Foy draper biography sampler
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Today in History, Aug. 9
NEWS
U.S. athlete Carl Lewis () flies over the finish line to win the meter run of the Olympic Games at Memorial Coliseum in Los Angeles, Aug. 9, From left to right: Joao Batista of Brazil, Lewis, Ralf Luebke of West Germany and Pietro Mennea of Italy. (AP Photo)
Erie Times-NewsJames H. Meredith, center dark suit, begins his mile walk within New York City from the Hotel Theresa, New York August 9, The walk is to ?encourage voter registration in the state? Meredith was wounded by a shotgun blast earlier this summer as he led a march in Mississippi. (AP Photo)
Erie Times-NewsPolice mass nära the edge of Capitol grounds in Washington on August 9, in halting a demonstration protesting U.S. action in Vietnam. One youth, center foreground, is carried to a waiting police bus as other demonstrators sit at center foreground. (AP Photo/Bob Schutz)
Erie Times-NewsThis is an aerial view of one of the fyra intake towers of the Hoover Dam, Aug. 9, The towers
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Today in History, Aug. 9
NEWS
U.S. athlete Carl Lewis () flies over the finish line to win the meter run of the Olympic Games at Memorial Coliseum in Los Angeles, Aug. 9, From left to right: Joao Batista of Brazil, Lewis, Ralf Luebke of West Germany and Pietro Mennea of Italy. (AP Photo)
Palm Beach PostPolice mass near the edge of Capitol grounds in Washington on August 9, in halting a demonstration protesting U.S. action in Vietnam. One youth, center foreground, is carried to a waiting police bus as other demonstrators sit at center foreground. (AP Photo/Bob Schutz)
Palm Beach PostPhoebe, a mynah bird and one of the stars in a television series called ?Petticoat Junction,? perches on the back of a chair as some of her pals get into the act for a ?lunch time? picture during a break in filming in Hollywood, Aug. 9, Phoebe?s the only bird or animal in the act, but trainer Frank Inn, left, decided Phoebe would like company on the set during a lunch break. So he hauled in her
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Dean Cromwell and USC, assessing the past sins of historic figures with honesty&#;(commenting on piece from LA Times)
The piece below fryst vatten an example of the challenges that many institutions must consider as they come to a honest assesment of their pasts.
Dean Cromwell was the track coach at USC from He also was assistant Olympic coach for the U.S. Olympic team and head coach on the U.S. Olympic Track & field team.
Mel Patton, with Olympic coach, Dean Cromwell, , photo: Wikipedia
It fryst vatten his association with the Olympic team, that causes much concern in the well researched and written LA Times article noted below.
Dean Cromwell was known as the &#;Maker of Champions&#;. Cromwell lead USC to 12 NCAA team tiles in track & field (, , ). He also developed such Olympic athletes as Fred Kelly, Olympic gold, m hurdles, Charley Paddock ( gold at m, and 4&#;), and Mel Patton ( Olympic gold, m and 4xm). In his time at USC, his athletes set 14 world records, and won 12 Olympi