Out on a Limb: Elevator Basket Proposal Unveiled, by Dan Hruby (Jan. 29, 1967)
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This is a newspaper clipping of a recurring series titled, "Out on a Limb: Elevator Basket Proposal Unveiled" written by Dan Hruby and published by the San Jose Mercury-News. The article is dated January 29, 1967. The main gist of the article is about raising the height of the basketball hoop from the standard 10 feet. In the article, he says that Dr. Naismith suggested it should be for College and beyond. To learn more about Dr. James Naismith, see: https://springfield.as.atlas-sys.com/agents/people/645. Physical item is not two pages in length. In order to scan the entire document, it was necessary to divide document up and scan two pages;
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