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Image to Shuck. To try to shuck his loser's image, Nixon hopes for accelerating primary triumphs in New Hampshire, Wisconsin, Oregon and Nebraska. His aides say that he may also enter other state primaries against favorite-son Republicans. Nixon forces are banking, optimistically, on a first-or second-ballot victory at the convention...
...hours later, Harvard was a loser for the fourth time in six outings by 72-67, and Wilson deserved prophet status. In the first half, when Harvard fell hopelessly behind by 20 points, the Crimson gave the ball away 14 times...
After three years of staggering losses that have earned it the dubious distinction of No. 1 money loser in West Germany, Salzgitter AG, the government-owned steel giant slumbering in the strip next to the East German border, is going to be shaken up. A plan approved by the Bonn Cabinet foresees mergers of its component parts with private industry and, if need be, the shutdown of unprofitable plants. In 1966, on sales of $800 million, Salzgitter suffered a net loss of $45 million...
...Excitement. After a cordial election-night meeting with Taft, in which the loser proclaimed Cleveland "the least bigoted city in America" and Mrs. Taft gave Shirley Stokes a bouquet of long-stemmed roses, the mayor-elect named a new police chief, Inspector Michael ("Sledgehammer Mike") Blackwell; a safety director, Joseph McManamon; and a police prosecutor, James Carnes. All three are white. One of the first orders to the police department was to discard the riot helmets that had symbolized hostility to the ghetto dwellers...
...State suffered the humiliation of a decade, losing 37-7 to a surprising Houston team that everybody had overlooked, lost again to U.S.C. before finally posting a win over Wisconsin. Texas? Defeated by both U.S.C. and Texas Tech before venting its frustration on Oklahoma State. Miami? Another two-time loser-to Northwestern and Penn State-before seeing some sunlight against Tulane...