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...event, like Aspen itself, brought together the worlds of big-buck entertainment and world-class skiing. The waiflike, French-born defendant had been a lead Folies-Bergère showgirl in Las Vegas. There she met Andy Williams, the Kennedys' favorite crooner, and ended up marrying him and his singing career. After 14 years of marriage and three children, they were divorced in 1975, but by then Longet had moved in with Sabich. The skier, a former world pro champion, was a celebrated bon vivant who owned a $250,000 mountaintop house in Aspen. It was there, while...
...Crimson broke out of the blocks strong, taking 37 of 54 field event points even though a handful of last year's stars graduated. Despite the loss of shotputter Kevin McCafferty, weight thrower Dan Jiggetts (to the Chicago Bears), world-class high jumpers Mel Embree and John McCulloch (to the ozone layer) and several first-rate leapers, the field crew managed to take 13 of 18 places from the Eagles...
Also appearing in the friday through Sunday tourney will be Harvard freshman Mike DeSaulniers, who at age 19 has already established himself as a world-class competitor...
When Juantorena, a 24-year-old graduate student in economics, followed up his world-record performance in the 800 meters (1:43.5) with a win four days later in the 400 meters, he achieved a double rarely attempted in the Olympics, and never before successfully. The two races have different physical demands-the 400 needs more speed, the 800 more strength-and because of the qualifying heats, require a runner to turn in seven world-class performances in seven days. None of this fazed Juantorena, whose biggest hazard might have been a crick in the neck-he kept looking over...
...Princeton stars, long-distance man Joe Loughran and diver Bill Heinz appear to have four meet first-places locked in, Loughran was narrowly edged last year in the 500 and 1000 free by Harvard's Peter Tetlow, but Loughran has since improved to the point where he is a world-class distance...