Word: los
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Los Angeles...
...quietest and perhaps most meaningful news was that the Air Force was getting ready this week to fire an intermediate range Thor from a brand-new base perched on a jagged coastal saucer 168 miles northwest of Los Angeles-Strategic Air Command's Vandenberg Air Force Base. The West Coast missile complex is designed to take up where Cape Canaveral leaves off; i.e., primarily to shoot operational missiles and train crews to handle them. One Western advantage : satellites can be flung thence into polar orbits (see diagram) without hazard to populated areas...
...coached there and gone on to bigger things. Ohio State's Woody Hayes, who coached at Miami in 1949-50, made his team a season-long threat in the Big Ten. Sid Gillman, Miami's coach in 1944-47, has steered the Los Angeles Rams into second place in the N.F.L. Western Division...
...Williams, 27, Michigan State; 6 ft. 5 in., 220 lbs. Senior. Major: restaurant management. Drafted by the Los Angeles Rams back in 1956 on the strength of his play while serving a hitch in the Navy; so hefty and formidable on defense that opponents run plays away from him whenever possible...
Guard: John Guzik, 22, Pittsburgh; 6 ft. 3 in., 230 lbs. Senior. Major: business administration. Was the star of one of the most rugged lines in college football this year. Has the size and agility to make a tremendous linebacker for any pro defensive unit; drafted last year by Los Angeles Rams...