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Last week Tiny Rowland came a cropper at one of his favorite vocations:meddling in the politics of black majority rule in Rhodesia. Not only does Lonrho have vast investments in the breakaway British colony but Rowland has friends-favored ones-both among the leaders involved in Smith's "internal settlement" and among the Patriotic Front leaders who are fighting them. The industrialist's immediate problem, however, lay in nearby Tanzania, where the socialist government of President Julius Nyerere announced plans to nationalize Lonrho's 18 local affiliates...
Velie opened the second-half scoring, putting a shot over the URI goalie's left shoulder. Cunningham's goal followed the Velie score, and a breakaway tally by Sailer brought the score...
...small but highly significant ceremony took place in Independence House, Rhodesian Prime Minister Ian Smith's official residence. There three black leaders, the Rev. Ndabaningi Sithole, Bishop Abel Muzorewa and Chief Jeremiah Chirau, joined the top echelon of government, the first blacks to do so in the breakaway colony's history. The three blacks took oaths of loyalty to "Rhodesia" (rather than to the present constitution) and were sworn in by a black Anglican bishop, the Right Rev. Patrick Murindagomo, rather than by white President John Wrathall. Said the bishop: "It was a happy occasion, like a wedding...
...NOTEBOOK: From the "Where's He Been All Season?" Department: Freshman Brett Johnson suited up for his first varsity game Saturday and was very impressive. A super breakaway save by Allain in the third was all that stood between Johnson and his first tally with the big guys...
...this; Mullen's trick, the fights and Harvard's offensive inability, once again camouflaged a spectacular performance in the Harvard goal by sophomore John Hynes. It was Hynes's best performance of the season (32 saves, including two spectacular breakaway stops in the third) and that's saying a lot. But then again, good goaltending and a lot of scoring have not gone hand-in-hand for the Crimson this season...