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The 1961-62 winter track team is one with several awe-inspiring performers. There are, for example, mighty Ted Bailey, the 62-ft. weight thrower, and massive Rick Mullin, the 4:18.1 miler, and springy-legged Marty Beckwith, the 6 ft., 6 in, high jumper; doughty Don Kirkland, the 1...

Author: By Michael S. Lottman, | Title: Winter Track Team Looks Promising With Core of Experienced Performers | 11/30/1961 | See Source »

Largely because log-legged George Saimes has been doing his very best all season long, unbeaten Michigan State is the nation's top-ranked team. Against powerful Michigan, Saimes played on both defense and offense, spent more time on the field than any other Michigan State player, and scored...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: The Iconoclast | 11/3/1961 | See Source »

Not all of the jointed robots for exploring the moon (see cuts) were outlandish contraptions; some of them were serious and imaginative attacks on the difficult problem of studying the lunar surface before humans learn how to survive there. RCA showed a six-legged job that walks cautiously on circular...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Free Enterprise v. the Moon | 10/20/1961 | See Source »

>Texas' scrawny (5 ft. 11 in., 160 Ibs.) Jimmy Saxton, a crazy-legged halfback who takes off in all directions, prompted one opposing defense man to counsel: "If you miss Saxton, just wait a minute. He's liable to be back." > Arkansas' light-footed Lance Alworth (6...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Home on the Range | 10/13/1961 | See Source »

The British have such a dead-keen sense of humor that they will burst into laughter on hearing that Prince Philip likes to call his wife "Sausage." Perhaps desperate for relief, penny-wise BBC-TV spent $10,000 last week to import Mort Sahl for a single telecast. Treating him...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Comedians: The Secretary-General | 7/28/1961 | See Source »

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