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...Connivance. When Britain's U.N. ambassador Ivor Richard ridiculed Moynihan as a shoot-from-the-hip Wyatt Earp (TIME, Dec. 1), some Moynihan supporters heard Kissinger's voice behind it. New York Times Columnist William Safire (who has been conducting a long vendetta-against Kissinger) speculated that Kissinger had planted the idea with Britain's Foreign Secretary James Callaghan during last month's economic summit talks in Rambouillet, France. Though the British later told Moynihan that Richard's views were "official" - endorsed by his government in London - participants in the Rambouillet talks deny any connivance...
...outspoken stands won him wide public support in the U.S. but offended a number of State Department officials, as well as some American allies at the U.N. Last week Ivor Richard, the British ambassador to the U.N., chastised Moynihan in a speech by implicitly comparing him with a shoot-from-the-hip Wyatt Earp, a vengeful Savonarola and an angry King Lear raging amid the storm. Moynihan was furious and decided that between criticism from the State Department and from U.N. diplomats, he had had enough. Kissinger urged him to stay. Said the Secretary: "He has done an excellent...
...real pluses for us this year." Essick said, "is that we have three instead of two breaststrokers." In addition to defending champion Ted Fullerton (in the 100 and 200 breast). Essick can rely on Brumwell who claimed second in the 200 breast last year and on freshman Ivor Gordon...
Duncan Pyle and Tom Wolle should take the fist two places in the backstroke while Ted Fullerion and Ivor Gordon look to do the same in the breaststroke. Brent Haywood and captain Dave Brumwell will be counted on to pick off two places...
Middle distance man Francisco Canales, breaststroker Ivor Gordon and diver Mike Toal lead one of the strongest freshmen contingents in years...