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...Emphasizing its new status, however, Pakistan let it be known it would not welcome Lord Louis Mountbatten, last Viceroy of India and now Britain's First Sea Lord, who planned to visit Pakistan in the course of a round-robin visit to Commonwealth naval commanders. Pakistan links Mountbatten with bitter memories of the partition of India and Pakistan. Mountbatten bowed gracefully to the protests and canceled his visit...
...Olympic hockey team, picked in pre-Olympic polls to finish no better than fourth, rolled to a 9-4 victory over Czechoslovakia at Cortina, Italy, Saturday to end up second in the round-robin competition...
Russia's ice hockey team poured in three last-period goals yesterday on its way to a convincing 4 to 0 victory over the United States. The win puts Russia at the head of round-robin competition in the Winter Olympic Games at Cortina...
...record, America with a 1-1 record, and Poland with a 0-2 record, in Group B. The top two teams from each of the three groups enter the finals. Canada and Russia, the two leading favorites, have already assured themselves of spots in the final round-robin...
...Round-robin voting by the independents and abstentions by the Civic Association-endorsed members prevented the election of Cambridge's new mayor at the City Council's meeting last night and ended the session in a deadlock in less that one-half hour. After five futile ballots, the council voted to adjourn until next Monday...