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...Thornton anticipates a big expansion in the banking business; with Diebold locked in, a Litton salesman will be able to outfit a whole bank, from typewriter to vault. For its part, Diebold expects to use Litton's broad technology and fat treasury to expand. Under the terms of the deal, Litton will not have to dilute its common stock; it plans to exchange 1,118,000 "participating preference" shares for Diebold's 2,601,000 common shares. Though the preference shares are convertible into Litton common on a one-for-one basis, Diebold investors will be induced...
That was his goal -- the rough equivalent of a four-minute mile, a 17-foot pole vault, or a pitcher's perfect game. Last Saturday at Princeton, he became one of perhaps two dozen men in the world to clear the fabled height. The jump was one of the most prestigious athletic accomplishments in Ivy League history and amazing feat by any standard...
...pole vault, for once, is in competent hands, with Steve Schoonover (14-4) and Dave Bell (14 feet) on hand...
...hurdlers in 7.2, setting a Heps record and tying his Harvard mark set at the IC4A's the week before. Fellow senior Pardee won the high jump at 6 ft., 10 1/4 in., also a University record, and sophomore Steve Schoonover soared 14 ft., 4 in. in the pole vault...
...jumper, getting tremendous spring from his forward motion. He can reach 6 ft., 7 in. with a backward roll, and could, with more upward and less forward spring, go much higher. Both Schoonover and Bell have shown rapid improvement, and, says McCurdy, they could break 15 ft. in the vault this spring...