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With that, the President moved to stanch the dollar drain with the most Draconian measures yet. He outlined a five-point program aimed at cutting the deficit by $3 billion in the year ahead. Principal features: a reduction in U.S. investment abroad, particularly in Western Europe, to save $1 billion; a cutback in U.S. loans to foreigners to save $500 million; scaled-down Government expenditures overseas-by the Pentagon, by heavily staffed U.S. embassies and by G.I.s and their dependents-to save $500 million; deferment for two years of all but what the President called "the most important, urgent...
...China then issued a five-point ultimatum ordering that Britain: 1) accept the demands put forward by the Chinese workers in Hong Kong, 2) stop all "fascist measures," 3) free all who were arrested, 4) punish the police who made the arrests and compensate the "victims" for time in jail, and 5) pledge that similar incidents would not happen again. To keep the pressure on, crowds ransacked the home of the British consul in Shanghai; a "support Hong Kong" parade was held in Canton, and a monster rally of 100,000 turned out in Peking...
...yard relay team of Andy Cahners, Bill Jewett, Randy Thompson, and Wayne Anderson scored Harvard's key victory. Running second leg, sophomore Jewett burst into a decisive lead and wrapped up the five-point victory...
...second half football player Pete Peterson blocked a Cornell kick near the try line and Rich Hammond, captain of the soccer team, jumped on the loose ball to give Harvard a five-point lead...
Scoring on the five-point must system for the winner of each round, referee Jackie Silvers favored Clay, 73-65. Judge Tony Canzane had it 74-63, and judge Jack Johnston...