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...Weiers of Pitt tied the Cage pole vault mark with a leap of 13 ft., 6 in., and Panther Dan Kanell tossed the shot 54 ft., 1/2 in. for a school record...
...reason that President Kennedy could not do more was that President Eisenhower had already done much. The Eisenhower Administration had extended unemployment coverage, broadened social security benefits and taxes and speeded up federal procurement. Indeed Ike had arranged things so that new Government contracts will leap by $10.7 billion this fiscal year, to $86 billion...
Chris O'Hiri set a new freshman record in the broad jump yesterday, as the Yardlings defeated Andover, 70 1/2 to 38 1/2, in an away meet. O'Hiri cleared 23 ft., 5 in. on his record leap, the best effort by any Harvard performer, freshman or varsity, in several years...
...Hiri was captain of the freshman soccer team this fall, and was formerly a member of the Nigerian Olympic soccer squad. In the M.I.T. meet last December, he set the old broad jump mark with a leap of 22 ft., 6 1/2 in., and then pulled a leg muscle. Despite the injury, he won the broad jump with one leap against B.U. two days later. He has also shown exceptional promise in the dash and high jump...
Rolling the Barrel. Art Tokle himself tottered onto skis at the age of 18 months, took his first jump at such a tender age that he does not remember it, and won his first meet at seven with a leap of over 60 ft. During the war, the Germans interrupted his career by putting him into the copper mines for 4½ years of forced labor. In 1947 Tokle came to the U.S. and promptly began winning meets. Twice national champion (1951, 1953), Tokle was still good enough three years ago to finish a respectable fourth, jumping against some...