Word: poled
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...team's weakest event is the pole vault, which has only two candidates, one of whom has been inactive since the beginning of the season because of a pulled tendon. Dave Richard, the other vaulter, has been filling in well for the injured Lauren Studebaker...
Died. Aime Felix Tschiffely, 58, Swiss-born British schoolmaster who emigrated to Argentina, won fame and fortune after he made a 10,000-mile trip on horseback from Buenos Aires to Washington, D.C. (1925-28), wrote two widely read accounts of his feat (From Southern Cross to Pole Star, Tschiffely's Ride); after an operation; in London...
Since last March this ship of the Idaho desert has been "cruising" intermittently toward the North Pole.* Having no bow or stern, or water to float in, it has not moved an inch, but the long, rigorous tests of its nuclear power system have been brilliantly successful. Naval designers, tacticians and strategists are aware (some with regret) that a revolution in sea power is sweeping out of Idaho...
...Daniels and Fisher Stores Co., and the May Department Stores Co. built Santa's toy factory for the city's youngsters. At Detroit's J. L. Hudson Co., a delightful doll named Christmas Carol clutched a candy-striped Teddy bear on her visit to the North Pole. In other cities, there were kitchen angels busily preparing yuletide feasts, velvet and lace dolls in 1890 snowscapes, rosy-cheeked children scribbling letters to Santa, handsome windows showing Dickens' Christmas Carol, with lifelike figures of Tiny Tim, Bob Cratchit and Old Scrooge...
Although the Crimson won both the mile and two-mile relays, B.U. strength in the other field events enabled them to pull away. Bruce Hoscock scored 13 points for the Terriers in the day's most outstanding performance, placing first in the high jump and pole vault and second to B.U.'s Nat Baker in the 35-pound weight. Baker also won the shot...