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...Seals was Harvard's second man, finishing 30th. Behind him were teammates John Quirk (33rd). Jeff Brokaw (42nd), George Barker (44th), Tom New (53rd), and Mark Counolly (61st). Harvard's performance was especially encouraging since the five behind Seals are all sophomores...
...states have been encouraged by President Nixon's proposals that the Federal Government pay for part of the welfare program and share some of its tax intake with the states. So it was money that provided the major topic as the Governors convened for their 61st annual conference at the Broadmoor hotel in Colorado Springs, Colo. In particular, they discussed the money to be had in the nebulous kitty known as the "peace dividend," meaning savings from an end to the Viet Nam war that might be diverted to domestic ends...
...door popped open, and out onto the brand-new White House West helipad stepped the whole Johnson family: Lyndon and Lady Bird, Pat and Luci Nugent, Major Charles Robb and Lynda. They had come all the way from Texas for the latest extravaganza by Richard Nixon Productions Inc., a 61st birthday moveable feast for L.B.J. that started in San Clemente and ended in the new Redwood National Park, 800 miles farther up the California coast. It was an unlikely summit meeting between two old political enemies and, as it turned out before the long day was over, a remarkable duet...
...from the more familiar Washington diplomatic divertissements. Yet it was only a prelude to an even more unusual get-together. This week, the President plans on throwing a birthday party for Lyndon Johnson. At Nixon's invitation, the ex-Chief Executive will come to California to celebrate his 61st birthday. There Nixon intends to present his predecessor with a thoughtful gift. He is going to dedicate "Lady Bird Grove" in Redwood National Park in tribute to the former First Lady's efforts to beautify the nation...
...Reach out and take it. Do you want to go to school? Well, go!" Too old at 20 for Annapolis, his first choice, Ike qualified for West Point, where he reported in June 1911. Never an intellectual, he distinguished himself more as an athlete than as a scholar, graduating 61st in a class of 164. At his first post, Texas' Fort Sam Houston, Second Lieut. Eisenhower met Mamie Doud, a vivacious belle from Denver. They were married...