Word: jon
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Australia, where limber-limbed youngsters have a habit of cracking world records, swimming fans had guessed that some day a 15-year-old Latvian immigrant named Jon Konrads would be a champion. But no one knew much about his kid sister, 13-year-old Ilsa, except that she had never won a major race...
Last week when Jon entered the prestigious state championships at North Sydney, few noticed his leggy kid sister tagging along. Then Ilsa made a splash of her own. Swimming in the 440-yd. freestyle, she finished second by only .6 sec. to Australia's great Lorraine Crapp, holder of two Olympic Gold Medals, four world records. This was enough to make square-faced, broad-grinning Ilsa the darling of the galleries...
...just a CBS scriptwriter's way of telling Lassie's 25 million viewers (most of them young, all faithful) that there were going to be some new faces around the famous old farm. The chief newcomer, Jon Provost, 7, was eased into the filmed series 13 weeks before as Lassie's new chum Timmy; this week's episode introduced Timmy's foster parents (Cloris Leachman and Jon Shepodd) for the first time. Gone after three years was Lassie's old playmate Jeff (Tommy Rettig), who in reel life had to go off to high...
...Crimson took charge midway through the third quarter, and broke the 6-6 tie which had existed since early in the first period. Yale managed to score once in the final quarter, but the Crimson swiftly scored again, after fullback Jon Serbin intercepted a pass on the Yale 25-yard line...
...first Brown march was negotiated in 12 downs and covered 60 yards. Finney concentrated his attack on the left side of the Harvard line, which was a favorite Brown target all afternoon. Key plays were a 21-yard option and a 14-yard pass from Finney to right end Jon Jensen. Jack McTigue scored the touch- down on a dive over his own right guard from three yards...