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...boys from Ithaca are big. Their starting six consists of center Steve Cram (6-7), Bob McCready (6-5), Marv Van Leeuwen(6-5), Bob Berube (6-3), Garry Munson (6-5), and Ray Ratkowaki (6-0), Cornell has no super-star; its high scorer is McCready with a mere 13.2 average, but all of their players can provide some scoring punch...
...summoned Secretary of State Dean Rusk to the ranch for briefings on German reunification, Berlin, the Common Market and Erhard's attitude toward Russia. But just as much attention was lavished on planning distractions for the Erhard eye and ear: a private piano recital by Texas' own Van Cliburn, a sing-along with a trio of Texas folk singers called the Wanderers Three, and a performance by a local comedian named "Cactus" Pryor. And lying in wait for the Erhard palate were piles of pungent deer-meat sausage, snowy peaks of hominy grits, pits full of barbecued beef...
Though the Lakonia was 33 years old, she was on her first voyage under the Greek flag. As the Dutch liner Johan van Oldenbarnevelt, she had for years plied the route from Holland to the Netherlands East Indies, during World War II had served as a British troop ship. Unlike newer ships, her bulkheads below deck were wood-paneled and her wiring system was oldfashioned; three times, under the Dutch, the liner was hit with small fires that were easily brought under control. A year ago, with passenger traffic proving unprofitable, the Dutch owners sold the vessel to the Greek...
Under discussion were plans for a major new offensive against the Viet Cong. Before boarding his plane for home, McNamara turned to Vietnamese Defense Minister Major General Tran Van Don with some stern words of advice. "Now," said McNamara, "let's be real tough...
...most famous nondenominational seminary, Union Theological, in Manhattan. Last week the board of directors elected a man who had been on campus all along: Dr. John Coleman Bennett, 61, who was dean of the faculty from 1955 until he became acting president after the retirement of Henry Pitney Van Dusen last June...