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...high spot of any journalist's week is dealing with the biggest piece of news. After that, probably the greatest satisfaction is writing about unusual people who find themselves involved in some extraordinary situation-or see to it that they are so involved. As this week's Essay on "The Sad State of Eccentricity" points out, the grand old style of nonconformity has fallen on hard times. Still, no week passes in which journalism is not brightened by the views, habits and idiosyncrasies of people who are willing to question conventional wisdom...
...North Vietnamese port of Haiphong. Neither U.S. nor world opinion would stand for any of those, and Nixon's new entente with Western Europe would vanish overnight. Still untried, but less drastic, would be a naval blockade of Haiphong or Sihanoukville in Cambodia, the two biggest ports of entry for enemy materiel. The most likely choice, however, is an intensification of the ground war in South Viet Nam, perhaps marked by a large-scale American offensive. None of these courses is without risk, either military or political, and much will depend on the recommendations that Mel Laird brings back...
...major problem. For Richard Nixon, who must contend with opposition majorities on Capitol Hill and try to govern by conciliation, the situation is particularly hazardous. As the Sentinel dispute heated up, he said that he would announce his ABM policy this week. By any reckoning, it is the biggest decision of his Administration to date?and it could bring down righteous wrath on Nixon's head no matter how he decides...
Five years ago, Chile's Eduardo Frei and his Christian Democratic Party capitalized on widespread fear of a Communist election victory to capture the presidency and, in the process, polled the biggest vote ever garnered by a Chilean political party. In two subsequent elections, however, the party's appeal has skidded sharply from the 55% of the vote it drew in 1964. Last week, in the last congressional elections before the 1970 presidential campaign, the Christian Democrats slipped even farther, polling less than a third of the vote. Surprisingly, the biggest beneficiary was not Chile's active...
Denver's high-scoring line of center Tom Miller and wings George Morrison and Don Thiessen will present the biggest defensive dilemma for the Crimson tonight. The trio produced 62 of D.U.'s 140 goals in regular season play, and are the team's top three scorers...