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...command of the assault. It nearly cost him his life. After firing several bursts from his AR-15 at the enemy, he himself was hit in the thigh and leg. An American MP floated Loan down the river under the protection of the floor boards of the docks and stilt-houses until he could be safely evacuated. Loan's deputy, however, died in action, as did the commander of Tan Son Nhut Airbase. But because of the remarkably swift reaction of the city's 50,000 government defenders. Saigon's civilian dead numbered only a few hundred...
None, apparently. Last month the Celtics spotted Wilt ("The Stilt") Chamberlain and his heavily-favored 76ers a 3-1 lead in the best-of-seven Eastern Division playoffs, then ran away with three straight games-two of which were played in unfriendly Philadelphia. Last week they capped that performance by trouncing the Western champion Los Angeles Lakers 124-109 on the Lakers' home court, to capture the final playoffs by four games to two, and win their tenth N.B.A. championship in the past twelve years...
...stay outside the church. Auto Workers Boss Walter Reuther was shoved brusquely aside with the rest when a burly Negro marched through crying: "Make way for Wilt, everybody, let Wilt come through." Into the church, his faintly smiling face high in the breeze, stalked Basketball Star Wilt ('The Stilt") Chamberlain, 7 ft. 1 in., and invited. Football's Jim Brown, Baseball's Jackie Robinson and Olympic Decathlon Star Rafer Johnson followed in The Stilt's majestic wake...
...sport's first great television heroes, the Saturday idol of millions, long before anyone heard of Arnie Palmer or Wilt the Stilt or Johnny U. Thousands of people sent him letters and greeting cards, little children organized fan clubs in his name, his portrait appeared on the cover of TIME (May 31, 1954). When he lost the 1953 Kentucky Derby by a head to a 25-1 shot named Dark Star, fans turned from their TV sets in tears...
...walloped 4-1 in the best-of-seven play-offs by the same Celtics-who went on to win their ninth N.B.A. championship in ten years. Schayes blamed the debacle on "players who were saying things behind my back"-particularly 7-ft. 1 1/16-in. Center Wilt ("The Stilt") Chamberlain, whose sullen disdain for Schayes flared into open, noisy rebellion. Schayes's inability to handle Chamberlain finally cost him his job, and Hannum, who had coached Wilt for two years when he played for the San Francisco Warriors, came on to see what he could do about taming the temperamental...