The band, fully equipped with new, uniforms and a new "Dragnet" theme, stepped smoothly across the field during the halftime intermission. The lines twisted into a "DHS" and a "Hello" for Dunbar, followed by megaphone, locomotive, and "M" for the Middies. The bandsmen, in spotless purple and white attire, never looked sharper. A political football was kicked on to the field early in the game when Lloyd D. Miller, city commissioner running for re-election, distributed thousands of paper banners reading: "M.H.S. Go Middies Go." On the back of each banner was a picture of Miller and a reminder to the fans that the favor was given with the compliments of a candidate for office...

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