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...September 1977. Quarterback Tim Davenport collapses under a pile of Columbia Lions in the Baker Field endzone, on a muggy, hot day in Devil's Elbow. Although Davenport finishes the game, doctors diagnose a broken neck vertebra two days later, putting the quarterback out for the rest of the season...

Author: By John Donley, | Title: The Best and Worst of Soldiers Field | 1/26/1979 | See Source »

While serving a one-year sentence for larceny in the minimum-security institution at Davenport, Iowa, James Shelton, 26, worked during the day at a downtown shoe store and spent each night in his unlocked room. One day in November, 1977, he left for work and vanished...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Americana: What's My Line? | 12/25/1978 | See Source »

...Davenport police thereupon obtained an arrest warrant to make a date with the lovable bachelor. Last week, Shelton was returned to the institution he had fled...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Americana: What's My Line? | 12/25/1978 | See Source »

...defensive." That was on the eve of his bid for a second term as U.S. Senator. The following day the Iowa Democrat, one of the Senate's leading liberals, learned how right he was. He became a casualty of the conservative trend, losing to Republican Roger Jepsen, 49, a Davenport businessman...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: And the Senate Bids Farewell | 11/20/1978 | See Source »

...seven including two non-league encounters) brought Princeton to Cambridge, but Kubacki, injured the week before in Philadelphia, had to watch from the sidelines. What he saw was as pleasing as a final exam. The Tigers clawed their way to a 24-0 lead, and even an incredible Tim Davenport-inspired comeback which came within a bobbled snap from center of immortality left the final margin...

Author: By Michael K. Savit, | Title: It Seems Like Only Yesterday, When. . . . . . 'Pineapple' Took It In . . . . . . and the Wobbly Duck Was Good | 11/18/1978 | See Source »

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