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...preparation for this weekend's showdown, Radcliffe had little trouble disposing of Tufts. Muscatine, playing number one, and Ginny St. Goar, number three, won their matches in straight sets, while second seed Denise Thal was leading her opponent 2-1 when the latter defaulted due to a twisted knee...
...Embree put in the outstanding performance of the afternoon with a solid high jump win. The height of 6' 10" was not extraordinary for Embree, but it shines as his first effort since the indoor NCAAs in March, hampered as he is by jumper's knee...
Meanwhile Gill was busy directing the lives of his flock: women's skirts must be below the knee and men must grow beards. Gill also came to see Henry Kissinger as the Antichrist because he was a powerful man whose actions affected the fate of Israel, and he sent such fiery spiritual threats in telegrams to President Nixon that the Secret Service paid him a visit. Local clergy inquired quietly about Gill's sanity...
Nguyen Van Thieu and the American government should recognize that communist domination of Vietnam is inevitable, even if they are not prepared to admit it is a good thing. That kind of shift in attitude will be a difficult one especially considering the closed mind of President Ford, a knee-jerk anti-considering, and his advisers. The Ford administration's position seems to be a reactive one not well thought-out or borne out by past experience. It involves urging huge amounts of military aid for a government that has been consistently unpopular corrupt and suppressive of the basic freedom...
Tommy Clack, 28, a senior at Georgia State University, remains an ardent hawk even though, while serving in Viet Nam as an Army captain, he lost both legs above the knee, his right arm and part of his right shoulder. He is angered by what he calls the "isolationism" of Congress and feels that the pullout would not have happened if the South Vietnamese had received more aid. "I believe very strongly in what was happening in Viet Nam," he said. "If I could grow my limbs back, I would go back again. If I didn...