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...returning lettermen are captain Bruce Lo Pucki, Yank Heisler, Barney Oldfield, Jack Purdy, Joe Tibbetts, and tom Wynne. LoPucki, a senior with an 8-4 record last year, has a chance to move into the top position vacated by Bo Keefe, who graduated last June...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Golfers Expect Good Years With Six Returning Stars | 3/27/1969 | See Source »

...Yank Heisler, another strong contender for the top slot, proved to be an excellent match player last year as a sophomore, winning 13 out of 17 matches. Yank will probably be playing higher than his number four position last year. Senior Barney Oldfield finished last season with an 8-5-1 record...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Golfers Expect Good Years With Six Returning Stars | 3/27/1969 | See Source »

...Saigon, the young Buddhist disciple murmured "I am Tao" as he drew designs from the book of I Ching on the palm of his hand. But could that be a Yank accent? It was indeed. John Steinbeck Jr., 22, son of the late novelist, has dropped out into a dingy Saigon flat in order to follow his yen for Zen. His teacher: Nguyen Thanh Nam, a mystic generally known as the "Coconut Monk," after his habit of meditating perched atop a palm tree in the middle of an island in the Mekong River. Young Steinbeck and his guru have pursued...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Jan. 17, 1969 | 1/17/1969 | See Source »

SAGA OF WESTERN MAN (ABC, 4-5 p.m.). An opportunity to see again the critically acclaimed "The Road to Gettysburg," an account of the adventures of two soldiers, a Yank (Kevin McCarthy) and a Rebel (David Carradine...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Television: Dec. 27, 1968 | 12/27/1968 | See Source »

SAGA OF WESTERN MAN (ABC, 9-10 p.m.). "The Road to Gettysburg." Kevin McCarthy and David Carradine narrate this Civil War account of two soldiers, a Yank and a Rebel-from their induction to the Battle of Gettysburg...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Television: Dec. 6, 1968 | 12/6/1968 | See Source »

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