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...umpteenth time, management negotiators were willing to agree to a request by a U.S. President. But the brotherhood leaders, over dinner at the Willard Hotel, decided to refuse-except under conditions unacceptable to anyone but themselves...
...Four more U.S. advisers died during the week, raising the death toll of Americans in Viet Nam to 194. In an ominous admission of the breadth of Viet Cong influence, the Saigon regime pronounced 35 of the country's 42 provinces "unhealthy zones." With the military undergoing its umpteenth reshuffle, the 7th Division, south of Saigon, got its fifth commander in five months. A widely advertised "pacification" drive in the area was at a standstill. Only two months of the dry season-the best time for chasing guerrillas-remained, and Mekong Delta peasants allowed that the rains would come...
Meanwhile, at the Hasty Pudding Club, the cast of William Had the Words, the umpteenth annual Pudding Show, feted Noel Coward. Mr. Coward, like Miss Lillie, is in town for the opening of High Spirits, a musical version of Coward's Blithe Spirit...
Chris Ohiri's umpteenth injury of the year and an absolutely insane schedule of events may have ruined the varsity track team's chances in the Heptagonal Games tomorrow at Hanover. But the track meet isn't over until the last man is out and coach Bill McCurdy's varsity may still be able to capture the Heps crown...
...anyone believe this baseball season? Roger Maris has hit 59 or 61 home runs depending on how you look at it; Warren Spahn has tossed a no-hitter, won his 300th game, and chalked up 20 victories for the umpteenth season; and most incredible of all, the Cincinnati Reds have won the National League pennant...