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Sophomore Larry Terrell played brilliantly to overcome "Wicked Wick" Chambers 9-7, 7-5 at number six. Terrell and Rick Sterne then lost the third doubles match...
They live in crude, sandbagged underground bunkers where often the only light comes from an improvised candle with a rag as a wick. There are no connecting trenches; the leathernecks, some of them raw teenagers, must move at a run from bunker to bunker. Where once a crude French fortress stood, not a single building or even a tent breaks the bleak horizon. Often the only signs of life are a horde of bold rats and a few cats. "The men think they keep the rats down," grumbled one officer. "I suspect they share the garbage...
...bacteria on the skin and decomposed into odorless carbon dioxide and ammonia gas. Thus the air in the vicinity of a large group of men-especially in hot and humid climates-contains high concentrations of ammonia. To detect the ammonia, the E63 scoops up air, passes it over a wick saturated with hydrochloric acid and into a humidifying chamber. If the air contains any ammonia, a fog forms, changing the amount of light shining on a photoelectric cell and varying the amount of electric current that it produces. The current variation in turn increases the frequency of a beeping sound...
Franquemont closed out an unbeaten, once-tied season by pinning Yale captain Chris Wick. Franquemont was ahead, 9-1, at the time...