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INDIANS. Playwright Arthur Kopit has joined the mea culpa crew with this play that argues that Americans were once beastly to the redskins, hardly a startling bit of information. The format is that of a Buffalo Bill Wild West show alternated with somber accounts of the humiliation and decimation of the Indians, but the segments never seem to gain any harmony of mood or purpose...
...American flag on the moon during their epic visit last July. The Apollo 12 astronauts, who are due to lift off this week, will do the same. The gesture will soon become more than a matter of tradition. Last week, when the Senate approved the $3.7 billion space authorization bill for 1970, congressional chauvinists had the final word. The bill orders U.S. astronauts to raise the flag as one of their initial acts on reaching firma beyond terra...
...Bill of Rights. Potentially the most important election result was passage of an amendment to New York State's constitution. Called the "conservation bill of rights," it makes preservation of natural resources and scenic beauty a state policy. It also directs the state legislature to write laws that will reduce air, water and noise pollution, thus providing legal grounds for conservation battles in court. Says Attorney Irving Like, one of the framers of the amendment: "It is primarily a new source of common law and legislation...
...weeks with a hip injury but was considered a likely starter in the IC4A's until a few days ago. Now he definitely will not run. "It would have been a gamble to use Tom, but it would've been one I'd have been willing to take," coach Bill McCurdy said Wednesday...
...Judging by comparative results against Penn. Harvard and Villanova are pretty evenly matched. The top Wildeats are Chris Mason. Don Walsh. Bill McLoughlan. Andy O'Reilly, and Des McCormack. McCurdy says his team will key on Villanova. "We'll have our men run in relation to their men." he explained...