Word: jumpings
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Some 3,636 secondary school seniors had filed applications by Monday, an increase of 125 from the comparable date during last January. However, Henry doubted that this increase represented any "significant" jump...
Skip Pescosolido has been a strong asset in the dash, taking first in the B.U. meet, and Pat Liles has come from the broad jump pits to become anchor man on the mile relay combination. If weight thrower Jim Doty and miler Dyke Benjamin recover from damaging leg injuries, the varsity may prove it is not dead...
Underlying the President's budget balance is an optimistic prediction that "a rapidly advancing economy" will produce a $9.1 billion increase in the Government's income. Insisting that his revenue forecast is "realistic," the President noted that after the 1953-54 recession, the jump in federal revenues ''was more than the increase estimated in this budget." He asked Congress to extend corporation and excise taxes at present rates for another year, also requested Congress to up the federal gasoline tax from 3? to 4½? a gallon and slap...
...Brother John Konrads, 16, got into the act, too, set a new world mark of 2 min. 2.2 sec. for the 200-meter freestyle, now holds every freestyle record from 200 meters to 1,650 yds. ¶ Boston University Freshman John Thomas, 17, watched tensely as the high-jump bar was set, missed his first two tries, then rolled cleanly across on his last chance, set a new world indoor record of 6 ft. 11¼ in. at the Massachusetts Knights of Columbus games in Boston. ¶ To encourage more college field-goal kicking, the N.C.A.A. rules committee widened...
Thomas was, as usual, sensational. The freshman high jump prodigy cleared every height through 6 ft., 10 3/4 in. without a miss. Then, after missing his first attempt, he went over the bar at 6 ft., 11 3/4 in. for a new world record, eclipsing the one he set last week...