Word: pennsylvania
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...guerrilla warfare by delaying senatorial consideration of William Brown, Richard Nixon's Republican nominee for the chairmanship of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. While the holding action will not prevent Brown's eventual confirmation, it did embarrass Nixon and anger Senate Republican Whip Hugh Scott of Pennsylvania, the man who had first suggested Brown for the job. Further, Dirksen continued to block the appointment of Dr. John Knowles, director of Massachusetts General Hospital, as an Assistant Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare. Although HEW Secretary Robert Finch has argued for Knowles, Dirksen is going along with American Medical...
Today's match with the Bruins is a toss-up. One of Brown's losses was a resounding 6-2 defeat at the hands of Princeton a team Harvard beat last Saturday 3-1. But the Crimson has dropped games to Pennsylvania and Army, and Brown had no trouble defeating either of these opponents...
Harvard's undefeated heavyweight crew lays it all on the line when it races the University of Pennsylvania and Navy of the Adams Cup tomorrow on Philadelphia's Schuylkill River...
Rated by Crimson Coach Harry Parker as "one of the strongest crews around. Princeton got off to an impressive start this season by rolling over Rutgers, Northeastern and Navy before losing by only three-quarters of a length to perennially powerful Pennsylvania. An experienced boat, all but one of the Tiger starters is a returning veteran from last year's crew, which finished third in the Intercollegiate Rowing Association...
...news of campus unrest, it was a week to be worried about. In addition to the turmoil at Harvard, there were sit-ins or strikes at Stanford, Columbia, Cornell, Atlanta, Kent State in Ohio, Queens College in New York, Mount St. Mary's in Maryland, Albright College in Pennsylvania, Southern University in Louisiana. The potential dangers from continuing disorders at U.S. schools was brought into sharp relief when the American Council on Education, which represents 1,500 institutions and associations of higher learning, issued a stern four-page warning to the universities. "The academic community," the Council said...