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...holds so swiftly that a vessel that might otherwise have to stay in port for, say, 72 hours, can now get out in twelve. This alone can cut the cost of transoceanic shipping by more than 25%. Beyond that, the containers are hard to pilfer-so much so that Matson Navigation Co. saves $1,000,000 a year by their...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Shipping: Better by the Box | 2/25/1966 | See Source »

...Bill Bradley, who scored 20 points, and cheered on by a wildly partisan Hungarian crowd, the Americans rolled up a 42-25 half-time lead, coasted to their second straight win (first score: 81-38) over an outclassed Russian team. In other events at the games, Texas' Randy Matson uncorked a toss of 66 ft. 7⅝ in. to win the shotput; and Florida's John Pennel won the pole vault, jumping...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Scoreboard: Who Won Sep. 3, 1965 | 9/3/1965 | See Source »

Discus thrower John Bakkensen has won the IC4A title for the last two years and holds the Harvard record at 179 ft., 9 in. With Texas A & M's Randy Matson out of the meet with a pulled muscle, a throw in the mid-180's could win for Bokkensen...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Crimson Crew Faces Elis Saturday; H-Y Nines to Meet on Wednesday | 6/14/1965 | See Source »

...last week's Southwest Conference track meet in College Station, Texas, just a week after he had smashed the old world record with a toss of 69 ft. ¾in., Texas A. & M.'s Randy Matson, 20, threw the 16-lb. metal ball five times, each time topping 67 ft. His longest put established a fantastic new record of 70 ft. 7 in. Sighed Baylor University Coach Clyde Hart: "One day, we'll see Matson peel off his A. & M. warm up suit, and underneath he'll have on a cape...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Track & Field: Another for Superman | 5/14/1965 | See Source »

...Randy Matson, 20: a new world shotput record (his second), with a put of 69 ft. ¾ in., in a triangular meet; at Austin, Texas. Wearing an elastic band to protect a strained ligament in his left knee, Matson smashed his best mark by a full...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Scoreboard: Who Won May 7, 1965 | 5/7/1965 | See Source »

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