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...outlast Tiger opponent Milt Wilcox (now 13-12), Sox hurler Luis Tiant whirled and spun for five strong innings, retiring in the sixth when Ron LeFlore guessed correctly on a Tiant hesitation-ephus pitch, punching it into the left field screens. Tiant left the game complaining of a slight muscle pull behind his left knee...
...Anne Krupsak and State Senator Jeremiah Bloom. Spending $1.5 million-ten times as much as either of his opponents-Carey veered sharply to the right during the campaign, emphasizing his efforts to restore fiscal solvency to New York City and his modest state tax cuts. Though playing up his slight stiffening of the juvenile crime laws, he remained firmly opposed to capital punishment. This is the issue that will be stressed by his G.O.P. adversary, Long Island State Assemblyman Perry Duryea, who expects to attract some normally Democratic votes in crime-ridden New York City...
...have it harvested. This year there is a big U.S. crop, but also Government supports and the hope of a heavy overseas sale. The price is $3 a bushel, not enough to turn a farmer's thoughts to a new Mercedes, but enough to turn a slight profit...
...announcements gave a slight but encouraging boost to the embattled dollar. Said Lawrence Krause, an economist with the Brookings Institution: "The Administration is playing it very wisely so far. You don't want to panic the markets the other way and shoot up the value of the dollar. Dribbling these things out is just right to keep everyone except yourself guessing." The White House, in fact, plans to announce some new but limited measures to bolster the dollar every few days for the next two or three weeks. Before going off on their separate vacations, President Carter and other...
...identity of the 263rd Supreme Pontiff of the Roman Catholic Church. In the first days after Paul's death, Luciani, 65, Patriarch of Venice, had been mentioned only as a remote compromise candidate if the conclave reached a deadlock. Now he was in the window, a frail-looking, slight, bespectacled figure in ponifical vestments, lifting his hands gingerly in the papal salute, offering blessing with a brisk gesture of his right hand, nodding smilingly at the excited crowd below...