Word: ponte
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DIED. JULIAN HILL, 91, Du Pont research chemist whose work in the 1930s led to the creation of nylon, one of the company's most versatile and lucrative finds; in Hockessin, Delaware...
WILL WRESTLING SURVIVE DU PONT...
Chaid says that in 1987 he, Metzger and Schultz actually helped Du Pont dry out, "staying with him 24 hours a day, in shifts." But Du Pont eventually lapsed into old habits, and last fall his behavior became increasingly bizarre. On Oct. 12, 1995, without warning or provocation, Du Pont cornered Chaid in the weight room, pointed a machine gun at his chest and said, "I want you off this f--- farm...
Chaid, who has been planning to file suit this week over the incident, claims he called the local police only to be told, "John is just an eccentric. I've known him 40 years." And in fact Du Pont, an accomplished shooter who once competed in the pentathlon (a five-event competition that includes swimming, riding, shooting, running and fencing), taught marksmanship to the police force for years and has since bought equipment for the force and helped train their dogs. "He was a friend of the police department," says retired police chief Stan Short...
...many in the wrestling world were aware of the unstable nature of Du Pont, who had as many as 90 young athletes in his charge at one time, is not clear. Stan Abel, Schultz's former coach at the University of Oklahoma, claims he had tried to warn Schultz away from Foxcatcher but won't say why. Now Abel says simply, "I wish he'd taken my advice...