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...Wednesday October 17, 1860, a field of eight British professionals teed off at the 12-hole Prestwick course in the quiet fishing town of that name on the Ayshire coast. After three rounds of play, Willie Park was ushered in as the first winner of the British Open with a score of 174, exactly 58 strokes ahead of the last place finisher...
...Winner Take All. New musical at the colonial Theatre, 106 Boylston St. in Boston., through July 24. Performances Monday through Saturday at 8 p.m., with matinees Wednesday and Saturday at 2 p.m. Tickets...
Despite Carrillo's and Berlinguer's eloquent espousals of "Eurocommunism," the star and clear winner at the Berlin summit was the wily Tito. His policy of nonalignment, pursued for three decades, seemed finally to have been appreciated by Europe's Communists. In a solemn mood of self-congratulation, he commended other parties for affirming Yugoslavia's "principles of independence, equality, autonomy and noninterference." As the conference ended, many observers and participants agreed that this might well be the last attempt at Communist summitry. Predicted a Yugoslav party stalwart: "The conference had no past-and no future...
Died. Rear Admiral Clarence Wade McClusky, 74, winner of the Navy Cross for his heroism in the pivotal World War II Battle of Midway (June 1942); after a long illness; in Bethesda, Md. Then Lieut. Commander McClusky led the carrier Enterprise's Air Group 6 in the hunt for the Japanese fleet, found it and opened the aerial assault that gave the outnumbered Americans victory. Bleeding from five wounds, his SBD dive bomber hit 55 times, McClusky landed back on the Enterprise with five gallons of gas left and reported three crack Japanese carriers (Akagi, Kaga and Soryu) bombed...
Into Law. Why does a sure winner bother to campaign? As one supporter puts it, "The campaign is vital. The candidate learns firsthand the state of the nation. He learns the problems and also the opportunities of development." A relative latecomer to Mexican politics, Lopez Portillo is also believed to be working out the goals of his new administration, which will take over the reins of government on Dec. 1. The son of a Mexico City schoolteacher, López Portillo grew up in what he calls a "typical middle-class family." While attending the National University he became friends...