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Died. Samuel Taliaferro Rayburn, 79, member of the U.S. House of Representatives for a record 49 years. Speaker for an unmatched 17 (more than twice as long as his nearest competitor, Henry Clay); of cancer; in Bonham, Texas (see THE NATION...
Dazzling Athina Livanos, 31, daughter of one of the world's richest maritime magnates (Stavros Livanos) and ex-wife of a well-keeled competitor (Aristotle Onassis), prepared to sail under a new flag: the banner of Britain's hallowed House of Marlborough. After divorcing Onassis and taking custody of their two children last year, Tina was badly injured in a skiing accident at St. Moritz and convalesced in Oxfordshire, where she enjoyed the solicitous attentions of the Marquess of Blandford, 35, coltish, polo-playing heir to the 10th Duke of Marlborough and cousin to Sir Winston Churchill. Last...
...black boots and waterproofs, blonde hair stuffed carelessly into a green helmet, pert Jill Savage looked like a B-movie caricature of a reformatory-bound juvenile delinquent. But Cyclist Savage, 23, is more than a thrill-happy young Briton. She is a grim competitor in one of the world's most harrowing and hazardous sports: cross-country motorcycle racing. Fortnight ago, she startled 268 male competitors by winning a bronze medal in motorcycling's most rugged contest: the International Six-Day Motorcycle Trial-a grueling, 1,200-mi. marathon, run through the mountainous backwoods of Wales...
...Harrier's Ed Hamlin won the race in 25:12 after pulling into the lead shortly before the end. His only close competitor in the final yards was Crimson runner Mark Mullin, who finished 25:20. Hamlin's time was only 6 seconds off the course record set last week by Cornell's Steve Machooka, but during the race Hamlin had no idea he was holding that fast a pace...
Persuasion & Reason. Samuel Taliaferro (pronounced Tolliver) Rayburn has served in the House longer than any other man-nearly 49 years, more than a quarter of the history of that body. He was Speaker for 17 years, more than twice as long as his nearest competitor, Henry Clay. He served with-Rayburn rejected the word under-eight Presidents, through three wars and countless world crises. In nearly half a century on Capitol Hill, Rayburn watched and guided more than 3,500 Congressmen, including Jack Kennedy. Rayburn was a careful leader and a firm believer in the art of the possible...