Word: pittsburghs
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...SAFETYMEN: Eric Crabtree, 21, Pittsburgh, 5 ft. 11 in., 180 lbs., and Rodger Bird, 22, Kentucky, 5 ft. 11 in., 201 lbs. The safetyman is the last line of defense, and it should be more than ordinarily difficult for anybody to get past Crabtree, an "agile, shifty" runner himself. Bird played some defense in 1964 at Kentucky, but none this year; he was too busy being the Southeastern Conference's second leading ground gainer (with 646 yds.). A little still went a long way with the scouts. "A sure tackier, hard to fool on fakes," goes one report...
...whom Brown most resembles is the legendary Johnny Blood, whose real name is John McNally, and whose pro career spanned 15 seasons between 1925 and 1939, when writers could still get away with calling a football field a gridiron. McNally played for the Green Bay Packers and coached the Pittsburgh Steelers; now in his 60s, he spends his time "meditating," and Captain Ahab of Moby Dick is one of his favorite subjects. "Ahab," explains McNally, "had the courage of ignorance, comparable to the courage of a fullback playing his first season of professional football. He hurls himself against the line...
Westinghouse's former chief, Gwilym A. Price, 70, is now the chairman of the University of Pittsburgh's trustees, and has been assuming more and more responsibility at the financially troubled institution since Chancellor Edward Litchfield resigned last year. Equally prestigious, from the retired executive's viewpoint, is an appointment to a powerful (if nonpaying) position in public service. One such plum was won in October by Edwin M. Clark, 65, the recently retired boss of Southwestern Bell Telephone, who was picked to head St. Louis' industrial-development drive...
Frederick E. Gale, a cold temperature physics technician, received a silver medal and $1000 from the Pittsburgh organization for rescuing several co-workers from the blast. Kenneth M. George, also a technician, was awarded a bronze medal and $550 for his help in saving one man and searching for others...
...Time to Shave. That twist was enough to do it. The same day Alcoa President John D. Harper hurried from Pittsburgh to McNamara's mammoth third-floor office in the Pentagon's guarded E ring, began negotiating for a truce. Harper was back in the Pentagon the next day, too, and he and McNamara also spoke several times by telephone. At 8:35 p.m. on Wednesday, Harper phoned McNamara from Pittsburgh to surrender: Alcoa would cancel its price boosts. Lest the company change its mind overnight, McNamara called in newsmen for a 9:45 conference, acting so quickly...