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...Lions do have two returning lettermen starting at forward: Joel Hoffman and Tuck Ganzenmuller, who have averaged 11.4 and 9.4 points per game...
...Nader's chief target had been G.M.'s Corvair, whose 1960-63 models' rear wheels had a tendency to "tuck under," supposedly causing rolls and skids. Last week in Los Angeles, G.M. for the first time lost a damage suit involving Corvair design; a jury awarded $66,000 in damages to two passengers in a Corvair that in 1960 skidded into a roadside culvert and overturned. Corvair's record in suits of this type is now 1 lost, 3 won, 17 dismissed or settled out of court, and 133 pending...
...furor over auto safety. The special target of Author Ralph Nader (Unsafe at Any Speed) and other industry critics has been G.M.'s sporty little rear-engine Corvair. The 1960-63 models of the car had an axle design that was criticized for causing the rear wheels to "tuck under," thereby enhancing the possibility of rolls and skids. Partly due to such publicity, Corvair sales so far this year have been half those for the same period...
Bigger Competitor. Lockheed's rival in the competition is Boeing Co., which has not won a major military plane or missile award since 1958. Boeing is betting on a swing-wing model whose wings tuck back at high speed and open out for landings. Called the Boeing SST 733, it could achieve the same speed and stratospheric altitude as Lockheed's 2000. Boeing is building a mockup, plans to display it around September. The plane has just undergone major modifications, making it heavier (300 tons v. Lockheed's 250 tons), longer...
...match was nip-and-tuck all the way. With the score tied 4-4, Princeton number five man Nick Kourides, an agile tennis convert with deep strokes, battled Steve Simpson before a packed gallery on the number 10 court. The steady Kourides rallied from a 13-11 deficit in the fourth game to win the game and match, 16-15, dropping the final shot beyond the reach of a diving Simpson...