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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...fans at the Boston Garden last night would doubt that Boston College has a better hockey team than Harvard. The Eagles registered their third straight victory over the Crimson, this time by a convincing 6-4 score, in spite of a last-second varsity goal. In going down to defeat, the Crimson was eliminated from the Beanpot Tournament, along with Northeastern, which bowed to B.U. by a 7-4 margin...

Author: By John R. Adler, | Title: B.C. Outclasses Crimson, Takes Third from Varsity | 2/3/1959 | See Source »

...rescue? None other than Prime Minister Kwame Nkrumah himself. Hearing a missing-bird bulletin over the state radio station, Nkrumah forthwith phoned the chief of police in Accra to get his head out of the sand. Dragnet-quick result: the chief found his quarry in his own garden, triumphantly reported to the P.M., who triumphantly eased Madame's distress...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, Feb. 2, 1959 | 2/2/1959 | See Source »

...University freshman named John Thomas. Unheralded and almost unnoticed as the more spectacular racing events swirled around the track, Thomas broke the world's indoor record for the high jump twice in the last three weeks. This week in the Millrose Games at Manhattan's Madison Square Garden, Thomas will pit his new 6 ft. 11¾ in. indoor record against Outdoor Champion Charlie Dumas, who holds the U.S. outdoor record...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Boy in Space | 2/2/1959 | See Source »

...antitrust decree against the International Boxing Clubs of New York and Illinois. The decision broke the strangle hold I.B.C. has exercised on title bouts, directed I.B.C. Kingpins James D. Norris and Arthur M. Wirtz to dissolve both clubs, sell their controlling interest in New York's Madison Square Garden, open both the Garden and Chicago Stadium to any qualified promoter. Neither the Garden nor the Stadium may stage more than two championship fights a year. ¶ Thrashing purposefully against a stop watch in the Olympic pool at North Sydney, Australia's incredible whiz-kid, Lisa Konrads, 14, touched...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Scoreboard, Jan. 26, 1959 | 1/26/1959 | See Source »

BOSTON--Vic Stasiuk and a faulty skate helped the Boston Bruins to a 4-3 National Hockey League victory over Toronto last night before 13,698 Boston Garden fans...

Author: By The ASSOCIATED Press, | Title: Bruins Triumph Over Leafs, 4-3 | 1/19/1959 | See Source »

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