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Harvard finished the road trip on a sour note, however, when it fell, 82-79, to Valpairaso the next night. The Crusaders, who had lost to a weak Springfield team earlier, took advantage of the Crimson's poor shooting and lackluster play. Lewis kept Harvard in the game with 26 points and 18 rebounds...
...grams generate waves throughout the Navy, the main impact among the some 40 ships of the Sixth Fleet in the Mediterranean has been to push all commanders into a new concern for the dependents of their seagoing officers and men. When the U.S.S. Springfield recently put into Malta, more than 20 petty officers' wives from the ship's home port of Gaeta awaited the ship's arrival, because for the first time their husbands were permitted to spend nights ashore at a transient stop. Some 450 men from the carrier John F. Kennedy are flying home for Christmas thanks...
...concern also shows up in the new dialogue that has developed among skippers, the men they command and Navy wives. Aboard the Springfield, Fleet Commander Vice Admiral Isaac Kidd holds forth in ombudsmen meetings at the same polished table where he and his senior commanders conferred in September with President Nixon. At a recent session, one wife complained that U.S. naval families based in Italy knew too little Italian. Kidd ordered a three-month trial of voluntary lessons. On another complaint, Kidd said he would order Navy doctors and dentists in Naples to visit Gaeta more regularly to treat dependents...
...known fact that some bacteria "eat" oil. Can this be applied to oil spills at sea? Though well-funded research projects are under way at such famous oceanographic centers as Rutgers University and Florida State University, the most promising results have come from a small, modestly financed firm in Springfield, Va. Going beyond most other researchers, Bioteknika International Inc. has produced a special microbe "cocktail" that seems to break oil down into carbon dioxide, water, sugars and proteins−all of which enhance marine life...
...victory for the Crimson would have made it top challenger to Springfield's claim as the top team in New England. Harvard's record dropped to 4-2, while Massachusetts remained undefeated...