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Just because your last name is Nichlaus doesn't guarantee success in golf, Merrimack College's Larry Nichlaus learned that fact yesterday afternoon at the Concord Country Club, when his squad was crushed by the Crimson linksters, 447-399, for the latter's third victory of the spring...
...Crimson's premier performer, freshman Alexander Vik, shot an impressive 75 over the windy Concord course. Vik had consistent nines of 37-38 in outscoring his Merrimack opponent by 16 shots. Co-captains Tom Yellin and Steve McConnell chipped in with rounds of 77 and 82, respectively; the former's sub-80 round was made possible by a string of birdies on the final three holes...
That of course could change, especially if Saigon continues to disintegrate and the Communists unexpectedly decide to seek a total military victory. Still, negotiations leading to the establishment of the National Council of Reconciliation and Concord would seem to be Saigon's best chance now of ending the war while still retaining a legitimate place in the government. Ironically, tragically, such an arrangement could probably have been reached in January 1973, just after the Paris accords were signed. At that time Saigon probably held the military advantage. Now, 175,000 deaths, millions of refugees and untold suffering later...
...Communists ever able to agree on how to carry out some of the accords' major provisions. They never exchanged maps delineating areas under their respective control (which would have recognized each other's de jure rights in those areas); they never set up the National Council of Reconciliation and Concord, which was supposed to have organized national elections; they never designated points where their forces could receive replacements of supplies. When Viet Cong troops showed up at assembly points for resettlement in Communist-held areas, government forces often ambushed them. As for Hanoi, it seemed to view the whole agreement...
Varsity vs. Dartmouth (The Concord...