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Elsewhere round the country, it is mostly ashes for the G.O.P. In the Northeastern and mid-Atlantic states, the Democrats hope to pick up as many as 16 congressional seats. Connecticut's Democratic Congresswoman Ella Grasso, 55, is favored to become the first woman in the nation's history to be elected Governor on her own by defeating Republican Robert Steele, himself an attractive young Congressman...
...Midwest, traditional stronghold of the G.O.P., the Republicans could lose up to 22 of their 69 congressional seats-as many as six in the bastions of Nebraska and Iowa. In the 13 Western states, the Democrats should pick up at least five and perhaps as many as eleven congressional seats. The most interesting Senate fight is in Colorado, where Democrat Gary Hart, 36, George McGovern's presidential campaign manager in 1972, is trying to link conservative G.O.P. Senator Peter Dominick, 59, to some of the tainted milk money collected for President Nixon's reelection...
...Education and Labor Committee would be split in two. A new Labor Committee would take over nontax aspects of unemployment compensation from Ways and Means and legislation dealing with civil service and postal workers. A new Education Committee would pick up responsibility for the elderly, the arts and humanities and a vast array of federal educational programs...
CORNELL: All-Ivy goalie Jon Ross assures a strong defensive squad this year, but the Big Red will have to rely on unknown transfers such as Dave Sarachen and Abdullah Jezaj to pick up the offense...
DARTMOUTH-PRINCETON--I'm tempted to pick another upset here, but I can't quite see it. The Tigers' 40-13 win at Columbia looks impressive enough, but it seems like a disorganized bunch of drunks could beat the Lions. Dartmouth's drive for another title begins here. Darmouth 23, Princeton...