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According to William Griffith a member of M.I.T.'s International Research Institute, there was not involved in the coup any pro-Chinese element which would indicate a build-up of Soviet militancy towards the West. He explained that many Russian objected to Khrushchev's tactics in meeting the Chinese challenge, but not to his basic policy. Griffith agreed with Fainsod that a "general complex of overextension in Khrushchev's policies" was responsible for the premier's overthrow...
ARTHUR W. GRIFFITH...
Referee Krause scored it 69-67 for Griffith; Judge David Zenoff had it 71-70 Rodriguez; Judge John Romero 70-68 Griffith. By the narrowest of split decisions, Griffith had kept his crown. Said Luis: "If I can't win this title back, I'll just have to win the middleweight championship instead...
...other down. But they insisted that things were going to be different this time. "I am the matador," boasted Challenger Rodriguez, 26, "and I will kill the black bull." That brought accusations of race-raking, to which Rodriguez retorted: "I should call him maybe the blue bull?" Champion Griffith, 25, shrugged it off: "I'll knock him out in five...
Both should have known better. For 15 frantic rounds, Griffith and Rodriguez pummeled, wrestled, gouged and butted each other-amid bloodcurdling screams from Griffith's mother, who was sitting at ringside. In the third round, Referee Harry Krause penalized Rodriguez for punching below the belt, and Rodriguez' manager, Angelo Dundee, chased Krause clear across the ring. "What are you doing, Harry?" he yelled. "Remember the other guy is fouling, too!" How could he forget? In the clinches, Griffith raked Rodriguez' face with the laces of his glove. Luis retaliated by throwing uppercuts with...