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...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...
More Bizarre. But the principal defendant, Mel Patrick Lynch, 38, a New York City fireman, told another, much more bizarre story. Lynch insisted that some time before the supposed abduction he met young Sam in a bar and began a homosexual relationship with him; eventually, says Lynch, Bronfman blackmailed him into joining in a fake kidnaping scheme aimed at extorting money from his father. The second defendant, Dominic Byrne, 54, a limousine-service operator, claimed that Lynch "duped" him into assisting in Bronfman's disappearance...
Patty cooperated with federal authorities in building the case that convicted S.L.A. Members William and Emily Harris, her traveling companions, on charges stemming from a shoot-up at Mel's Sporting Goods Store in Los Angeles in May 1974. While Patty was behind bars, her lawyers declared that she was receiving threats from S.L.A. sympathizers and argued more strenuously than ever that she should be bailed out, maintaining that she would be safer under private guard at home. Earlier this month there were reports that Patty was throwing temper tantrums in the Federal Youth Center in Pleasanton, Calif...
Aside from the appeal pending on her federal bank robbery conviction, Patty is to be tried in Los Angeles on Jan. 10 on state charges stemming from the incident at Mel's Sporting Goods Store. She is also expected to testify against the Harrises during their trial on charges of kidnaping her. But all that is in the future. Last week Patty was home, and Randolph Hearst described the family's feelings very simply: "We're delighted." he said, "and she's glad to be back...
...Saturday matinee seems like the most important concert to miss. It stars Buddy Rich and his Killer Force (ugh), Tad Jones, Mel Lewis Orchestra (getting old but still top-notch) and the Herb Pomeroy Orchestra, which sounds like a pretty much unknown quantity...