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What has prompted renewed thought about "limited" nuclear war is America's gradual loss of its vast superiority over the U.S.S.R. in strategic weapons. The essential equivalence in nuclear arms today means that Washington probably could not check a limited Soviet provocation by threatening a massive attack on the U.S.S.R. But a U.S. threat of limited nuclear retaliation might-just might -deter a Soviet blockade of the Persian ulf s oil-shipping lanes, for example, or an invasion of a NATO ally...
Standouts Wendy Sands and Kathy Batter anchored a wall-like defense that allowed forwards like Sue St. Louis, Cat Ferrante and Ellen Hart to ignite an explosive attack. Only a late-season loss to UMass marred the booters' record, but coach Bob Scalise's crew was as balanced a team as seen in a long time in the Ivy League...
...chairman of the CRP and the subject of much of the ongoing controversy, says Kilbridge "has decided he's done his job and has other things to do." Kain, a professor of economics, adds that "the least likely time for the dean to resign is when he's under attack, "Kilbridge himself says, "It's been long enough for me, it's been long enough for the school, and I have other fish to fry." He says he will continue to teach and research...
DIED. Gordon M. Smith, 72, foresighted director of Buffalo's Albright-Knox Art Gallery from 1955 to 1973; of a heart attack; in Buffalo. By boldly purchasing works by such contemporary painters as Jackson Pollock, Willem de Kooning, Jasper Johns and Arshile Gorky before they were widely bought by larger, more affluent museums, Smith and the museum's angel, Woolworth Heir Seymour H. Knox, assembled a collection of abstract expressionist art that is virtually unsurpassed...
DIED. Ben W. Fortson Jr., 74, Georgia's dauntless, raspy-voiced secretary of state since 1946; of a heart attack; in Atlanta. Though doctors predicted he would not live more than ten years after a crippling auto accident in 1929, "Mr. Ben" proved to be one of his state's most durable politicians, surviving numerous changes in administration during his record tenure in office. As Georgia's top election official, he was often at the volatile center of political disputes. When newly elected Governor Eugene Talmadge died in 1946 before taking office, Fortson kept pretenders...