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...long since led a lot of Republicans to fear that the G.O.P. might be playing second fiddle to Ike's nine iron during this year's match-play presidential campaign. For months, many influential Republicans had been desperately trying to get Ike to think less about par and more about politics-at least to the extent of expressing himself on party principles, policies and candidacies before the G.O.P. convention in July. Again and again, Ike said he'd prefer a straight-down-the-middle stance, supporting no one, rejecting...
...Mickey Wright, 29: first-place money ($1,250) in the Muskogee (Okla.) Civitan Open golf tournament with a three-over-par 213, nine strokes better than second-place Marlene Hagge. The victory, fourth in six tournaments this year, brought her 1964 winnings to $7,400, almost twice as much as any other woman golf...
Companies buy Government securities in order to put their money to work and nail down safe interest rates; people buy them either to collect the interest or to speculate on the fluctuating prices of bonds, which move around in a range just above or below par value. Another attraction is that low margin requirements permit an investor to buy $100,000 worth of Government securities by putting down as little as $5,000 cash; if the bond's value rises just one-half point, he earns $500. Bond dealers are made or broken by their ability to predict instinctively...
...small, tricky course in Hanover foiled the squad, and Dartmouth edged them out, 4-2. The Green proved its familiarity with the course, as one Indian shot par and two others only one over par...
John Olson, shooting number six, ran into hard luck, as he has all season. He shot a 72 (two over par) but was paired with the Dartmouth golfer who shot a par score, and he lost one up. Olson had turned in the best round at the Easterns last weekend, when the Crimson placed a disappointing twelfth of 14 teams...