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...Electable"?that will be the buzz word dominating the bitter Republican struggle, probably right down to the convention floor in Kansas City, Aug. 16. The argument will be whether Gerald Ford or Ronald Reagan will have a better chance of beating the formidable Jimmy Carter in November. The very fact that doubts are being cast on the electability of a sitting President with the traditional advantages of incumbency is a measure of the trouble Ford is in. It is also a measure of how far Reagan has come from a shaky start, with no credentials in foreign affairs...
Strains of Stravinsky and Tchaikovsky filter through the windows of the three-story brick building on 152nd Street. Inside rehearsal pianos thump in the three studios, trumpet blasts pierce the music room, and sewing machines buzz in the basement costume department. A nine-year-old pastes sequins on a ballerina's tutu. Dancers study acting, music, dance notation. D.T.H. builds its own scenery, and company members help the technical crew put up the show. They even know how to make costumes. If a dancer's costume pulls or sags in the crotch, he can tell the seamstress that...
...surprise of the meet for the Crimson. The competition took place on a 55-meter jump instead of the customary 40 meter one. The Harvard jumpers were undaunted though as Tom Cavin's soar earned him a 30th. Cavin said that, "it was a gas...a buzz." Freshman David Rand gave an excellent effort for 32nd and Rich Pietrafesa swooped to a 36th...
Married. Edwin ("Buzz") Aldrin Jr., 45, second man to step on the moon as a member of the 1969 Apollo crew and later the victim of a nervous breakdown described in his autobiography, Return to Earth; and Interior Decorator Beverly Van Zile; both for the second time; in Baja California...
...most ambitious schemes to date was uncovered last month in Colorado. Armed with forged permits and maps, six men conned a group of Denver tree distributors into bankrolling them by showing them seven sample trees. The group then went off to remote slopes and, with a crew of ten, buzz-sawed 2,000 more trees, that would probably have brought a total of $14,000. A neighbor heard the power saws at work and phoned police, who arrested the thieves. Such arrests are the exception, though, since guarding parks or forests is nearly impossible. "Some owners sleep by their lots...