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...chef had spent five days in the freezer molding the names of Newlyweds Dean Martin, 55, and Catherine Mae Hawn, 25, into a massive ice sculpture of hearts and cherubs. Under 15 hanging cages of cooing white doves, 85 guests enjoyed Dean's favorite beluga caviar ($190 a pound) and Dom Pérignon ($33 a bottle). The bride and groom stayed only an hour, then returned to the site of the wedding: Dean's Bel Air mansion, decorated to resemble a chapel, complete with dark oak pews borrowed from two movie studios...
...once again of concern to U.S. drivers. Moving nimbly to the aid of motorists, the Government's Environmental Protection Agency last week published a fuel-economy rundown on every 1973 auto, foreign or domestic, sold in the U.S. The results were painfully predictable: gas mileage drops with every pound of weight and power accessory. Says Eric Stork, Deputy Assistant Administrator for Mobile Source Air Pollution Control: "Far and away the easiest way of reducing fuel consumption is to drive smaller and lighter cars and use less air conditioning...
...division of the company enriches waste rice hulls with nitrogen for feed. To speed up digestion of grain in a cow's four stomach cavities, Stratford converts corn and milo into flakes. All these cost-shaving techniques mean that Stratford can fatten cattle at 30 to 40 per pound below the national average. The chicken branch, centered near Tenaha, Texas, and the floriculture operation, in Apopka, Fla., produce along comparably canny lines...
...field events, freshman star Mel Embree will high jump, Jay Hughes will throw the 16-pound hammer and Dick Gilbane is the lone Harvard discus thrower. Vincent Vanderpool-Wallace will compete in the long jump and triple jump. Ahmed Kayali will join Vanderpool-Wallace in the triple jump. Jim Kleiger and Blayne Heckel will be the team's pole vaulters...
...voice her opposition to the inclusion of boxing before being drowned out by the irate crowd, was the only Lowell person to advance to Wednesday's finals. Costin won her bout when another Lowell "fighter," Phil Youngman, forfeited. She will face Winthrop's Mike Bernick in the 130-pound final...