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...scorers with 34 points, made a pair of free throws and added five 20-foot jump shots in the next three minutes as the Elis reeled off 12 straight tallies. Yale coasted into the locker room with a 63-45 half-time lead. Sophomore forward Scott Mickel. who finished with 22 points, sparked with Elis with 18 tallies in the first half...

Author: By Jonathan P. Carlson, | Title: Yale Defeats Five, 112-88; Cagers Eighth In Ivy Play | 3/2/1970 | See Source »

United Press service also demands a philosophical disposition, for its low pay scale and tightwad expense accounts are legendary. During a national political convention in Chicago, longtime Bureaus Supervisor L. B. ("Save a Nickel") Mickel cut down on expense accounts so sharply that General News Manager Earl Johnson told his men to retaliate by signing all their hotel meal checks with Mickel's name; Mickel was barely able to leave town. A sardonic example of U.P. tightfistedness was an exchange one day between Atlanta, the U.P.'s southern division relay point, and Raleigh, N.C., where a staffer...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: The First Half-Century | 6/24/1957 | See Source »

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