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...George W. Baer, 21, son of a Palo Alto auto dealer, was captain of Stanford's freshman water polo team, a key man in Stanford dramatic productions, a member of the Institute of International Relations. A history major, Baer spends his summers as a Palo Alto lifeguard, his winters making an almost straight A average...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: The Rhodesmen | 12/31/1956 | See Source »

...come out in mid-October, represent a $175 million face-lifting job on the 1955 models. Chief body change: high, straightaway lines on the rear fenders and bigger taillights. In addition, all lines will have a new four-door, hardtop model, pushbutton selectors on the dashboard for automatic transmissions, "lifeguard" door latches to prevent doors from popping open in accidents, and optional seat belts. Plymouth will have a new, higher-powered engine. Fanciest gadget in the line is a "Highway Hi-Fi," a CBS record player that can be mounted just below the center of the instrument panel. Price: less...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AUTOS: New Models | 9/19/1955 | See Source »

Last week the ape "man's indefatigable mentor, Producer Sol Lesser, announced that he had signed a new Tarzan. The find: Gordon Scott, 26, a lifeguard at Las Vegas' Sahara Hotel. His qualifications: 6 ft. 3 in., 215 lbs., a So-in. chest, a 30-in. waist and a catlike walk...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Tarzan Dives Again | 8/2/1954 | See Source »

...some, single-minded Doug Hepburn, beefing up like a young bull, was a big joke, but Doug stuck to his routine. After he quit high school, he worked summers as a lifeguard at city beaches, winters as a hotel doorman. Once, separating two drunks grappling in the lobby, Doug yanked at the top tippler, accidentally sent him hurtling through the air like Superman. In local weight-lifting contests, Doug sometimes claimed to have broken a world record; most spectators figured he was bragging. Vancouver newspapers buried Doug's exploits as sports-page filler stuff. Sometimes, in news famines...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Strongest Man in the World | 9/14/1953 | See Source »

...difficult dive-a back one-and-a-half layout-off a 33-ft. board. She failed, hit "perfectly flat on her belly" and complained that her back hurt. Then he took her to the Treasure Isle Pool, where the children did conditioning work five days a week. Lifeguard Dick Kohler reported that she had "bruises all over her" and "wasn't feeling well." Russ fed her a can of baby soup. She vomited. Then Russ told her to go into the water. She did. the lifeguard recalled, although she cried while she was swimming and didn't stay...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FLORIDA: The Man Who Wept | 5/18/1953 | See Source »

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