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Hooks' most impressive first place of the day came in the 440-yard relay. Anchoring the foursome, he came from ten yards behind to motor his way by the unsuspecting Northeastern runner and nip him at the tape at 43.8 seconds...
...gloomy stillness enveloped Ford Motor Co.'s normally bustling assembly plant in Metuchen, NJ. The plant was closed all last week to reduce a mounting backlog of unsold Pintos and Mercury Bobcats, two of the smallest models Ford produces. At the same time, a bulging inventory of Chevrolet's sub-compact Vegas prompted General Motors Corp. to eliminate a second shift at its huge superautomated plant in Lordstown, Ohio...
...Patti Smith is lounging in bed at Howard Johnson Motor Hotel in Kenmore Square. She's wearing a "Rastafarian" t-shirt. Her pencil thin arms fly out of the round stove holes of the too big t-shirt as she talks to some Mr. Jones journalists wearing bow ties...
Lower-class families, in turn, demand that their son's new in-laws hand over transistor radios, motor scooters and sewing machines as well as cash. Fathers of the bride quickly learn that the local moneylender is their best friend. In rural areas, farmers frequently borrow bank money for "agricultural development," then spend it on their daughter's dowry. For generations, family savings have been wiped out by the dowry payments...
...quiet crowd of about 75 Jimmy Carter supporters watched Massachusetts primary returns at the Boston Howard Johnson Motor Hotel as their candidate finished fourth...