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...young American Samoans leave the island within a year of graduation, often to return disenchanted with both the mainland and their island homeland. And alcoholism is a perennial concern in a country where beer sometimes seems as much in abundance as water. In the cricket-chattering dusk, John Kneubuhl, a grand old man of the island, who went from here to Yale and then to a screenwriting career in Hollywood, recalls how he used to play hide-and-seek in the ghost-filled dark as a boy. Now, he says, traditions are fading. "It's like a volcano getting ready...
...Fresno broke eleven world's records, tied three. Last week, they broke two more. Elroy Robinson, Merced, Calif, schoolteacher, ran 1,000 yards in 2 min., 9.7 sec.-to break the record made by Luigi Beccali of Italy in 1933. Stanford's 880-yd. relay team (James Kneubuhl, Ray Malott, Stanley Hiserman, Jack Weierhauser) scooted around the track in 1 min., 25 sec.-.8 sec. faster than the mark set by a University of Southern California team in 1927. Runner Weierhauser's tape-breaking for the world's record was not his only major feat...
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