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Wide Appeal. Jenkins is a practical socialist whose views do not differ widely from Callaghan's. He is a firm backer of Britain's entry into the Common Market, favors some relaxation of government controls and greater tax incentives for industry. The son of a coal miner who was a Labor M.P., he went to Oxford not on a scholarship but on his father's earnings...
...defense, however, has been far better than expected. Sophomore line-backer Ben Gifford has been a pleasant surprise who has solidified Penn's 5-4 defense...
...Minneapolis Tribune fretted: "Reluctant as we are to criticize the President's handling of the war, escalation of the bombing in such a dangerous way makes us wonder whether the Administration is in a rut and needs some fresh thinking about our entire Asian policy." Usually an eloquent backer of the President's Viet Nam policy, the Washington Post was disturbed by his latest comments on the war. "The President's speech and other Administration pronouncements are beginning to be colored by a fixity and rigidity that does not encourage belief that the strategy and tactics...
...fight off the block and be in position to move to both his left and his right (but not ahead) depending on the flow of the play, then he is succeeding. If two men are required to take out the middle guard, then the responsibility shifts and a line backer or tackle should be left free to make the play...
...Johnson Administration for failing to intensify the war and, for Christmas delivery, taped a television interview for the troops, in which he urged the country to sacrifice a measure of affluence as a visible sign of its support for their efforts. At the same time, a San Francisco Reagan backer, Businessman Leland Kaiser, reported after a visit to New Hampshire that "there is a genuine Reagan groundswell" in that state, and that, despite the Californian's avowed wishes, his name will go on the ballot in the March primary, first in the nation. Rockefeller, however, was certain that, given...