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...FOOLING OF KING ALEXANDER by Mervyn Skipper, illustrated by Gaynor Chapman (Atheneum; $4.50). A small Chinese boy saves his country by tricking the great conqueror Alexander. First published in 1930, the story is still good, the illustrations excellent...
...Democratic side, affable, grey-haired Roy Archibald, 47, defeated Edward Keating, 42, former publisher of the New Left Ramparts magazine, by 15,069 votes to 8,881. Keating, who billed himself as the "real" peace candidate, stood fast for Proposition P. Archibald, a wartime PT-boat skipper who is a West Coast spokesman for the National Education Association and an able former mayor of San Mateo, voiced mild qualms over U.S. tactics in Viet Nam but supported the U.S. commitment...
Jane H. Chalmers '69 was high-scoring skipper, taking four firsts, six seconds, and three thirds in the 13 races. Nancy E. Kleckner '68 and Barbara M. Edwards '70 alternated as her crew...
...division skipper Martha C. Fransson '68 scored second highest in her division with 128 points. She and crew Hope T. McCurdy '68 took five firsts, three seconds, a third, a fourth, a fifth, and a six. They failed to finish one race...
Michael S. Horn, coach of the Radcliffe sailing team, cited Miss Chalmers' extensive experience and the sudden appearance of Miss Fransson as an outstanding skipper as the major reasons for Radcliffe's success...