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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Into Washington last week tootled a brightly painted car that, its builders claim, had made the more than 800-mile drive from Oak Hill, Fla., on only twelve gallons of diesel fuel. Ralph Moody, 61, and Mike Shetley, 36, two former employees of the Ford racing team, had come to show Henry Jackson's Senate Energy Committee the converted 1979 Mercury Capri that they contend gets more than 57.2 m.p.g. in city driving and nearly 80 m.p.g. on the highway. They say that it also accelerates from 0 to 60 in 17 seconds and has a top speed...
...curtain came down much too quickly on the Harvard baseball team this weekend. The Crimson's 3-1 loss at Cornell on Friday and omnipotent 7-0, 6-2 sweep of Army on Saturday proved one loss too many to catch first-place Navy (10-4) for the Eastern League baseball crown. The "finest lads" of the EIBL, who had groped for consistency worthy of their potential all season long, are now without a season, without a goal, without a bus ride until next year...
...NOTEBOOK: Kelley got a hit in each of the Army games to finish the season with a fifteen-game streak....The highlight of the return bus trip was the intense competition in the home version of "Family Feud." The team of Kelley, Stewart, Pearce, and Dan Doctoroff took the championship, while M.C. duties were handled by Mike "Our survey said!" Stenhouse...
...Each team took a power ten at the 500 meter mark, but the Terriers pulled out to a three-seat lead, building gradually on the margin. Radcliffe followed Huntsman's strategy, taking tens and driving the cadence up through the middle...
Coach Ted Washburn's heavyweight freshmen crew, also undefeated before the Sprints, met disaster with about 500 meters remaining, when two members of the team caught crabs (a complete loss of synchronization with the rest of the boat). The Crimson, second before the miscue, settled for fifth behind Yale, Northeastern, Wisconsin and Cornell...