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...Jorgensen. This team took the Easterns in 3:26.1, and, on paper at least, is the second fastest team in the country--Yale being the fastest, of course. Ohio State has done a 3:26.9 using medley star Al Wiggins as Anchor man, but since Wiggins is expected to swim in other events, the Buckeyes may drop back. Iowa State has done 3:24 in a 20-yard pool, but over the 25 yard length this would be equivalent to about...

Author: By Philip M. Boffey, | Title: Swimming Team Will Enter NCAA Meet | 3/29/1956 | See Source »

...hoax, the film is largely faithful to its engrossing true story. Its chief flaw is some romantic embroidery concerning Gloria Grahame, who is done a bad turn both by the scriptwriter and the makeup man (she often looks as if she had been doused in oil for a Channel swim). An extra helping of thrills was also tacked on to make the Nazis seem less gullible than they actually were...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Pictures, Mar. 26, 1956 | 3/26/1956 | See Source »

...week's end Dulles flew on to Ceylon, where he enjoyed a swim and the knowledge that "we have no serious problems with the government of Ceylon...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SOUTHEAST ASIA: Clearing the Air | 3/19/1956 | See Source »

...Ellison to come from behind to place second and third--the latter caught up only on the last turn, and recorded the excellent time of 2:13.5. That clocking ranks with the top six in the East, but with it, though he forced the Yale entries to swim faster than they ever had before and nearly pulled off a surprise third that no one expected, Macky was panned by Danzig...

Author: By L. THOMAS Linden, | Title: Publicity, Ignorance & Sports Reporting | 3/14/1956 | See Source »

...world record came in the 100. Yale's Rex Aubrey, who had not been able to swim for ten days prior to last Wednesday because of a cold, flashed to a stupendous 49 seconds flat, breaking the old world mark by two tenths of a second...

Author: By L. THOMAS Linden, | Title: Yale Defeats Swim Team, 63-21; Aubrey Sets World 100-Yd. Mark | 3/12/1956 | See Source »

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