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Much of the early testimony was devoted to demonstrating that the Committee for the Re-Election of the President was heavily staffed with former White House aides and continually supervised by the White House. The lead-off witness, Robert C. Odle Jr., the committee's former director of administration, testified that key decisions were made at the White House by Haldeman, who kept in touch with the committee's activities through an assistant, Gordon Strachan. Equally influential in directing the committee, Odle said, was Mitchell, who was receiving all major decision memos long before he left the Attorney...
Super hitting by Hal Smith, Ed Durso, Kevin Hampe and Larry Barbiaux powered the Crimson through its tour. Left-fielder Smith got 14 hits and eight RBIs in 30 trips to the plate. Four of his hits were for extra bases--two doubles and two out of the park. Lead-off batter Durso socked 13 hits in 28 at bats for a blistering 464 average and got to first base eight times on free passes...
...MORE MUNDANE level, a shift in the Administration's batting order also sapped Union strength. R. Victor Jones, former lead-off man as dean of the GSAS, had helped fuel the initial burst of Union activity last year after an inept performance before a crowd of graduate students...
...recent months there seems to have been a certain mellowing in Spivak's manner, on the air and off, which is perhaps the result of a heart attack he suffered last year. He has added a nap to his daily schedule and withdrawn from the position of lead-off questioner on the show's panel, taking over the more detached role of moderator. Still, flashes of the old Spivak occur. To Edmund Muskie, fence-straddling on the challenge to McGovern's California delegates at the Democratic Convention: "Senator, why is it so hard for you to come...
...bunched the only three hits they got off of him in seven innings. Harvard put together a run with a walk to Mike Thomas, a single by Hal Smith and a grounder to the right side of the infield by Kevin Hampe. Jim Stoekel tied the score with a lead-off home run in the top of the eighth...