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...back to school for Julie and David Eisenhower. The President's younger daughter announced last week that she will attend education classes at Catholic University in Washington while her husband goes to Naval Officer Candidate School in Newport, R.I. In opting for a teaching career, Julie chucked her earlier ambition to make documentary films. She explained that she did not want to trade on her name. Noting that mother had once been a teacher, Julie said: "Teaching is a great career for women. You never get dissatisfied...
...sailboat races go, it was an unmitigated disaster. By the time the two 12-meters rounded the second of six marks in the waters off Newport, Australia's Gretel II was already 5 min. 28 sec. ahead of France, skippered by Baron Marcel Bich. At the fourth mark, the margin was 24 min. 15 sec.-and then the baron had gotten lost in the fog. The race was finally called 43 minutes after Gretel II crossed the finish line. That made it four out of four for the Aussies, who now have the honor of mounting the 21st challenge...
...knows the baron doubts him for an instant. That he was in Newport at all is testimony enough to his determination-and wealth. Until 1962, the ballpoint-pen magnate had never even heard of the America's Cup. His sailing experience scarcely went beyond weekend cruising. But then he saw a Paris Match story on the 1962 races, was smitten by the majesty of it all, and decided to challenge for France. To learn about 12-meter design, he bought both contenders in the 1964 competition: Britain's Sovereign and the U.S.'s Constellation, Designer Olin Stephens...
Everything but Experience. By the time Bich arrived in Newport last June, he had spent upwards of $2,000,000. The only thing lacking was what money could not buy-experience. That was something the Australians had in abundance. Sir Frank Packer and Designer Alan Payne had been the 1962 challengers and, though they lost, Gretel I did win a race from the Americans. This time they were on hand with an obviously much improved Gretel II and a crew of towering hearties headed by Veteran Blue-water Skipper James Hardy...
...closely until the final stages, when the Australians went on to win. But then in the third race, Gretel II's superiority-and that of her crew-became more marked. The Aussies won in a walk, and to all intents and purposes that was it. No one in Newport was really surprised when Bich elected to take the helm himself and go down with his ship in the fourth race...