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...save the party's chances in 1976. Such a move would give Spiro Agnew a stint as President before he would have to run on his own. By the same token, some Democrats reason it might be better to keep the Administration dangling on the Watergate hook until 1976, even if Nixon should turn out to be impeachable. Democratic Congressman Henry S. Reuss raised anew the possibility of a bipartisan, caretaker Government under Speaker of the House Carl Albert until the next election-a prospect possible only in the unlikely event that Agnew should voluntarily resign along with Nixon...
...undocked and maneuvered Apollo to Skylab. Wearing a bulky space suit, Weitz leaned out of Apollo's hatch (while Kerwin held onto his knee to keep him from drifting out into space) and attempted to pull the jammed panel loose with a long-handled tool resembling a boat hook. The panel would not budge. After an hour of pushing, shoving and tugging-interspersed with streams of obscenities clearly audible to millions-the task seemed hopeless. "I hate to say it," said the exasperated Weitz, "but we ain't going to do it with the tools...
Tomorrow's tennis match with Princeton is the big one, the winner takes the Ivy League laurels for second place behind untouchable and undefeated Columbia. And the strategy for catching the big one: get it on the hook early...
Evidently the rain did something good for the Tiger racquetmen and they slipped off the hook to defeat the Middies...
...ground balls, shots, and clears, the Crimson (3-10) led the Elis, but Yale out-hit Harvard throughout. The Bulldogs' favorite defensive move was an over-the-head hook with the stick, which is illegal in lacrosse. However, the officials only began to call penalties in the second half; three of the Crimson's five points came on power plays...