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...weight lifting. Sometimes he overcompensates. In 1969 he compressed two vertebrae in his spine while lifting 220 Ibs. That is why his regimen calls for Turkish massage after two-hour daily workouts. The injury also explains why he recently canceled a trip to the U.S. for an Olympic warmup match with Seagren. Off the track, Isaksson has garnered something of a reputation as a swinger, but denies having a regular girl friend. Says he: "If a guy is really in love, it's easy for him to begin to cut down on the training for the girl...
...boxes had all been rented by a person or persons using the name of Christopher Charles Mohr. Unfortunately, Mohr may strike again. The radicals' letter declared that the bomb scare was only a warmup. Movement in Amerika is considering kidnaping property-a luxury hotel, a corporate office building, a superhighway-in exchange for the release of "political prisoners." The letter concluded: "Who will want to vacation in that hotel, meet in that board room or drive on that superhighway for the next few months?" The radicals also warned that a seven-month time bomb with a more powerful explosive...
...kick off what will be the most lavishly financed presidential campaign in American history, the Republicans staged a warmup set of spectaculars last week. The star of the shows of course was Richard Nixon. In the space of seven hours, he spoke at $500-a-plate dinners in both New York City and Chicago. Closed-circuit TV carried the festivities to 18 other cities, where such Republican luminaries as John Wayne, Jackie Gleason, Art Linkletter and Martha Mitchell played deferential host. It was the President's evening; even Martha spoke for only two minutes...
...North American volleyball team a very polite welcome," said Premier Fidel Castro during a 55-minute speech. "They are representatives of the North American people, not their government. No one should compare their trip here with Yankee imperialism." Meanwhile the U.S. volleyball team, in Cuba for a series of warmup games for the 1972 Olympics, was getting a glimpse of life behind the Sugar Cane Curtain. One bit of information gleaned from the Cubans by Team Physician Dr. Robert Pike was the reason Castro's speeches are so long. "They told me that Castro realizes he is trying...
...heavily in track and women's gymnastics. After the first of two weeks of competition, the U.S. had won 131 medals as compared to 73 for second-place Cuba. Even so, it was clear that the U.S. team could no longer regard the games as an easy warmup. "This is our strongest overall Pan-Am team," explained one U.S. official, "but the marked improvement of the other teams will probably cause us to win fewer medals...