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Indiana Night. The battle was a standoff for the first three quarters. In the fourth, Underdog Oregon State took the lead for the first time, 46-45. But Oregon's Halbrook, overeager, guarded Indiana's Schlundt too closely, and went out on personal fouls (after scoring 23 points) five minutes before the end of the quarter. Indiana won the game in overtime, 76-72, for their sixth straight of the season, thanks in good part to Don Schlundt's 34 points...
...Soccer Standoff...
...soccer games were scheduled yesterday but only one was played. Winthrop forfeited to Lowell. In the other, Kirkland and Dunster played to a 1-1 standoff. The game--which went to two overtimes--was marked by strong defensive playing by both teams. Dunster goalie Ken Rose and Kirkland goalie Al Gottschalk both stopped offensive challenges many times. Bob Walser kicked the Funster goal; Kirkland scored on a penalty kick booted by Dick Armstrong...
...Florida, post-convention switches in political allegiance produced a high-level standoff. After resigning as Palm Beach County Republican committeewoman, Mrs. James Dinsmore Tew II last week announced that she planned to campaign for Adlai Stevenson and "never felt stronger about a candidate in my life." The same day Mrs. Bessie L. Boyd announced her resignation as Democratic committeewoman from Dade County (Miami). Said Mrs. Boyd: "We need a change in Washington...
Last week, after the votes were counted, the pundits could detect little, if any, psychological radiation. The vote was almost a standoff: Taft, 64,619; Ike, 64,004. Ike carried 38 counties, Taft 30. Taft's power in the rural areas, enhanced by his speeches for farm price supports and against universal military training, was largely offset by Ike's strength in the cities...