Local runners finish Boston Marathon under three hours
Ken Akin and Ken Cole of Aiken finish unofficially under three hours at the Boston Marathon with times around 2 56 and 2 48. They describe crowded course conditions, spectator energy, and a shared training regimen including a carbohydrate depletion plan. Cole contemplates Ottaway Marathon. Akin plans Norway trip with Rotary.
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Ken Akin
Lynne Katonak
Aiken County
Ken Cole
Boston
Akin
Cole
Sertoma Club
Norway
Rotary Group
Oslo
Tran
Baltimore
Columbia
USC-Aiken Mathematician Lin Wins NSF Taiwan Grant
Dr. Tsau Young Lin, USC Aiken, received a $21,400 grant from the US China Cooperative Science Program under the National Science Foundation to conduct research at National Taiwan University. While in Taiwan from September 1976 to January, he published a paper and organized seminars, teaching a transformation group class and collaborating with Taiwanese faculty. He notes American efficiency and enjoys cross cultural ties, planning to continue work at USC Aiken with ongoing publications and seminars.
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National Science Foundation
Usc-Aiken
Tsau Young Lin
Taiwan
China Corporative Science
Lin
National Taiwan Univer
Mathematics
Taiwan University
University of California At Berkley
America
Yale
University of Chicago
Northwestern
University of Washington
Purdue University
Usc-A
Purdue
USC
U.S
Southeast
California
New England
Josephine
Lulu
Aiken
Debbie Icard
Prison Made All-American Couple
Dwight and Barbara Worker describe their life after Dwight's escape from Lecumberri prison in Mexico City following an illegal cocaine smuggling conviction. They frame the episode as a harsh, disproportionate punishment that spurred personal reform and a new life as a married, ambitious pair now pursuing writing and nursing studies.
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New York
NEA
Dwight
Barbara
Bonnie
Clyde
Mexico City
Indiana University
Barbara Chilcoate
Central America
Indiana Woods
Lecumberri
Mexico
iSan Francisco Book Company
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Aroud
Sity
el Palacio Negro
Black Palace
Geer
Solzhenitsyn
Amnesty International
Clip
Savi
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