Word: johnes
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...this point, the Crimson drive appeared to be slowing, so coach John Yovicsin sent in the versatile Boulris, who switched briefly from running to passing. After missing Repscher in the flank, he threw complete to captain Hank Keohane on the Penn 11, for 14 yards, and Charlie Ravenel gained seven on a keeper before Boulris barged over right tackle for the score. Boulris' attempt for two points was called back because of holding, and the second try, a razzle-dazzle reverse and pass from Boulris to Cullen, was stopped five yards short...
...When Major General John Medaris, head of the Army Ordnance Missile Command at Huntsville, Ala., last week announced his retirement, Spaceman von Braun and Army pressagents played it as a protest against the space mixup. But Medaris, 57, made it clear that he had decided to retire two months before to get a toe hold in private business or education before he reached the retirement...
...Rocky added to a long evening with a high-minded, deadly serious speech on the need for the U.S. to match its principles with deeds. He was interrupted only once by applause. And the performance looked worse than it actually was in contrast with the subsequent showmanship of Senator John F. Kennedy, a seasoned campaigner who sensed his audience's aching desire for brevity and a spark of humanity. Democrat Kennedy supplied it by throwing away most of his text, giving Republican Rockefeller a string of verbal hotfoots, then swiftly wrapping up Rocky's own point...
...Pausing in San Francisco after a one-day speaking trip and a huddle with northern California's Democratic leaders, Front Runner John Kennedy all but took himself out of next June's California primary, tempting though the 81 delegate votes were. "Every Democrat with whom I've discussed it in California in the last twelve months has been reluctant to have a serious interparty split," said Kennedy. And, he admitted sadly, he could find "no Democrat" in California who thought he should risk a primary fight against Governor Edmund G. ("Pat") Brown...
...Queensland, Italians have become a major factor in the sugar-cane industry. Two Dutch immigrants are marketing a new plastic film to seal the bottom of sheep-station ponds and thereby save the precious water in the outback from leaking away. Australia's world-beating teenage swimmers, John and Ilsa Konrads, were born in Latvia...