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Died. Balfour Bowen Thorn Lord, 58, Democratic Party chief in New Jersey since 1961 and chairman for 17 years of powerful Mercer County (which includes Trenton), a skillful organizer who in 1954 was widely credited with electing Governor Robert B. Meyner after ten years of Republican rule, but proved less successful himself in 1960 when he ran for the U.S. Senate against Clifford Case, losing by 335,861 votes (while President Kennedy won the state by 22,091), after which he helped his former law partner Richard Hughes win the governorship in 1962; by his own hand (depressed...
...League co-champions Dartmouth and Princeton dominated the team. Dartmouth placed four men on the first team including attackman Lee Mercer and goalie Brian Walsh, both repeaters from last year's team...
...alumni procession will be led by the Chief Marshal, Douglas Mercer '40, partner in the Boston law firm of Ropes and Gray. The alumni, class by class, beginning with the oldest, march past the dignitaries assembled on the steps of Widener...
...actors--Beverly Doyle (Isabel), Jim Shapiro (Alex) and Thomas King (Absolom)--and their "working partners"--Jesse Kornbluth, John Mercer, and Judy Zellweger--also performed some improvisations by way of demonstrating their rehearsal technique...
...Better than Budge," said famed Coach Mercer Beasley-and who was Rod to argue when he was guaranteed $110,000 to play with the pros? "If you really want the satisfaction of knowing how good you can be," Laver explained, "you've got to pit yourself against guys like Rosewall and Gonzales. My ambition is to become No. 1-and stay there as long as possible...