Word: laszlo
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Wanamaker Mile, Olympic 1,500-Meter Champion Ron Delany ran his usual heady race, let Hungarian Refugee Laszlo Tabori and North Carolina's Jim Beatty scrap for the lead, then kicked past to finish 7 yds. in front of Tabori in a comfortable...
...indoor track season hit its stride, but Laszlo Tabori, the fast Hungarian refugee, lagged far off the pace. Trying the indoor mile for the first time at the Philadelphia Inquirer meet, he ran a slow 4:10.8, finished third behind Boston's George King (4:10.1) and Chicago's Phil Coleman (4:10.7). Next night in Washington, B.C., Tabori switched to the two-mile run, dropped out on the twelfth lap with stomach cramps. The winner: Polish Refugee John Macy (9:02.6), now a student at the University of Houston. Olympic Hurdles Champion Lee Calhoun came back from...
During the early evening, Laszlo Magyar, a Hungarian swimmer, eclipsed an M.I.T. pool record of :61 by one-tenth of a second in the 100 yard backstroke. Other swimmers participated in races and demonstrations...
...facts seemed to be a good deal simpler and more sinister than what Koestler imagined. The 1949 show trial of Hungary's Communist Foreign Minister Laszlo Rajk read as if it had been taken from Koestler's pages. Apparently for reasons of party unity, Rajk, like Koestler's Rubashov, confessed in court to treasonable deviation. But no relentless interrogator was needed to persuade Rajk to confess. The job was done by Rajk's friend Janos Kadar, now the puppet Premier of Hungary...
...Olympic championship Hungarian water polo team is headed by Captain Laszlo Jeney and Ervin Zador, who suffered the controversial eye injury in the team's 4-0 victory over Russia. Tickets are available for three dollars at the M.I.T. Athletic Association Office, with proceeds going to Hungarian relief...