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...September dissenters met in Springfield, Colo., to launch a new national organization called American Agriculture. Ten days later, 2,000 farmers from 19 states gathered in Pueblo, Colo. When Agriculture Secretary Bob Bergland came to address the group, some farmers greeted him with boos and catcalls. The farmers told Bergland they were supplying food for a nation that either did not understand their problems or did not give a hoot about them. They demanded that the Federal Government boost price supports to 100% parity, a figure based on the prices that farmers received in the relatively prosperous period from...
That left one other troublesome bishop to deal with: the Right Rev. Albert A. Chambers, retired bishop of Springfield, Ill., who has for months been conducting confirmations in schismatic parishes over the objections of resident bishops. Chambers, wearing purple shirt and clerical collar, told his sports-shirted colleagues: "There is no doubt about it -I have broken the constitution and canons of the church." But, he said, the dissidents' pastoral needs must take priority...
Winning both the second singles division and the doubles competition, the Crimson finished on top of the 19-school field with 12 points (the same total with which they clinched the Greater Boston tourney just a week ago). Boston University and Springfield College placed second and third, scoring ten and eight respectively. Ever-present Wellesley pulled in six victory points to grab the fourth position...
Pierpont, a freshman, then cooked an MIT hopeful breadstick and bagel, and outsteadied Barbara Arvanitis from Springfield at the baseline, winning three and one in the semifinals. In the finals, Pierpont cruised by B.U.'s Lida Prypchon, giving up only one game in each...
Freshman Martha Roberts, playing number one singles as she has throughout the season, advanced to the semifinals with her serve and volley game, before falling to the eventual champion, Robin Rich of Springfield, 6-0, 6-2. Roberts eliminated UMass' Cathy Maher, the fifth ranking woman in Canada, in the second round, four and two, after defeating the Worcester Polytech entry, 6-2, 6-0, in her opener...