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Married. Lesley Hornby, 27, singer and former model, better known as Twiggy; and Michael Witney, 44, an American actor (The Way West, W);she for the first time, he for the second; in Richmond, England...
...immediate consequence of his arrest was a phone call from his older brother, then a rising young politician headed eventually for the governor's mansion. The Richmond papers had picked the Evans name out of the wire story on the Harvard violence, and his brother wanted to know why Mac was involved. The arrest of his brother didn't hurt Lester Evans politically; he became lieutenant governor and would certainly have made it at least to the governor's chair. But he developed a brain tumor that killed him in office. His brother's experience, as well as his father...
Evans tries to tie his life back together, but without much success. His girlfriend during the campaign, the first woman he had been close to since college, decides to marry her old boyfriend. He feels alienated from his contemporaries in Richmond, and so leaves. As the novel ends, he finally falls asleep on a northbound train...
...father's testimony before a Congressional committee. But it reads quickly, and to some, may make a powerful argument for staying out of politics. It does, however, make a strong case for electing Shadwell governor this year, and the publicity the novel is receiving in the Washington and Richmond press may make that possible. The real question now is whether Epps will follow The Shad Treatment with another novel. His first is filled with as much promise as the candidate he describes...
...unquestioned star of the meet was Northeastern sophomore Bruce Bickford, who outran Hillary Tuwei of Richmond University in the stretch of the 3000 meter steeplechase to set a meet record of 8:34.76. The old record was 8:41.0, set by Miguel Roche of Rutgers...