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After the Cuban crisis, when it became patently clear that there was a wide-open, undefended path through Canada for Soviet bombers, Canadian defense officials began secret nuclear negotiations with the U.S. Diefenbaker still hedged. Returning from a Nassau meeting with British Prime Minister Macmillan and President Kennedy, during which Britain agreed to scrap Skybolt bomber-carried missiles in return for Polaris-armed submarines, Diefenbaker told Parliament that bombers had been ruled obsolete. Therefore, he said, there was no need for Canadian nuclear de fense against a transpolar Russian strike...
...Football League championship, beating the defending champion Houston Oilers, 20-17, in the longest pro game in history. Ahead 17-0 at half time, Dallas was tied in the second half, narrowly escaped defeat in the regulation four quarters when Oiler Quarterback George Blanda, trying to pass to a wide-open receiver, hit himself on the helmet with the football. At the start of a sudden-death overtime, Texan Captain Abner Haynes unthinkingly elected to kick off, and into the wind at that. But the Dallas defense held, and Tommy Brooker eventually ended the 77-min. marathon with...
Leadbelly died in 1949 and can't sue you for slander, but at least his friends can stand up for him. His "violent youth" was always overemphasized by sensation-mongers and presstitutes, and if he got in trouble, it was more the fault of the wide-open honky-tonks where he made his living. We who knew him the last 15 years of his life in New York can attest that he was the most considerate and generous human being, wonderful when singing for kids, and a helluva sight more honorable than the bored sophomores who loused up what...
...Most football experts gave U.C.L.A. little chance of returning to the Rose Bowl next January. The Bruins' murderous schedule pitted them against top-ranked Ohio State in their opening game, and Coach Billy Barnes, knuckling under to alumni pressure, was replacing his familiar single-wing with a wide-open split-T. But Barnes had two aces up his sleeve: spring-footed Halfback Kermit Alexander, who raced 45 yds. for a touchdown against the Buckeyes on U.C.L.A.'s first play from scrimmage, and Quarterback Larry Zeno, who kicked the winning field goal with 1 min. 35 sec. to play...
While a coach at Gettysburg College, John Yovicsin used a wide-open acrial game. But since moving to Harvard, he has gradually shifted to a ground-gaining game. During his first year with the Crimson, Yovicsin's quarterbacks compiled an average of 85.7 yards per game in the air. Last year the figure had dropped...