Word: ski
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Snow conditions are reported to be good for ski events...
...Suzy Harris Rytting, 22, explained why she was back in Salt Lake City with her husband instead of in the Alps with the U.S. Women's Olympic ski team. On a visit to a Swiss doctor during the tryouts, she was surprised to learn that she was one month pregnant. Surprised and shocked, sourpuss U.S. Olympic officials brusquely scratched her name and ordered her home. In Manhattan, the U.S. Olympic Committee called Suzy's summary treatment "regrettable," promised to send her a letter of apology...
Meanwhile, inn-keepers and investors in the ski country were wearing a satisfied expression for the first time in four winters, as they expected enough snow to overcome the resort slump of the last three years...
Three Crimson skiers placed in the Fronconia Ski Club's Class B slalom on Sunday. While Dartmouth's Jim Porath finished first, Ernie Dane, Harrison Gardner, and Noel Scullin took 23rd, 33rd, and 42nd spots, in that order...
Competing in an open meet against top college competitors and ski instructors, Dwight Black finished 36th in the two day Alpine combined and freshman Ernest Dane finished 35th. The meet for individual laurels was won by Dartmouth's Tommy Corcoran, who placed ninth in the downhill, but won the slalom. Middlebury's Dough Burdon, winner of the downhill, fell on the slalom, as did all Harvard skiers, but still managed to come in third...