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...conference was beset by organizational problems, most notably the ineptitude of most of the conference organizers. Rumors kept circulating that the whole conference was, in fact, a sham cleverly disguised by a small group of Ivy League students, who knew each other from high school back in Harverford, Pa., to have a reunion financed by their student governments. The rumor, strangely, seemed credible--all these people could do was pass resolutions, talk for hours on end to no purpose, and argue about procedure. Nevertheless, 20 Harvard-Radcliffe students thought it worth their time and effort to do the research necessary...
Robyn L. Mockrik Millersville, Pa...
Rail Road, Strasburg, Pa...
...Kraus, a 22-year-old from Lansdale, Pa., got his decorations says much about the postrevolution confusion in Iran. On the morning of Feb. 14, six weeks after he joined the 20-member Marine guard at the U.S. embassy in Tehran, he was just coming off duty when he heard the sound of gunfire. Over his VHF radio he heard someone shout, "They're attacking ... they're coming over the wall!" Grabbing a shotgun, he ran to the commissary, helped lead some U.S. and Iranian staffers to safety, then moved to a nearby restaurant. Bullets smashed the windows...
...second time in as many nights, the Harvard women's basketball team suffered a mental lapse that cost it a victory. Saturday night the cagers fell 68-61, in their last regular season contest, to the University of Pennsylvania at the Palestra in Philadelphia, Pa...