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Prince Philip has added his voice to the debate. Speaking to a conference of the Royal Agricultural Society of the Commonwealth in Edinburgh, the Prince said that the EEC's farm system had produced "a most frightful mess." He warned that "this is something this country is about to discover if and when it joins the Common Market." When the British press pounced on the Prince for meddling in political matters, Buckingham Palace hastily explained that he had not meant to convey an antiMarket attitude. Still, some Britons could not help but feel that even though Philip frequently shoots...
Died. Lord Reith, 81, architect of the British Broadcasting Corporation and first chairman of British Overseas Airways Corporation; of heart disease; in Edinburgh. The teetotaling son of a Scottish clergyman, John Reith left his job with an engineering firm to take charge of the BBC in 1922. He invested the BBC with his own strong sense of dignity by requiring unseen radio announcers to wear dinner jackets while reading the news. Reith resigned as BBC chief in 1938 to head Imperial Airways, which merged with another airline the following year to become BOAC. The dour Scot ran several ministries...
...Gerard Menuhin, son of Violinist Yehudi Menuhin, was born in Edinburgh when his parents were there for a music festival. Now Gerard, a film editor in London, must return to the U.S. by his 23rd birthday on July 23, and live in the U.S. for five years or lose his American citizenship. Ironically, his younger brother Jeremy. 19, has spent less time in the U.S. but does not face the same danger; he was born in the U.S. Says their father: "It seems illogical to divide two brothers with the same parents and the same experience in life because...
...team then traveled to Edinburgh, Scotland, for three more contests, which-found the Crimson starting to apply some newly-learned techniques and open up more scoring...
Against Hariot-Watt University. Harvard fell 16-8 and dropped two other matches to Edinburgh fifteens. In the final game, against Edinburgh Wednesday Club, the underdogs tallied six tries, eventually falling 37-27, after leading 19-18 at halftime. Clark and O'Grady scored twice each, with Reppun and Stranger adding one apiece. Finn converted three times and added a penalty kick...