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AFRICA AND ASIA. Chevron's discovery in the swamps of Sudan and new finds offshore of Nigeria and some other west coast countries have renewed interest in the African continent. Amoco recently sank a wildcat well in the Seychelles merely on the ground that Madagascar, about 700 miles away, has an estimated 10 billion bbl. of tar on its surface. Where tar is found, oil is usually not far away. On the other side of the Indian Ocean, India has reportedly found indications of an oil bonanza off its southeast coast. Michael Morrow, publisher of Hong Kong...
March 21, 1978: Approximately 300 Buildings and Grounds (B&G) employees, all members of the Maintenance Trades Council (MTC) union, stay off their jobs to support picket lines of the carpenters' local. The local stages a wildcat strike after the University orders five of its carpenters to report to work as painters and lampers, bringing to a head the controversial issue of job re-classification. The B&G walkout lasts three days, forcing the department to shut down all but emergency services...
...Crimson had already destroyed the New Hampshire squad, 6-1, earlier this season and, looking ahead to the second-round game, was not prepared for a powerful Wildcat attack...
Freshman scoring ace Jennifer White tilted the momentum toward Harvard, when she nailed the Wildcat net with only 1:58 left in the first half...
Undaunted the Crimson midfield shouldered a load of the contact and came out on top. Controlling momentum by scooping up those ground balls--Wigglesworth and Predun snatched 12 and 10 respectively--the stickmen foiled the Wildcat drives time after time...