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Dates: during 1970-1979
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PAUL CONNORS, sophomore halfback. A frosh star last year (5.3 yd. avg. for 507 yds.) and The Globe's "Schoolboy of the Year" two years back, this Hanover High grad may be just the thing Joe Restic needs to get his squad back on the winning track. At press time, his status as a starter was uncertain, but one thing is certain--this slashing-type runner will see lots of playing time this fall...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: PLAYERS TO WATCH | 9/11/1978 | See Source »

Police discovered that the van was registered to James Judge Jr., 24, of Amarillo, Texas. He and his new bride Margene had been honeymooning in Colorado and had called home to say they would be seated 20 rows above the 5-yd. line at a televised football game between the Denver Broncos and Dallas Cowboys in Denver. The seats were vacant during the game?and the Judges are presumed to have been killed by the Tisons...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Death in the Desert | 9/4/1978 | See Source »

...shoot them all." So said Farmer Ivan Josserand of Stanton County in western Kansas last week, as he fought a losing battle against swarms of grasshoppers chewing up his alfalfa and corn fields. In Nebraska, Scotts Bluff County Agent Monte Hendricks counted up to 50 hoppers per sq. yd., five times the number usually considered to be disastrous. Said he: "On the fringes of some bean fields there is nothing left but stubs...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Grasshopper Invasion | 7/24/1978 | See Source »

...wife enter her first ski race when she was eight months pregnant. Says he: "I didn't mind seeing my wife even take a fall because the baby is very well protected." Last month, Wendy Boglioli, 23, a former Olympic champion, competed in the national A.A.U. 100-yd. freestyle competition while five months pregnant. She failed to place and felt unusually tired, but suffered no damage...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: The Weaker Sex? Hah! | 6/26/1978 | See Source »

With nine minutes remaining in the period, Kempes threaded his way through two defenders at the 18-yd. line, took one quick dribble and flicked a low left-footed shot just under the arm of charging Dutch goalie Yongblood...

Author: By John Donley, | Title: 'Ar-gen-ti-na' Cries Break Out As Booters Take World Cup | 6/26/1978 | See Source »

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