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...Kaufmann swam to a first place in the backstroke, gliding in easily in a time of 2:13.9. Then sophomore George Mulligan and Steve Seagren put the Crimson four points in front with a first and a third in the 440 yard freestyle...

Author: By Rudolf V. Ganz jr., | Title: Swimmers Drown Indians, 51-44 | 1/16/1961 | See Source »

...fall rains, the soggy earth could take no more.As gale after gale swept over nearly every county in England and Wales, the floods seeped out onto 150 main roads, bringing traffic to a standstill. Near Dover, a chunk of the famed white cliffs fell onto the railway lines. Swans swam placidly in the streets of (of all places) Bath. Last week it was still raining. Noted London's Evening Standard sourly: "The tanned appearance of many Londoners is not sunburn-it is rust...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Great Britain: Precipitation Unlimited | 1/2/1961 | See Source »

...four mainstays who swam more than once, Bob Kaufmann took a competent :22.4 first in the 50 free and an easygoing 2:14.5 in the backstroke. Captain Bill Schellstede, who helped out in the medley relay, won 200 breastroke honors by close to three quarters...

Author: By Peter S. Britell, | Title: Crimson Downs Bruin Swimmers | 12/12/1960 | See Source »

...first place, since it was the season's opener, Brooks held his power in reserve at Springfield. Few of the big guns swam more than once, and most of them were in the 400-yard medley relay, where Bob Kaufmann, captain Bill Schellstede, Jim Coffman, and Fred Cooley breesed to a new pool record...

Author: By Peter S. Britell, | Title: Swimming Team Expected to Win Over Brown in Dual Meet Today | 12/10/1960 | See Source »

Ambo was ordained a priest, together with his brother, in 1958. His first assignment was Boiani, fourth largest Anglican mission district in the diocese. To tend its 7,000 natives, scattered through the rugged southern reaches of the Owen Stanley mountain range, Ambo often swam storm-swollen rivers in his shorts, was lucky to cover 20 miles in two days of tramping...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: South Pacific First | 11/21/1960 | See Source »

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