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...sign of danger for the Mayaguez was the sudden appearance at 2:20 p.m. (3:20 a.m. in Washington) of a Cambodian gunboat. It fired machine gun bullets and a rocket across the freighter's bow and forced her to stop. Radio Operator Wilbert Bock got off a last distress call. Then the Cambodians apparently located the radio shack and the radio fell silent. But the last message was picked up in Indonesia by agents of the ship's owner and relayed to the State Department in Washington...
Third Mate David English, 28, of Seattle: "I had just left the bridge when the Cambodians started firing over, under and across our bow. Once they boarded the ship, they tried to round us up. But we still had pretty much the run of the ship. There were as few as six and as many as 40 Cambodians aboard at one time. They were young kids, a little ignorant and touchy, especially when they were shooting at the U.S. planes. They were no good at all at firing hand-held weapons. Their security was very lax. At one time...
Edward F. Chamberlain, superintendent of Kirkland House, tells a story about a Kirkland celebration that took place some years back, when Arthur Smithies was House master. Smithies was pouring drinks for the members of the victorious House crew team, starting with the bow man and working towards the stern of the shell, and as he reached the stroke, someone brought word that he had just become a grandfather...
...Repeal of two federal statutes that have enabled 36 states to enact misnamed Fair Trade laws. These laws permit manufacturers to set minimum retail prices on nationally advertised merchandise; they prevent storekeepers from discounting prices on products ranging from bow ties to TV sets. Sweeping such laws away would save consumers $2.1 billion annually, estimates Republican Senator Edward Brooke of Massachusetts, chief sponsor of the federal repeal bill...
...bow four finds Ham Potter at four, Dave Calkins at three, Bruce Cranston holding down the two oar and Geoff Brooks balancing things out at bow. Julian Hatton is in control for the coxing duties...