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...high jump is an evenly matches event which could decide the outcome of the meet. The Crimson thinclads have senior Ed Baskauskas, a double-winner in the meet against Boston University, and junior Bill Bihrle in the high jump. The pole vault depends on whether sophomore Jim Kleiger, who had a summer knee operation, can regain the 16-foot form that he had as a freshman...
McCurdy experimented with his runners to try to find the best combination of his talent. Harvard had only one double-winner, Ed Baskauskas, who won the pole vault and the high jump. B.U. also had a double-winner, Ford Dennis, who won the broad jump and the 60-yard dash, setting a new bubble record of 6.1 seconds...
...round, but neither is he in financial trouble. Harvard Professor Martin Peretz, who gave McCarthy $100,000 to run last time, is one of about 20 contributors who have already put up $200,000 for another campaign. Peretz, whose wife is a Singer heiress, is hesitant to throw the vault wide open "unless Gene shows the determination to make a hard and serious effort." If McCarthy does that, the money is obviously there. HENRY JACKSON. Money has not been one of Scoop Jackson's worries, and it will not be a problem as primary season opens. With Humphrey holding...
Jetting to Hell. When Paganini died in 1840, many of these compositions -including the third violin concerto -were tucked away in a bank vault in Milan under the care of the violinist's heirs. Other violinists have been trying to get at them ever since. By last year, all the concertos except the third had been released. It was still held by the Paganini family. Last Christmas, Philips Records, aided by Violinist Henryk Szeryng, finally obtained it after ten years of delicate negotiations...
Over the next two hours, the shortwave Sherlock continued to monitor and tape what he heard. The thieves in the vault were apparently worried that the fumes from their heavy-duty cutting torches would alert security guards, and they wanted to knock off for the night. Said one of the gang: "Look, the place is filled with fumes where we was cutting. And if the security come in and smell the fumes, we are all going to take stoppo and none of us have got nothing. Whereas this way we have all got 300 grand to cut up when...