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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Died. Carl Holderman, 65, longtime (1918-54) New Jersey union organizer, once described as "the movie idea of a genial Texas oilman"; of a heart attack; in Newark. Holderman was an early C.I.O. organizer, later headed the New Jersey C.I.O., was appointed state commissioner of labor and industry in 1954 by Governor Robert B. Meyner, cleaned house at the scandal-ridden labor department...
Both books may have an odd effect on readers, for they are set in the era before the modern welfare state-capitalist or socialist-encroached on the life of the individual. Whatever the merit of the "good old days," these stories seem to refute the notion that they were happier. In tale after tale, the plots turn on the tragedies of men and women shrugged off by society and left to the mercy of God and the charity of strangers...
...Penn State's amazing Nittany Lions ran away with the team title, scoring 46 1/2 points to runner-up Maryland's 29. Boston University used ts field event strength to capture third place with 22 points, and defending champion Villanova took fourth Manhattan, Penn, New York University, Tufts, Harvard, and Yale rounded...
Dyke Benjamin scored four of the varsity's 10 3/4 points with a second-place effort in the two-mile. Benamin went out to an early lead and was ahead by more than 30 yards after the first mile. But Penn State's Dick Engelbrink, the pre-race favorite, caught Benjamin at the start of the seventh lap and won easily after fighting off one last desperate challenge by the Crimson...
Still hampered by foot injuries, the Crimson's Joel Landau saw his two hurdle crowns go to Bill Johnson of Maryland and Bill Szeyller of Penn State. Landau did not oppose Johnson in the highs, and the best he could do in the lows was a third behind Szeyller's 23.1. The varsity's Tom Blodgett turned in a 14.8 performance in the high hurdle semifinals but was eliminated...