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Hardly was the Clutter family funeral over when Capote arrived in Holcomb, Kans., scene of the crime. He stayed for six months and immersed himself in the life of the community. With his light, lisping voice and his blue Jaguar, he looked out of place in that flat corner of the Middle West, but he made friends easily. "He was just as quick as any man afoot," says Mrs. Myrtle Clare, a onetime postmistress, who figures briefly in his story. "Just like a flash of lightning, he was here, there, everywhere." The result of all Capote's footwork...
...night. He would not dream of breaking training. He does exactly as he is told: he never runs when he is supposed to pass-in fact, he rarely runs at all. "He's got an open field in front of him half the time," says Athletic Director Stu Holcomb, "and he won't even cross the line of scrimmage." But this is just fine with Myers' coach, Ara Parseghian, who says: "What are you going to do with a kid who threw 73 touchdown passes in high school?" Mainly because Parseghian has the answer (let Myers pass...
MATHIAS R. KONDOLF Holcomb...
...Crimson's Jay Mahaney managed to tie for first in the pole vault at 12 ft., and Don Forte was in a fourth-place deadlock. Ted Bailey took the hammer at 186 ft., 6 in., followed by Leigh Callaway in fourth, and Tom Holcomb (186 ft., 4 in.) and Hobie Armstrong went one-two in the javelin...
Teeth in the Law. In St. Louis, Patrolman Raymond Hill greeted his pal, Patrolman Harry Holcomb, who had switched to the force's canine corps, got bitten on the thigh by Holcomb's dog Fritz...