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...Before the regatta we were worried because the races were held in the Naval Academy's 14,foot Skipjack Class sloops," coach Mike Horn said. "Not all of the girls had experience with this type of rig, and we were afraid they might have some trouble adjusting...
...brainless, sweaty old men, but today there's a lot of drivers dressed better than most people." Some even wear neckties on the road. Drivers are no longer required to help with the chores of loading and unloading; mechanics, not drivers, make any necessary repairs to the rig en route...
...York City's Parks Department had a problem: tree thieves. One night somebody pinched 80 rhododendrons along upper Fifth Avenue; last year thieves dug up and hauled away more than $55,000 worth of newly planted shrubs and trees. Now the Parks people rig each new planting with a chain shackled to a stake. The stake is dropped into the hole and turned horizontally. Then the plant roots are arranged around the stake, the hole is filled and the entire gadget concealed with earth. The Parks Department claims it has foiled at least one would-be thief. Workmen...
...Floridians, including Boy Scouts and housewives, who have contributed money for her construction. She is, by Morgan's description, "a big mamoo," beefy in the middle and stubby at the ends. Like the other contenders, Heritage has a deck that is as clean as a dance floor; her rig, says Morgan is "bendy as a buggy whip." Though his ship is distinctly a long shot, Morgan says that nothing is going to stop him from "fulfilling my wildest dream...
More Untapped Riches. Exploration around Malaysia is also picking up. Gulf, Mobil and Amoco have received concessions off the west coast; Esso has drilled four wells off the east coast since last May and has found enough promising signs to call up another rig. Royal Dutch/Shell, which has the only offshore wells now producing in Southeast Asia, has brought a third rig from the U.S. to its site off Brunei. And half a dozen companies have begun surveys off southern Thailand...