Word: twinned
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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This "Classic" was organized two years ago by St. Paul citizens who wanted something "big time" to match the sports attractions landing in twin rival Minneapolis. For three years the idea has theoretically been to match the best teams in the East with the best in the West, but this is the first year the promoters have come close. Like most sports promotion ventures in their infancy, however, finances have also been a major consideration, and for "best," one must often read "team with the lowest price tag that will be a good draw...
...have little opportunity to expend their school spirit. Alumni operations, for instance the annual state smoker, have been planned this year around the Crimson's appearance. The presence of goalie Bill Diercks and forward Chip Otness on the Harvard roster is another card: they both hail from Edina, a Twin Cities suburb, B.C. has always boasted a squad of Boston products until this year, when their big star is sophomore Tim Sheehy, not uncoincidentally from Minnesota...
Spare Kidneys. This explained why the first few kidney transplants, begun at Boston's Peter Bent Brigham Hospital in the early 1950s, had failed. It also explained the success of Dr. Joseph E. Murray's first transplant of a kidney between identical twins, done at the Brigham in 1954. Since only one patient in 300 or more has an identical twin available-let alone willing-to donate a kidney, researchers in a dozen branches of medical science have been trying ever since to devise a way of switching off the immune or rejection mechanism long enough...
...William Littlewood, 69, aircraft engineer and longtime (1937-1963) vice president of American Airlines; of a heart attack; in St. Michaels, Md. Mass air transport was still just a dream in the early 1930s, when Littlewood went to Douglas Aircraft with detailed specifications for the plane that American wanted: twin engines, 200 m.p.h. for 1,425 miles, 21 passengers in reclining armchairs. The result was the DC-3, which became the sturdy backbone of worldwide air travel for 20 years...
...twin-engine plane, carrying Otis Redding and his Rhythm and Blues revue, plunged into an icy lake Sunday while approaching the Madison, Wise, airport...