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Attack Norm Forbush, who hit a peak yesterday after steadily improving following an early season injury, powered the squad with six goals and an assist, including a shot with two seconds remaining to give Harvard...
...than usual. Because of a turbine breakdown at a Conrail power station, their trains into the city would be half an hour behind schedule. Fearing that the delays could be much longer, thousands of travelers took to their cars. But just as rush hour reached its bumper-to-bumper peak, a 4-sq.-ft. section of cement roadbed in the southbound lane of Manhattan's elevated West Side highway suddenly collapsed and tumbled to the ground below. While a repair crew patched the hole with a metal plate traffic backed up for three hours. Said one fatigued driver...
Three rapid-fire singles victories shattered any hopes that the Bruins might have had for rescuing the afternoon clinching the match for the Crimson. Mike Turner, picking a fortuitous moment in the season to peak, played his best tennis of the year, sitting down John Hare in straight sets, 6-1, 6-2. Warren Grossman and Bob Horne also recorded straight set victories, dispatching Phil Diaz and John Hare, respectively...
...break loose. Rocks, bricks and Molotov cocktails began to fly. As police reinforcements rushed in, an orgy of burning and looting swept down Railton Road, a principal neighborhood shopping avenue, leaving automobiles gutted and shops in flames. Streets were littered with looted appliances, clothing and costume jewelry. At the peak of the violence, more than 1,000 police in riot gear, huddled like Roman legionnaires behind shields, battled some 600 black West Indian youths, interspersed with a few masked white rioters...
Taking the pessimism and "what-if" of the press in stride, Slayton reminded everyone. "This is not our first time in space. We've done it before and our crew is at the peak of its training...