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Sally Roberts, one of two seniors in the top eight, played number one before her sister Martha came along, and now hangs around at number four, a hardened Ivy competitor. Junior captain Katie Ditzler, the Californian who doubles as a volleyball star, holds down post number five, while sophomore Leslie Miller is number...
...team won handily, with Soviet and East German swimmers trailing badly. Meanwhile, as the competition entered its final weekend, the American women had won 19 gold medals while the East Germans had not won a single final. California's Cynthia Woodhead won three golds, as did fellow Californian Linda Jezek, who swam off with a world record in the 200-meter backstroke. She finished in 2:11.93, more than two seconds ahead of East Germany's Birgit Treiber, the former record holder and the winner of a gold medal in Montreal...
...office to find out what they will have to pay next December if Proposition 13 fails. There were some devastating jolts. One newcomer to West Hollywood paid $3,700 in 1977 on his two-bedroom, $120,000 house; this year he could pay more than $7,000. Another new Californian was taxed $5,500 on his three-bedroom, $165,000 Beverly Hills house in 1975; his tax bill could be $14,600 this year. The outcry by aroused Californians over such hikes has given a last-minute surge to the pro-13 drive...
California aggravated its problem, however, by banning the burning of high-sulfur, dirty residuals such as those produced from California oil. Not only must refiners who buy Californian pay about the same price as for higher-quality crude and spend more on processing; they must also find a home for the residuals-either store them up or ship them to the only markets available, which are out of state...
Pompan played his best tennis to date in the third set of his number two singles match with fellow Southern Californian John Stiepel, winning, 7-5, 2-6, 6-0, and preventing Yale from running away with the contest...