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Investigators blamed the accident on the collapse of a knuckle-sized strut attachment bracket in the forward right landing gear-because of "metal fatigue." Federal authorities ordered an inspection of the landing gears on all S-61s. New York community groups renewed their denunciation of the skyscraper service as unsafe, though one Washington official argued that a similar accident at a ground-level helipad might have been no less devastating. At week's end New York Airways resumed flights between three local airports, but operations from the Pan Am Building were suspended pending the outcome of the accident investigation...
...This is one of the really big future problems," Dean Rosovsky said at the meeting, adding, "There are many cheap state schools which are desirable alternatives for students in the 20,000 to 40,000 bracket...
Only about 70 per cent of these accepted by the University from the 30,000 to 40,000 income bracket choose to enroll, while about 80 per cent of the students whose families earn more or less than those in this group eventually attend, according to the "Report of the Task Force on the Composition of the Student Body," the subject of CHUL's meeting...
Radcliffe's second singles player, Patty Wen, bounced back from a disappointing loss in the first round of the tournament and went on to win two rounds in the consolation bracket, losing finally to a Smith opponent, 6-2, 6-1, in the consolation finals...
Banished to the loser's bracket, the Crimson then faced Princeton for their second battle of the day. Normally quite peaceful creatures, the Tigers went wild. Minutes into the game a Nassau nabob trashed one of Harvard's own and the war was on--kick in the shins followed punch in the stomach followed smash in the face. Smarting from its earlier loss to Yale, the Crimson wasn't taking things lightly...