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...news on the Big Board did not mean that the U.S. economy was in bad trouble. But it did highlight a dilemma for the economy and the Kennedy Administration. As a keystone of his Administration, President Kennedy promised to do two things: increase economic growth and check inflation. The trouble is that while both aims are laudable in theory, they do not necessarily go together. In trying to achieve both of them at the same time, and in using methods that have alarmed businessmen, the President may have thrust himself into an economic...
Double and triple dead heats, not invoking Harvard, in the highlight events at Laker Quinsigamond Saturday overshadowed what the Crimson crews accomplished in the 17th annual Eastern Sprint Championships...
...varsity heavyweights, in the second test of the season, made a gallant bid to overtake the leaders in the highlight event Saturday but couldn't quite make it. Trailing M.I.T. and Princeton for the body of the race, the Crimson made up much of the distance, only to finish a length behind M.I.T. and Princeton in that order. Rutgers finished fourth. The JV's, meanwhile, rowed well and earned a strong victory...
...conditions caused so many postponements that at the highlight events in the late afternoon it was almost too dark to see the boats. Oarsmens' dates were left stranded on the river bank, and a pleased Harvy Love said, "This was one lousy excuse for a boat race...
...Spring had come to New England. Its harbinger: the 91st annual flower show of the Massachusetts Horticultural Society. The place was packed with busloads of garden clubwomen (and a few dedicated men) who stood ogling the floral displays like mourners at a gangster's funeral. The highlight of the show was the formal garden of acacias and fountains from the Great Hill Farm of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Stone of Marion. Mass. The gold-blossomed acacia trees, insured with Lloyd's of London for $100,000. had survived beautifully their recent trip to Manhattan's Coliseum, where...