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...Coop's business problems were not enough, on May 12 a fire broke out in the tailor shop at the rear of the third floor. The Cambridge Fire Department failed to respond to the first alarm, and the blaze gutted the entire third floor before it could be brought under control...

Author: By James R. Beniger, | Title: Many Problems Confronted The Class of '18 | 6/11/1968 | See Source »

...board 33 in Catonsville, Md. Telling the terrified women clerks on duty that they had come for the records, the invaders emptied the contents of four filing drawers into wire rubbish baskets. Then they carried them out the door and burned hem in a nearby parking lot, starting the blaze with napalm they had whipped up from a recipe in an Army manual. The Berrigan brothers- Daniel, 47 and Philip, 44- had struck again...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Clergy: The Berrigan Brothers: They Rob Draft Boards | 6/7/1968 | See Source »

...screen in black and white with the sound track of Bach's "Sheep May Safely Graze," the line of young men one after another touched their draft cards to a flickering candle. After watching the cards blaze down to finger-burning remains, they dropped the charred stubs in a silver bowl and shook hands with the Rev. William Sloane Coffin. Shown in a darkened Boston federal courtroom last week, the TV newsreel was offered by a federal prosecutor as part of the evidence against Yale Chaplain Coffin, 43, Pediatrician Benjamin Spock, 65, and three codefendants, all charged with conspiracy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Free Speech or Conspiracy? | 5/31/1968 | See Source »

Relying upon his booming serve and overhead smash, Levin built up a quick 5-2 lead in the first set. Beik found his range, however, and began to blaze winners down the line while Levin watched helplessly from the net. Maintaining his defensive strategy. Beik overcame Levin's Californian tactics and pulled out the first...

Author: By Patrick J. Hindert, | Title: Levin Tops N.E. Netmen; Jeffs Tip Crimson for 1st | 5/14/1968 | See Source »

Kent Parrot played the best tennis of his career as he stopped previously undefeated Peter Heydemenn 6-4, 6-4. Parrot left the court in a blaze of glory matching that of his renowned hockey heroics...

Author: By Patrick J. Hindert, | Title: Tennis Team Eyes Title After Topping Yale | 5/9/1968 | See Source »

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