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William E. Colby had just returned from Richard Welch's funeral at Arlington National Cemetery. Still dressed in a somber charcoal gray pin-stripe suit and dark tie, the CIA Director held a 90-minute interview with TIME Correspondent Strobe Talbott. Colby's successor-designate, George Bush, is expected to be confirmed by the Senate shortly after Congress reconvenes next week. Soon after that Colby will retire, ending a quarter-century in the CIA. In the excerpts, Colby gives his personal views on a number of issues involving the record of the CIA and its proper role...
...disclosed that a man claiming to be the head of the F.A.L.N. called the New York police to say that his organization had committed the crime. The leads were promising, but they were still only leads. As 1976 began, the FBI and the police were still trying to pin down for sure who had turned the holiday season into a tragedy for so many people...
...Pin the Wound. The annual proliferation of decorations has led critics to observe that the government selects winners with the same skill as the blindfold player in a game of pin-the-tail-on-the-donkey. Periodic attempts to cut back on medal giving, however, have usually failed. True, the Revolution halted the French kings' practice of showering crosses, ribbons, stars, neckpieces, plaques and palms on court favorites, but not for long. Revolutionary Louis de Saint-Just made the bizarre proposal that decorations awarded to those wounded in the revolutionary struggle be affixed to the exact area...
...Crimson's hopes for an upset were deflated at the outset. After James Kaller had been outpointed in the 18 class, Yasunaga was pinned by his Hofstra opponent, who is ranked third nationally. The matmen were then successively cut down up to the 158 pound slot held down by Corcoran. In a show-stopping clash Corcoran racked up a pin with only two seconds left in the match, while trailing...
...Crimson's sole win over Hofstra was a show stopping clash in which Jim Corcoran, trailing 2-1, racked up a pin with only two seconds lift in the match...