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...East-West relations. But Chancellor and President took pains to mute their differences, and both sides considered the meeting "an atmospheric success." Schmidt-whom Carter had called "Helmut" all along-finally unbent enough to address the President as "Jimmy." At one remarkable moment, Schmidt, an amateur organist, grabbed the baton from the conductor of the Marine Corps band and led the group in the rousing final measures of the Ode to Joy from Beethoven's Ninth Symphony...
...49th Independence Day appearance, the Boston Pops, under the masterful baton of maestro Arthur Fiedler, sparked the evening festivities with a 90-minute concert of marches, popular tunes and classical works...
Coach Pappy Hunt watched his 440-yd. relay team clip a full second off the old standard and sprint to first place. Kathy Rice, Val Moore, Kim Claermont and Pat Golpaul passed the baton across the victory stripe...
Princeton dropped the baton in the 440 relay and gave Harvard five points and a chance to rest. Tricaptain Todd Hooks anchored the 440 relay and won the 100-and 220-yds. dashes. The 120- and 440-yard hurdle races were Crimson territory as Paul Organ won both, followed by Sullivan in the longer race and Hooks in the shorter...
...disqualification of the Crimson 440 relay team swung the meet in URI's favor. "Take those points away from URI and give them to us and we would have won," Hunter said. "The girls were just an inch out of the baton-passing zone," he added...