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...Matheson, 22, Duke, 6 ft. 3 in., 235 Ibs., and Jim Lynch, 21, Notre Dame, 6 ft. 1 in., 225 Ibs. Michigan State's "monster man" (meaning roving linebacker), Webster, in one scout's opinion, is "the best all-around college athlete in the country. In a pinch, he can even play defensive safety or cornerback." Matheson is also adaptable ("He has the ability to play tight end on offense"), and Lynch is "a real leader who is always conscious of the clock and tries to tackle the ball, not just...
...winner Columbia, is undergoing "extreme alterations" in San Diego. The other: Intrepid, which will be skippered by Emil ("Bus") Mosbacher, the victorious pilot of 1962, will not be launched until April. Intrepid was designed by Olin Stephens, creator of Columbia and of the 1964 winner Constellation. In a pinch, Constellation might get a second call. Though she is now owned by The Netherlands' Pierre Goemans, she has been leased as a "trial horse" by the Intrepid syndicate, and can thus fly the U.S. flag. The Aussies may have the jump on U.S. yachtsmen, but it is still a long...
...main effect of the three-month-old Wilson squeeze has been to pinch vital private capital investment much harder than most Britons had expected. The government's Board of Trade last week predicted that investment will drop 7% or 8% next year. The Confederation of British Industry expects an even worse fall-15% to 25% during the next twelve months...
...will have to institute a need clause in the loan application so that the poorest credit risks will be given priority. In the meantime President Johnson should press the new Congress to pass a bill making $30 million available to the colleges for present loan needs, easing the financial pinch until permanent changes can be made...
Kresge knew well how to pinch pennies-or at least nickels and dimes. He bought his clothes off the ready-to-wear racks, traveled in a Pullman upper berth because the fare was lower than for the lower. He allowed himself the luxury of a 10? shoeshine, but stopped after his shoeshine boy raised the price to 15?. Colleagues once persuaded him to take up golf as a hobby, along with beekeeping he had enjoyed since boyhood, but he soon gave up the game because he lost too many golf balls. Invited to speak at the 1953 dedication of Harvard...