Word: runners
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...purpose of the act can be defeated." King seemed to have a point, but Katzenbach stood fast. Defending his decision to send registrars to only two of the 82 counties in Mississippi, where the rate of Negro registration is the lowest in the South (6.7% v. 23% for runner-up Alabama), Katzenbach said: "There have been some signs of com pliance in Mississippi lately, and we didn't want to kill...
...allowing members of the U.S. team to compete in track meets throughout Europe before going on to Kiev. Along the way, Olympic 5,000-meter Champion Bob Schul caught a cold that so weakened him that he lost to 35-year-old Pyotr Bolotnikov. Another outstanding U.S. distance runner, 19-year-old Gerry Lingren, got tonsilitis and finished third in the 10,000-meter race...
...hospital for surgery on torn muscles in his right arm pit. And then, last week -good grief! First Baseman Harmon Killebrew, Mele's star player-he is tied for the league lead in home runs (22) and third in runs batted in (70)-collided with a base runner and dislocated his left elbow. Killebrew's arm was encased in an inflatable plastic splint, and arm and the man are expected to be out of action for at least two weeks...
...Cure-AII. Besides himself, Cureton's disciples range from Evangelist Billy Graham ("I don't miss my workout even on Sundays") to former Distance Runner Joie Ray, who at 71 has the wind, strength and stamina of a college student, still manages to run the mile in under 7 min. To hear Cureton sermonize, virtually everyone should be out jogging with Joie: "Age is no barrier." Though many doctors disagree with the implication that fitness is synonymous with health, Cureton insists it should be an integral part of everyone's life. Says...
Ever since New Zealand's Peter Snell stormed from behind to win the 800-meter race in the 1960 Olympics, he has dominated the middle distances like no other runner in history. He set new world records for 800 meters (1 min. 44.3 sec.), 880 yds. (1 min. 45.1 sec.), 1,000 meters (2 min. 16.6 sec.), and one mile (3 min. 54.1 sec.); he outclassed all challengers at the 1964 Olympics, won both the 800-meter and the 1,500-meter races...