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...three female stars by winning the prestigious Sullivan Award, given annually to the nation's most outstanding amateur athlete. One of the brightest of 1984 U.S. Olympic hopefuls, Tabb is only the sixth woman to win the Sullivan. (Past winners have included Golfer Bobby Jones, Track Star Wilma Rudolph and Decathloners Bob Mathias, Rafer Johnson and Bill Toomey.) A mere wisp of a lass, Tabb. stands 5ft. 6 in. and weighs only 103 Ibs. But how the lady can run! Last year, at distances from a mile to 10,000 meters, she broke seven world and ten American records...
...class action suit was first filed by Wilma Hein, associate professor of Health and Physical Education at Western Oregon State College, in 1979 under the Fair Labor Standards...
...childhood bouts of pneumonia and scarlet fever and was unable to walk until she was nine. But Wilma Rudolph overcame these obstacles to become the fastest woman in the world and win three gold medals at the 1960 Olympics. At the opening in Washington last week of the National Portrait Gallery's new summer show, "Champions of American Sport," Rudolph, 41, stopped by a photograph of her Olympic victory in the 400-meter relay. When she is not working on her third book (on how to be a successful working mother), she is heading up the Olympic Experience Program...
What caused the Barkouras empire to begin unraveling was a series of messy divorces. First, a colleague, Robert Phillips, was divorced in 1977 by his wife Wilma, who charged that he had forced her to attend sessions with Barkouras in an effort to "destroy her personal identity." Next, Marga divorced Barkouras on grounds of incompatibility. Her lawyer, George Miskovsky, referred to Barkouras in court as "a big, strong stud lay analyst." Finally, in a quieter proceeding, Kay Delaporte, a patient of Barkouras' and a teacher at his school, sued her husband Chris, an administrator in the U.S. Interior Department...
Dear Abby: Married women are expect ed to wear wedding rings. I think all married men should wear something to indicate that they are married. Wilma Dear Wilma: Isn't a five-year-old suit and a worried look sufficient...