Word: outdoor
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...meet with Stanford, the Occidental College senior had the bar set at 15 ft. 9 in., cleared it by almost 4 in. Later measurement showed that the bar had sagged to 15 ft. 8¼in., still one-half inch above Cornelius Warmerdam's 15-year-old world outdoor record. Warmer-dam, for one, had seen the new heights coming. Just the week before, at 40, he had cleared 13 ft. with a Fiberglas pole, said that at 25 the new pole would have pushed him to 16 ft. ¶ Russia's Vassily Smyslov, an aspiring concert baritone...
Cannot the voice of the people be heard by our lawmakers? A defeat of the Neuberger bill [calling for federal controls over billboards] will be another victory for the powerful lobby of national outdoor advertising. This interstate highway system will be another line in the aging face of America...
Winter Swimming. Inventor Walter Bird of Buffalo demonstrated a plastic cover for winterizing outdoor swimming pools. The pool cover is supported by raising inside air pressure slightly with an electric blower. Bird says that sunshine makes the water comfortably warm in fall and spring, but recommends a water heater in northern climates in midwinter. Estimated cost of cover, which is stored away in summer, is less than $1.50 per square foot of area enclosed...
Displaying the power which carried it to the indoor Heptagonal title, the varsity track team won eleven events and took both second and third in the other four to overwhelm Dartmouth, 88 1/2 to 51 1/2 in the opener of the outdoor season in the Stadium Saturday...
What is potentially the strongest track team in Harvard history will open its outdoor season with Dartmouth in the Stadium this afternoon. This meet will afford Crimson fans one of its two opportunities to watch its Heptagonal champions this season locally. The hammer throw will begin at 2:30, with the first running event scheduled...