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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Miami's John Pennel), at a track meet in Houston. > Oregon's Dyrol Burleson: a one-step victory over Loyola of Chicago's Tom O'Hara in the mile run at the Compton, Calif., Relays. Burleson was clocked in 3 min. 57.4 sec., and the next seven finishers all cracked 4 min. too. Wichita's Jim Ryun, 17, came in eighth at 3 min. 59 sec.-fastest time ever recorded by a high school miler...
...Overtrick: the $50,000 International Pace at New York's Yonkers Raceway, in 3 min., 3 4/5 sec., only 2/5 sec. off the world pacing record for 1½ miles. The victory squashed rumors that Overtrick had gone lame, added $25,000 to the big bay colt's lifetime earnings, which now amount...
Breaks for the Little. Last year the FCC forced the company to reduce some of its long-distance rates, so that anyone can now call anywhere in the continental U.S. after 9 p.m. for no more than $1 for the first three min utes. Two months ago, the FCC hit from the other side: it ordered A.T.&T. to raise rates on its "cheaper-by-the-dozen" Telpak service, which transmits printed as well
...Grambling College's sprint relay team (TIME, May 15): a clean sweep at the Los Angeles Coliseum Relays, winning the 440-yd. relay in 40.2 sec. and the 880 in 1 min. 23.8 sec. In other events, Villanova University tied the world record with a 7 min. 19 sec. clocking in the two-mile relay; California's Dallas Long easily won the shotput with a toss of 65 ft. 51 in. (14 in. shy of his pending world record); and Arizona State's Henry Carr beat Florida A. & M.'s Bob Hayes, the "world...
...This season, four Californians dressed in Grambling black-and-gold have run off with practically every sprint relay in sight, and their times (40 sec. for the 440, 1 min. 23.3 sec. for the 880) are the fastest in the U.S. Last week, at the Southwestern Athletic Conference meet in Houston, they romped to yet another 440-yd. victory, in 40.4 sec. Better still, they have only begun to hit their stride. Donald Owens is only a junior, but he is the captain of the team. The others-Richard Stebbins, Vernus Ragsdale and Donald Meadows-are all sophomores running...