Word: meters
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...meter hurdles, Ohio's sandy-haired Glenn Davis, 25, flashed around the course in effortless stride, eased up at the finish and still won in 50.1 seconds to tie his Olympic record. In the discus, Al Oerter, 24, wound himself into a knot, then exploded for a throw of 193 ft. 9½ in., 2 ft. 10½ in. short of the world record. Whirling mightily, Boston's Hal Connolly, 28, threw the hammer 224 ft. 4½ in., just 11½ in. short of his world record. Patriarch of the U.S. whales, Shotputter Parry O'Brien...
...Meter Beater. In Montgomery, Ala., Ernest Brooks explained to the judge, "I was looking for a parking place," after being hauled in for sideswiping 24 cars in a 30-block area...
...prodigy, who, among swimming's sprinters, may be the most prodigious ever. Steve Clark, a 16-year-old Los Altos, Calif. high school junior with a skintight crewcut and an adolescent's gangling frame of 5 ft. 11 in., 147 Ibs., flashed through the 100-meter free style in 55.7 sec. to better by .1 sec. the fastest time any American ever swam the distance...
Pocket Money. In Vancouver. B.C.. after being nabbed with 883 coins in their pockets. Gilbert Meunie and Yvon Le-Brun failed to convince Magistrate Oscar Orr that they were hunting for a rare 1921 nickel, were convicted of parking-meter robbery...
...float unnaturally on the top of his conversation, but once his credentials are established, they disappear. Balding and gently unforceful in speech and manner, Bob Newhart seems less like a comedian than like a fellow who is about to ask if he may go downstairs and read the meter -which is the essence of his appeal. may like but do not require 76 trombones backing up a song. As of last week, seven of the 22 off-Broadway productions were musicals, getting along nicely without monumental sets, orchestra pits, or even orchestras...