October 30, 1967 Table Of Contents

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Shopwalk

Mrs. Meyer will make you a deerskin jacket—if you take care of the skin

By John F. Murphy

Cowpoke

Florida's Plunderin' Cowboy

By taming much of his state, Florida's Senator Doyle Carlton has made it a teeming paradise of wildlife

By Virginia Kraft

Damming The Tide

ONE WAY TO DAM THE TIDE

The longest unbeaten streak in all college football ends at Birmingham where waves of Tennessee's orange jerseys swamp Bear Bryant's Alabama

By John Underwood

IT'S EARL, EARL, EARL, THE PEARL

The chant that followed Earl Monroe through a lively college career is taken up by Baltimore basketball fans as the rookie shooter and showman quickly moves into a starring role with the Bullets

By Frank Deford

Bully Buildup

BULLY BUILDUP IN OLD MEXICO

When the pre-Olympians came to town, the leisurely pace quickened into a swing. But it was not the projects left undone that set hearts to pounding. It was gymnastics and track and all those girls, girls, girls

By Bob Ottum

A RUMOR IS SCOTCHED AND A STARR REVIVED

Whisperers had it that Green Bay was dead and Bart Starr was out, but on Sunday the Giants learned the hard truth

By Edwin Shrake

The Cup

The Cup Runneth and Runneth

College Football

A team that is loved with a purple passion

With a gush of purple blazers, purple speeches, purple pride and purple prose, Kansas State's Vince Gibson has projected a new image for his team—one that may even survive the Wildcats' 46-7 loss to Oklahoma

By William Johnson

The most glamorous title in auto racing was conferred upon a balding New Zealander, Denis Hulme, who wondered what the fuss was all about

By Kim Chapin