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Happy England. Preliminary work-including a 350-yd. test tunnel-has already cost Britain $70 million, and will cost an additional $50 million in cancellation penalties. For this $120 million, England has, as the London Sunday Times snidely observed, bought herself "two access tunnels to Dover's Shakespeare cliffs." Some Britons, however, are undoubtedly delighted. Their country will remain what William Gladstone called "Happy England. Happy that the wise dispensation of Providence has cut her off by that streak of silver sea . . . partially from dangers, absolutely from the temptations which attend upon the local neighborhood of the continental nations...
...week announced the sixth in a series of production cutbacks that have slashed the 23,000-man payroll at its sprawling Appliance Park in Louisville by about 50% since August. Even sales of some processed foods are shaky: General Foods will close a Jell-O and puddings plant in Dover, Del., for seven days at the end of this month while it works off heavy inventories...
...Pentagon was quick to see a military threat in the developing countries' persistent claims to jurisdiction over 200 miles of coastal seas. If those claims succeeded, some 115 international straits-including Gibraltar, Dover, Malacca, the entrances to the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf-would be controlled by individual countries. That, in turn, would probably end the tradition of unimpeded transit of naval ships...
...Jenkins broke into the first division of great Harvard scorers during the '73-'74 season, surpassing Bill Dennis to grab fourth place on the all-time career scoring list. Jenkins's varsity total, 1077 points, leaves him behind only Dale Dover (1201) James Brown (1242) and Keith Sedlacek...
Amateur races are sanctioned by the Amateur Bicycle League of American, and in the Cambridge area most racers are riding with the Northeast Bicycle Club. James Kunkmeuller (of Dover, and the man to talk to about racing) describes the program as very strong, although he would like to see a stronger contingent of women from the area...