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Died. Bertram D. Wolfe, 81, a founder of the U.S. Communist Party in 1919 who later became a scholarly, vocal foe of Communism; of burns received when his clothing caught fire at home; in San Jose, Calif. As a Brooklyn high school teacher, Wolfe was fascinated by the Russian Revolution and became a Communist organizer and teacher. In 1929 he traveled to Moscow for the Third Communist International, where he jousted verbally with Stalin, Trotsky and Molotov. This temerity won him two months' detention; Wolfe's disillusionment with totalitarianism soon followed. He turned to historical examinations of Communism...
...that "we've made some mistakes" in slighting congressional leaders and vowed to make amends. Indeed, he showed through the week that he was learning fast. He pleased Senate Democratic Leader Robert Byrd by frequent calls for consultation. He moved to isolate Texas Congressman Jack Brooks, the most vocal opponent of the President's Government reorganization plans, by inviting the members of Brooks' Government Operations Committee to discuss his proposals at the White House. (Carter is seeking the power granted most recent Presidents to reorganize the Government, subject to congressional veto of the whole package; Brooks wants...
...Dukakis has done what many political experts thought was impossible. He reconciled his administration and himself to the state legislative leadership, mollified the press, and convinced people he would be more than just a one term governor. State Sen. Alan Sisitsky, chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee and a vocal Dukakis critic remarked last week that "conventional wisdom says he can not be defeated" for re-election...
Backed by a large, vocal crowd, Columbia jumped on top when Dave MacKinnon (118 lbs.) nipped Albert, 5-3. Yasunaga pushed Harvard into the lead with a second-period pin before Columbia confidently sent All-Ivy lightweight Kevin McHugh out onto the mat for the third bout...
Tough Wellesley defense, combined with sloppy Radcliffe passing, added up to a thriller for the extremely vocal Wellesley fans. The incredible uproar that arose from the peanut gallery with every Wellesley triumph fizzled the 'Cliffe's momentum time and again and helped Wellesley pull close whenever defeat seemed imminent...