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...first Europeans to sight New Guinea were two 16th century Portuguese sea captains who were so unimpressed that they did not even bother to claim it for their King. Second largest island in the world (after Greenland), it was a tangle of tropical jungle inhabited by mosquitoes, crocodiles, and man-eating savages. In 1828 The Netherlands claimed western New Guinea, ruled it benevolently but with distant interest; in the words of one observer, it "became a sort of Dutch hobby." Last week, as the Dutch finally abandoned their costly hobby, the place seemed to have changed remarkably little...
Another man who will bother Harvard today is center Tony Turel, who holds together the Big Red's unbalanced line. Tackle is well equipped with four brawny bettermen, and another foursome of monogram winners check in at guard. Sophomore John Engle is the lonely end and his inexperience may hurt Cornell today...
...then there is Pete Gogolak, the well-publicized place kicker. Big Pete didn't do so well at Harvard last year and the experience seemed to bother him all season. This fall, however, Cornell assures all that his toe is well-adjusted, and the Big Red may go for some field goals if the touchdown appears too difficult a task...
...drive onto State highways from the pike will have to stop at the terminal to have extra trailers removed. Although the noise may create a considerable problem for WGBH-TV's new studio, to be built almost directly opposite the terminal, University officials do not think it will bother students at the Business School...
...Senate, he will still have to stand for re-election in 1964-on the same ticket with the President. Nothing could be better calculated to drive home the issue of the Government's becoming a citadel for one man's family. Yet that possibility obviously did not bother the Democratic voters of Massachusetts last week. In fact, they could only regret that Old Joe Kennedy had run out of sons...