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TEXAS RELAYS 1-1-1
~ at Austin
The 33rd Texas Relays opened Friday X*@kamo and
by Saturday afternoon the tension can be felt in
the air. Bill Nieder, former Kansas star now in
the U.S. Armylhad been predicting all week he was
ready to throw the show 65 feet. His first
toss is -dmore as he tosses the 16 pound
weight 65 feet, seven inches. That's more than a
foot farther than any one else had ever tossed
the shot, Although he takes other tosses,
none approach the herculean effort of his first -..
throw. Nieder, whose appetite is almost legendary
the track worlds got ready for his early after-
noon toss by a steak, three eggs, two large
glasses of j kice, bacon and milk at a 7 a.m. kanak
breakfast. At 10 a.m. he had a snack, another
steak, more orange juice and some banana cream piec
QUEENW CONES
Than to have
Nothing could be more appropriate enew
wovld record holder, pending official acceptance)
crown this year's relay queen, Diane Lander ofSan Antonio. She is assisted by five other nomin-
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WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.). [News Script: Texas relays], script, April 3, 1960; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc906494/m1/1/: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Special Collections.