Word: stadiums
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Tuesday, July 22 1969 ALL-STAR BASEBALL GAME (NBC, 7:30 p.m. to conclusion). A centennial salute to the national sport from Robert F. Kennedy Stadium in Washington, with pre-game cheers offered by Curt Gowdy, Tony Kubek and Mickey Mantle...
...that Nixon "knows more about baseball than I do. I was amazed to hear him say he'd been following the Senators on his trip to Midway." Nixon and David Eisenhower attend games together and frequently talk baseball. One re cent evening, the duo sped out to the stadium, Nixon rushing away from a press conference, David forsaking his bride...
Football is another favorite. At a stadium or in front of a television set, the President follows gridiron action closely, often memorizing key plays. Says White House Aide Bud Wilkinson, former University of Oklahoma football coach: "He can recall what happened in the third quarter of a game he saw twelve years ago-and even remember the name of the guy who made the play." When the Redskins kick off in the fall, Nixon is sure to be at Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium rooting them on from the owners...
...players. Frank Gifford, the sports broadcaster who once played halfback for the Giants, recalls Nixon's days as a New York lawyer: "He is a football nut. He used to come to the dressing room and ask everybody probing questions about the game. When I lived near Yankee Stadium, I used to have people over after the game, maybe a dozen players, and Nixon would come. He didn't ask dumb questions." Sports stars are frequent guests at the White House; Arnold Palmer, Bart Starr and Billy Casper dropped by recently...
...guess is also that most people voted to return to classes because they were tired of striking. I would guess, too, that the first stadium meeting might have voted to suspend the strike if God hadn't sent us such a beautiful spring day. And I would guess that every strike at Harvard--unless its purpose in the eyes of almost every participant is to rectify outstanding political grievances--will run into a gloomy day on which it will...