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Fans across the country were dismayed. The rituals of baseball are a mainstay of American life, and some lifelong habits were disrupted by the strike. Said Lester Wilson, an optometrist from East Point, Ga.: "An old man like me, baseball's all I get a kick out of. I'm sick about it. I won't have anything to do at night...
...Bartlett Giamatti, president of Yale, at Atlanta University in Atlanta, Ga.: "America cannot allow itself to transform the public schools into warehouses for the angry...
...served longer in the U.S. House of Representatives (50 years, from 1914 to 1965) than any other Congressman in history, and who as chairman of the House Armed Services Committee for 14 years played a major role in the expansion of U.S. military power; of heart disease; in Milledgeville, Ga. A former county judge and Georgia legislator, Vinson became known in the House as the "Swamp Fox" for his mastery of parliamentary procedure and his knack for obtaining the passage of key military legislation. When mentioned as a possible choice for Secretary of Defense in 1950, he said, "Shucks...
...Smith, 33, president of the $ 15 million Bartow County Bank in Cartersville, Ga., says he is not concerned that big money managers will take away his business. Like many small, rural bankers, Smith borrows low and lends low to customers he knows. He can keep his rate below the rate of other banks because 35% of his deposits are in non-interest-bearing checking accounts, and 10% are in 5¼%-interest passbook accounts. Last winter another nearby bank installed an automated-teller machine, but Smith notes that it is hardly ever used. Says he: "What all this is telling...
...Cambridge, however, the squad was all but invincible, winning every Ivy match it played and unseating Princeton to claim the League title for the first time in 16 years. By winning the Ivies, the netmen gained Harvard's first berth on the NCAA Championship Tournament, held in Athens, Ga. In the opening round, Crimson aces Howard Sands, captain Don Pompan, Bob Horne, Warren Grossman and Rob Wheeler all faltered against third-ranked Pepperdine, and only third-seed Mike Terner salvaged a win in the singles competition...