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...raced the mile in ten months, but Australia's Herb Elliott, 19, grabbed an early lead in a race at Melbourne, sprinted through a spectacular 57.9-sec. last quarter to nip the 4-min. mile at 3:59.9, became the fourth Aussie (after John Landy, Jim Bailey and Mervyn Lincoln) to turn the trick...
...full quarter-century later, the San Joaquin Valley was thriving, and the Okies were thriving. In Bakersfield, Fresno, Visalia, Modesto, the Okies were Californians, still speaking the accents of the Southwest, still voting Democratic, clapping their hands to the hillbilly music of their favorite TV entertainer (''Cousin" Herb Henson), still whacking away at religion, Bible-belt style (Scotch-taped legend on one Oklahoma car: OBEY Acts 2:38). They had, most of them, made good-so good that nobody even thought to ask, "Whatever became of the Okies...
...sure exactly how we picked the name 'Pangloss' for the store," said owner Herb Hillman. "Partially, I suppose, because it has literary associations, partially because it sounds nice. In addition, however, one has to be a convinced optimist to go into the antiquarian book business. Book-selling has many rewards--but none of them are financial...
...history of "The Game," no Yalemen ever had so satisfying an afternoon. And few Yale teams ever put on so polished a performance. Incredibly calm and casual, Eli Quarterback Dick Winterbauer stood up behind his fine line and lofted high-spin passes that led End Mike Cavallon and Halfback Herb Hallas to easy touchdowns. Harvard Tackle Bob Shaunessy raged behind the weak Crimson forwards, belting their padded sterns and begging them to fight. But it did no good. Even at angry fistfighting. Harvard came out second best...
Other Eli standouts included Herb Hallas, who scored three touchdowns; Gene Coker, whose thrusts up the middle kept the Harvard defense loose, and Cavallon, whose sure receiving, behind Harvard defenders, accounted for two touchdowns and 88 yards...