Word: pettit
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...LOUIS, Jan. 21--Despite Bob Pettit's great double-record performance of 28 points and 26 rebounds, the East took a 130-118 victory in the NBA All-Star game tonight, guided by the old pro of the Boston Celtics, Bob Cousy...
Playing with a cast on his injured left arm, Pettit did his best before a partisan crowd of 12,854 at the St. Louis Arena...
...Pettit's game--the best in NBA All-Star annals--earned him the most valuable player award for the second time. He also was chosen in 1956 when he led the West to one of the two victories it has scored in this eight-game series...
Nashville's city officials, though brought up for the most part to believe in racial segregation, were determined to preserve the law as a necessity of their community's everyday life. "Desegregation," said School Board Chairman Pro Tem Elmer L. Pettit, "is something that has become law, and we must learn to live with it." Back of the local officials stood Tennessee's Governor Frank Goad Clement, who called out the National Guard last year to enforce integration and the law in Clinton, Tenn., and this year sharply turned down a segregationist delegation that urged...
...forfeit by Penn; 130: Striker (H) beat Levy (P) 8-5; 137: Crook (H) pinned Hurley (P), in 2:40 of 1st period; 147: Noble (H) beat Pettit (P) 5-1; 157: Kinter (P) beat Eastling (H) 6-4; 167: Foster (H) beat Captain Goldenberg (P) 6-2; 177: Capt. Gilmor (H) beat LaRoche (P) 6-3; UNL: Culbert (H) pinned Hotchkiss (P) in 6:50 of 3rd period. Final Score: Penn 3, Harvard...