Word: wilkinson
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Kicks or Instruments. The smoke screen lifted even further at the companion trial of three Turkish cops accused of beating Sergeants Dale McCuistion and James King in an attempt to make them confess to dealings with Mrs. Gall. Air Force Colonel Robert N. Wilkinson, the first U.S. officer to see the sergeants after their arrest, told the court he had not been permitted to talk to them until they had been in prison about 30 hours. When he did, "King was shaking nervously, could hardly speak, and had difficulty standing up . . . He had a secretion at the corner...
...Heart of the Matter. For their pains, Colonels Wilkinson and Moss were rewarded last week with orders transferring them back to the U.S. on two weeks' notice. U.S. military officials in Turkey would say only that the transfers were "for the good of the Air Force." But Colonel Moss made things a bit more explicit. Though his Air Force career was at stake, he said, he felt he had to testify in the brutality trial "to retain my self-respect...
...dozen Oklahoma players had suffered food poisoning two nights before, but Northwestern still looked strong enough to beat the Sooners at their healthiest, scampered all over their home stadium to win, 45-13, hand Oklahoma Coach Bud Wilkinson his worst defeat in twelve spectacular years (114 won, 11 lost...
...four students--David F. Peterson '60, Thomas A. Alberg '62, Howard J. Phillips '62, and David O. Wilkinson '60--interviewed approximately 100 people in each of 16 communities in 13 states on their way to the convention of the Young Republican National Foundation in Denver...
Navy T-Time. By 1942 he was head coach at North Carolina (5 wins, 2 defeats, 2 ties), soon went on to help the Navy with its Iowa Pre-Flight team. There, along with Bud Wilkinson, Tatum learned the secrets of the split-T offense from Head Coach Don Faurot, who had dreamed up the system at the University of Missouri. After the war, the big man with the bull-bellow voice lost no time building a football winner and a 'Gator Bowl victory at the University of Oklahoma. He was big time and growing bigger. When the University...