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After not scoring near his potential for the last two years, Dixon has started taking the ball to the hoop, often with spectacular results. The assists should pile up for Dixon as he passes off to a plethora of talented shooters...
Anderson and Edwards led a valiant first-half effort to keep the Crimson away from the hoop, even if it meant sacrificing life and limb for the cause. With bodies sprawling all over the court, Dartmouth struggled to a 12-8 lead on three Edwards jumpers and tough offensive rebounding...
...Crimson attack as a whole was generally unimpressive, several individuals showed real promise for the rest of the year. First among those was point guard Calvin Dixon. Fulfilling McLaughlin's pre-season promise of a more aggressive, to-the-hoop style, the honorable mention All-Ivy selection played what may have been his best 40 minutes in a Crimson uniform, chalking up 16 points and nine assists while running an occasionally explosive Harvard offense...
Marathon's executives were clearly worried that absorption by Mobil would destroy their company's identity, a fear U.S. Steel sought to allay. Said Marathon President Harold D. ("Hoop") Hoopman, 61, after the agreement was announced: "We've been assured by U.S. Steel that Marathon will remain a vigorous competitive force in the oil industry...
...remain in Findlay (pop. 36,000), where they have been almost since Marathon was founded in 1887 by 14 local oilmen. Hoopman got a hero's welcome when his Lockheed JetStar touched down last week after the deal was concluded. Findlayites swarmed around him on the tarmac, shouting, "Hoop, Hoop, hurrah!" Said one Wall Street analyst: "People did not want big oil in their town...