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...plane, estimates that construction will cost around $12,000. If he can raise that money, Mead hopes to build the plane and fly it in the Kremer competition in England, which offers a $24,000 prize to the first person to build and fly a man powered heavier-than-air machine around a designated course...
...strength of the squad last year was in the solid and consistent performances turned in by individuals in the heavier weight classes. Four of these competitors, who were among Harvard's winning top five wrestlers last season are returning this year. They include captain and second team All-Ivy selection Pat Coleman, Collin Mangrum, NCAA quarterfinalist and All-Ivy standout Mark Faller, and Dave Scanlon...
...fumes create a new atmospheric phenomenon-a layer of "dead sky" composed of tiny, concentrated particles. Unmoved by either wind or rain, the ever thickening mass of filth hovers over Boston-and presumably other cities. The stagnant cloud has a faint silver lining: while making Boston's rain heavier, it will divert major storms from the city. The researchers do not yet know the dead sky's effect on human health...
...Looking heavier and a little more gray, Senator Eugene McCarthy turned up in San Francisco last week to raise some money for Democratic candidates with a speech and a poetry reading. Political plans? He would not be the Republican presidential candidate in 1972, but "beyond that, all possibilities are open." Political reminiscence? "Whenever we got too serious about the '68 campaign, I quoted Yeats' poem Politics, which concluded: 'But O that I were young again and held her in my arms!' " Poetry? From his forthcoming volume, Other Things and the Aardvark: "I am alone...
...raising its record to 3-0 the Crimson beat a team which was heavier by 10 1bs. a man. This weight disadvantage hurt Harvard in the serums as Cornell ended with an edge in the number of serums and line-outs...