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From the fall of 1967 through the spring of 1968, Kasler was tortured frequently by Magoo and an interrogator called "the Elf," because he was a wizened 75-pounder. Kasler was moved into solitary confinement, where he got little medical attention, even though his leg was still swollen and badly infected. But the worst was yet to come. The violent antiwar reaction in the U.S. that followed the Communist 1968 Tet offensive apparently convinced Hanoi that the war could be won by propaganda. A maximum effort was made at the Zoo to get prisoners to appear before various peace delegations...
Jonathan Diehl emerged with the day's second pin when the 160-pounder downed Edward Champion. Frank Plimpton became champion of the 167-lb. class, which had the largest number of competitors at ten, by decisioning Sean Rice...
...results in the other weight divisions are unpredictable. Freshman Bill Haley will wrestle as a 126-pounder, and Mitch Silverman will continue as a replacement for the injured Carl Biello in the 134-lb. division. George Baker will represent Harvard in the 142-lb group...
Mike Dee and Rock Hinkel will wrestle as 150 and 158 Pounder and Jim Strathmever will grapple in the 177-lb. division. Paul Dowling will go in the unlimited division...
...biggest Crimson defeat came in the 150-lb, division, when the B.U. grappler won with a 10-0 score against Eli Hassime. In other divisions, the B.U. 118-pounder beat Harvard sophomore Paul McGill, 8-7. Howard O'Brian in the 158-lb, category and John Alder in the 167-lb, match lost to their B.U. rivals with 3-2 and 3-1 scores, respectively...