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...allowed swimmers of a wide range of ability to give collegiate swimming a go; Lon McCroskey '73, expressed typical sentiments about his freshman team, one of the best Harvard has had in the last decade. "I was disappointed with myself in that I never did hit my top high school times. But the workouts were easy. I stayed in shape, and even though I played only a minor role on the team. I liked it. I guess it took freshman year to find out that my swimming days were over...
After two years of halting preparation, Cambodia was all set to promulgate a new constitution this week, adopting a presidential form of government. The hopes of the country's legislators, however, were summarily dashed last week by Premier Lon Nol, who overthrew Prince Norodom Sihanouk two years ago. Pronouncing the draft of the constitution unacceptable, he dissolved the Constituent Assembly, posted guards around the Assembly building in Phnom Penh and proclaimed himself chief of state and sole authority...
...Cambodians finally retreated after 19 days of fierce fighting, only to be hit again at the nearby towns of Kompong Thmar and Baray. Some fled south to the starting point of Chenla 11. Others dug in at Kompong Thorn, which was by now choked with refugees. Premier Lon Nol, who had ordered the operation and staked his personal prestige on its success, called it off. The failure was evident: each side controlled almost exactly the same area as it held in August...
...Administration's Indochina policies contend that foreign aid has been the forerunner of U.S. military involvement, and despite the Nixon Doctrine, this could happen again. They were sharply opposed, for example, to the inclusion of $341 million in aid to sustain the shaky government of Premier Lon Nol in Cambodia. They were also angered at the Administration's all-out and successful effort to defeat the Cooper-Church amendment, which would have forbidden any use of U.S. funds in Indochina except to withdraw U.S. troops. This lost by only three votes as White House officials threatened a Nixon...
Nonetheless, Lon Nol appears buoyantly confident. "We Khmers have always had two very important things in our favor," he said two weeks ago. "First is our race. Second is our religion. Now we have a third: the way we defend ourselves." With, of course, a little help from their friends...