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...feed him a story. But this was not a Harvard story. Matthews wanted Roberts's help with a cause, of sorts. The president of the University of Vermont had decided to dismantle the school's competitive athletic program to save money. Matthews was horrified. He grew up in Burlington, right next to the school's football stadium, and later graduated from the University. When he finally got Roberts aside, Matthews urged him to write a piece supporting reinstatement of the program. Roberts puffed a cigar, looking disinterested...
There was only a wire fence separating his house from the end zone of the University's Centennial Field, so as a child in Burlington, Matthews could watch college football games from an upstairs window. Or he could jump the fence and play football himself--or baseball, or basketball. It was a well-equipped field with facilities for every sport, and Matthews played them...
Charles P. Smith '75 of Winthrop House, who ran as an Independent, captured the vote for state representative in a two-member district in Burlington, Vt. Republican William C. Mullins '75 of Eiot House won his bid for state representative to the 48th Middlesex district in Massachusetts. Republican David C. Boch '74 of Eliot House lost his bid for the state representative sear in the 17th Norfolk district in Massachusetts...
...said the main issue in his Burlington district was the future of the agricultural community there...
...support of Secretary of State Henry Kissinger by seeing him off on his latest trip to the Middle East (see THE WORLD). He lobbied scores of Congressmen on the eve of their campaign recess. He held his third press conference as President. He spoke at Republican campaign dinners in Burlington, Vt., Philadelphia and Detroit...