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...task of removing the bodies from Guyana and embalming them was expensive, but the Government would not yet predict the total costs. The fact that U.S. taxpayers were bearing the cost upset at least two Congressmen, Illinois Republican Philip Crane and Rhode Island Democrat Edward Beard. They publicly protested the use of federal funds (unofficial estimates of the cost have run as high as $8 million) to transport and process the decayed remains. Said Crane: "Although the entire situation is deplorable, the responsibility to bring the loved ones back to the United States rests with the families, not the Federal...
...scene is Providence, Rhode Island. March 5, 1978. The event is the Eastern Championship Final of the 400-yd. freestyle relay. The outcome will determine the victor of the three-day title meet, the most important yearly event in Eastern swimming. After a heart-stopping eight man duel, it comes down to a fraction of a second--Princeton freshman star Andy O'Hara touches out Crimson superduper star Bobby Hackett to win the race and the meet...
Such uninspiring fencing dominated the Harvard womens team's adequate rather than brilliant 15-1 thrashing of the heavy-footed foursome from Rhode Island College last night...
After dropping two of her first five touches to Loretta Jeffries, the only Rhode Island fencer who moved back and forth on the balls of her feet rather than clomping up and down like a flat-footed Frankenstein, Lowry captured 18 of her last 19 points in winning all four of her bouts...
...strip next to the varsity's, the J.V. women's fencers pasted Rhode Island 15-1 and two of them, well-skilled freshman Carolyn Powell and junior Jenny Laforet looked particularly polished as they put away easy victories and made all but Lowry on the varsity concerned about the security of their places in the top four...