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...Saturday the varsity defeated Trinity, 16-11. The Crimson took epee and sabro, 6-3, while Trinity won in foll, 5-4. Outstanding for the varsity were John Craig, Hubert Hocutt, Dave Kenney, Bill Pierskalla, Walt Rawis, Bob Scrivner, and Jim Standefer, each of whom won two of his three matches...
Economy-minded Kansas Congressman Errett P. Scrivner, 56, chairman of the Subcommittee on Air Force Appropriations, had a different view. He heard, he said, that Government supplies were being expended at the races. Moreover, some airmen complained that they were forced to take blocks of tickets and to work "voluntary" extra duty. Republican Scrivner, an old artillery file (he served in World War I in the 129th Field Artillery, Captain Harry Truman's outfit), asked the General Accounting Office to investigate. Last week he released its report, a sharp strafing of LeMay's position...
Congressman Scrivner, who drives an Oldsmobile 98 (his top speed: 65 m.p.h.) had already won his campaign: while the investigation was still on, the Air Force had quietly dropped the finish flag on the races, canceling all that had not been contracted for. Curt LeMay had long since sold his Cad-Allard and was driving in a more sedate sports car of his own building-an old Indianapolis frame, a sleek plastic body, a souped-up Cadillac engine with Hydra Matic transmission...
Over the weekend, the freshman debate team won the Harvard-Yale-Princeton matches. On Friday the team of Robert H. King, Robert W. Scrivner, and Craig F. Swoboda defeated Yale in New Haven on the affirmative of the topic, Resolved: India's foreign policy is prejudicial to world peace...
John P. Britton of Mission, Kan.; William W. Collier 3d of Pittsburgh, Pa.; Winchester E. Dermody of Lowell, Mass.; Douglas B. Fitchen of New York City; James S. Harrison of Clayton, Mo.; Samuel R. Himmelhoch of Detroit, Mich.; Hubert E. Hocutt of Austin, Tex.; Robert W. Scrivner (Capt.) of Topoka, Kan.; James E. Standefer of Des Moines, Ia.; Daniel J. Gillis (Mgr.) of New Bedford, Mass...