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...Curt. That crisis was heightened last week by dramatic-and so far unsubstantiated-charges made by a convicted Watergate conspirator. James W. McCord Jr., the former security coordinator of the Committee for the Re-Election of the President, testified that some of Nixon's closest advisers were fully aware of the plan for the breakin and bugging of Democratic National Committee headquarters in Washington's Watergate complex last June and had approved of it. In the face of such charges, Republican Congressmen as well as many G.O.P. stalwarts in all walks of life were highly critical of Nixon...
...championship season, finished a surprising second behind Yale at last year's meet in New Haven but is the favorite again this winter. The Tigers, despite losing to Yale and Dartmouth, have some of the best individual talent in the East in freestyler-backstroker Charlie Campbell and distance freestyler Curt Haydon...
CHEMISTRY 20, Harvard's only introductory organic chemistry course, bounced the 11 per cent of its enrollees who received Ds or Es last semester. The course's "sympathetic" instructors apologized with a curt "We're sorry if this ruins any of your career plans." Organic chemistry is the most important of the five courses (the others include biology, physics, math, and an inorganic chemistry course) required for entrance to medical school. An A in Chem 20 virtually insures one of this nation's scarce med school places, an unsatisfactory grade virtually insures rejection...
Sprint freestyler Tim Neville swam a fast 21.3 50-yd. free and has set his sights on a time in the 20's. Rich Baughman came back from a month of illness to beat Curt Haydon in the 1000, and, barring sickness, he could play a major part in the Crimson efforts against Cornell, Penn, Yale and the all-important Easterns at Army in March. Captain Fred Mitchell is having his usual steady season and last Saturday again nipped Haydon in the 500-yd. free...
...better first place strength (than Dartmouth) to rival ours." Gambril said Thursday," and better depth as well." The Tigers have, in Gambril's estimation, anywhere from four to six wins largely on the strength of their two stars, NCAA 200-yd. backstroke champion Charlie Camp-bell and distance freestyler Curt Haydon...