossbar and the third-line center had only to nudge the puck as it lay invitingly on the goal line...
Schoonover pushed his pole vault mark to 14 ft., 3 in. in Briggs Cage last weekend and cleared 14 ft., 6 in., only to topple the crossbar on the way down. With a long runway, a high ceiling and strong competition, tomorrow, he should go higher still. But he won't beat John Pennel, the feature attraction in the K of C's. Pennel not either an American or a world record--depending on which paper you read--on the West Coast last weekend...