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...that night, the reaction on which Haig told me the President's decision would depend had become plain for all to see. The Senate Republican whip, Robert Griffin, asked for Nixon's resignation. Vice President Ford dissociated himself, saying: "The public interest is no longer served by repetition of my previously expressed belief that on the basis of all the evidence known to me, the President is not guilty of an impeachable offense...
...turning point in the young season was the next game, a rematch against the Huskies. Despite outplaying their cross-town rivals, the Crimson found themselves down 4-2 late in the game, only to salvage a tie on tallies by Bob Starbuck and Captain Jim Griffin in the last minute-and-a-half of regulation play. Since then, they've ruled the J.V. kingdom, building an eleven-game winning streak...
This strategy worked perfectly for San Francisco, as Archie Griffin of the Bengals fumbled the kick and his brother, Ray Griffin, also mishandled it. The 49ers' Milt McColl, a reserve linebacker, finally recovered the ball in a large pileup at the Cincinnati four...
Chicago netminder James O'Shaughnessy turned in a fine performance as well, stopping 17 shots in the first period alone, and 38 on the night. Only Crimson center Eddie Garden was able to score in the first stanza, diving to sweep the rebound of a Jimmy Griffin slapshot past the sprawled O'Shaughnessy...
...Binder, 39, is no less unusual than the rest of his troupe. A graduate of Dartmouth, with a master's in business administration from Columbia, he spent three years working behind the scenes in TV, as talent booker for Merv Griffin and stage manager for Julia Child. Then, in 1970, he met the Big Apple's other clown, Michael Christensen, who invited him to join the San Francisco Mime Troupe. Hungry to be in front of an audience at last, Binder accepted; eventually the two traveled to Europe, where they performed their juggling act on Paris street corners...