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...fellow Latin American heads of state and President Johnson to get together later this year and discuss economic integration and other regional problems of the hemisphere. The response was overwhelmingly in favor, and only the time and place remained to be set. Last week, in a small warmup to the bigger meeting, President Frei flew off to Bogotá for a threeday, five-nation "Andean summit...
Unlike most mammoth science and engineering projects, SLAC has had unusually smooth and efficient sailing. Its total cost will be $114 million, precisely the amount appropriated five years ago for SLAC's sponsor, the Atomic Energy Commission. In a warmup test last month, it produced an 18.4 BEV beam and performed so well that its Stanford operators decided to begin allotting time for experiments to start next November, several months ahead of schedule. Its only serious problem, caused by the stubborn refusal of Woodside, a nearby suburb, to allow use of its land for SLAC...
...months later, almost to the day, Juan Marichal stood on the mound in San Francisco's windswept Candlestick Park, took his eight regulation warmup tosses, and prepared to pitch his first game for the "parent club"-against the Philadelphia Phillies. Maybe Juan was prepared; but nobody else was-not for what followed. For the first 61 innings, not a single Phillie reached first base. After 7 innings, Marichal still had not given up a hit. At that point, Philadelphia Catcher Clay Dalrymple singled sharply to leftfield, and the spell was broken-barely. Juan shrugged, retired the next four Phillies...
Almost everything went off as exchanged in the sunny little warmup at M.I.T. yesterday afternoon as the Harvard baseball team drubbed the Engineers, 12-3. George Neville paced the Crimson's 19-hit attack with five singles and Bob Lincoln hurled six almost perfect innings before tiring...
Today's 4 p.m. game at M.I.T. has the air of a warmup for Wednesday's showdown here against Northeastern. And with Harvard riding a three game losing streak in which it has been outscored 26-7, a warmup is very much needed...