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...this Wimbledon, or something dreamed up by an OPEC entrepreneur? Not only was the price of strawberries and cream up sharply, from $1.20 to $1.65, but a glass of champagne cost $3.30, a dollar more than last year. To top it all off, an unseeded but well-endowed Californian named Linda Siegel, 18, momentarily popped out of her daring, halter-neck tennis dress in mid-stroke during a losing engagement with Billie Jean King. GAME, SET ... OUT! chortled a Fleet Street headline...
...native Californian, I was offended by your article "Gas: A Long, Dry Summer" [May 21]. Californians are not selfish, greedy gas hogs. California has been hit the hardest in the nation, but we will survive...
Unintimidated, Brown flew east and told Washington reporters: "I'm not here to point any fingers. I'm here to try to get some answers." At 10 a.m. Wednesday, the Californian pointedly walked up the White House driveway, met with Carter for ten minutes in the Oval Office and then went with the President to the Cabinet Room for an amiable hour-long chat with the other Californians...
...Californian rented a truck for a day and returned it with a nearly empty tank, even though the truck had gone only eleven miles. To discourage similar siphoning, some major auto agencies rented out cars with tanks only one-eighth full. But for the second straight week, most drivers just sat in line for up to five hours, sunbathing, playing Scrabble, writing poetry in response to a San Diego radio station contest, reading magazines and newspapers and exchanging them with others in line. Highway officials reported that driving was down 15% on freeways and as much as 25% on city...
...when you consider what Pompan has done on the tennis court for the Crimson this spring, you would have to agree that the only possible evaluation of his performance is Group I. The intense, competitive Californian won the New England tennis championship without losing a set last weekend, virtually ensuring a spot in the NCAA tournament. His season's record stands at 18-3, 14-0 east of the San Andreas fault...