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Harvard's contenders in the running events are led by junior Bill Okermann in the mile run, who took second behind Army standout Dennis Trujillo at West Point. Jim Keefe and Bill Muller look strong in the two mile. Joel Peters, who captured the 600 yd. dash against Army--the lone Crimson first in the running events--and Larry Schember, who placed second in the 60 yd. dash at the same meet, complete Harvard's hopes on the track...
This additional expense resulted in only marginally better taste. To be sure, the special effects are more persuasive than those of the other two films. Steve McQueen and Paul Newman bring authoritative dash to their work as, respectively, the fire captain and the architect who combine their charisma to minimize loss of life when the world's tallest building goes up in flames. Faye Dunaway provides the film's highest moments of suspense by nearly falling out of the damnedest dress you ever saw on several occasions. But looked at from an accountant's point of view...
...lone Harvard first in the track events was registered by Joel Peters in the 600-yd. dash with a time of 1:12.9. Steve Brown took third in the 600. In addition, Larry Schember grabbed second in the 60-yd. dash for the Crimson...
...addition to its long distance runners, Army also possesses an excellent mile relay team, and the Cadets figure to turn in strong performances in the 60-yard dash and the hurdle events...
...GOOD OLD DAYS-THEY WERE TERRIBLE! by Otto L. Bettmann. 207 pages. Random House. $10. Otto Bettmann of the Bettmann (picture) Archive adds a needed dash of bitters to the nostalgia craze with this illustrated reminder that in the good old days (circa 1860 to 1910), pigs crowded people off New York streets, untreated garbage brought disease to the suburbs, Chicagoans and Pittsburghers lived in perpetual smog -the word coined by a Glasgow sanitary engineer in 1905. The author's words and pictures also jolt the modern reader with the horrors of oldtime horse-traffic jams, railroad accidents, street...