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From the tone of his campaign for governor, it was clear that Edward J. King wanted to shake up Massachusetts state government. But one unexpected consequence of the new Boston College broom's clean sweep at the State House has some Harvard administrators worried...
...Edward J. King Monday appointed Neil L. Lynch '52, former counsel to the Massachusetts Port Authority and a graduate of Harvard Law School, as his chief counsel...
...surprise move, the Sacred College of Cardinals concludes the lengthiest conclave of this century by naming Rev. Peter J. Gomes, minister in Memorial Church, as the 265th pontiff. Gomes, the first black, non-Catholic Pope in recent memory, moves to demonstrate his fidelity to the developments in the Church in the past 105 years, and choose the name Leo Pius Benedict Pius Pius John Paul John Paul John Paul I, after his nine immediate predecessors...
...sluggers Carlton Fisk. Fred Lynn and Dwight Evans, along with their entire starting pitching staff, to the Montreal Expos for utility infielder Coco LaBoy and an organist to be named later. Managing general partner Haywood Sullivan denies that the players were traded because of any personality disputes. Gov. Edward J. King retaliates by sending in 2500 storm troopers to "desensitize" the area around Fenway Park, and raises the drinking age in the area to 57. "The people have spoken, and they're ripshit," King says...
...Edward J. King, acting in the advice of U.S. Atty. Gen--designate Wayne Woodrow "Hang 'Em High" Hayes, withdraws the last of the state troops who had closed the University in February, but raises the state drinking age in the Square 67 as a "stabilizing measure." "The people," he warns University officials, "are still speaking...