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...anywhere near that high. How Allende conducts these negotiations will determine the state of U.S.-Chilean relations for some time to come. Whatever the results, there is some doubt as to the immediate benefits for Chile: the world price for copper has tumbled from 88? to 48? per pound in the past year. That drop could further worsen Chile's current 9% rate of unemployment, already up from 6.4% in November because of dire business uncertainty about Allende...
Sitting Duck. The downfall really began in 1966. The Labor government, desperate for export earnings as the pound staggered toward its 1967 devaluation, prodded Rolls to go all out to win an international competition for the engines for the Lockheed TriStar. Rolls responded enthusiastically, spending an estimated $1,000,000 on its sales campaign, including $192,000 on transatlantic air fares alone. In 1968 the company won an order to build 540 engines for $840,000 each. Lockheed executives crowed that it was "the best price deal we ever made." David Huddie, then head of Rolls' aero-engine division...
...Harvard, and he is favored to start a Crimson resurgence at this point. Dean Shepard (150) should win his match, and either Colin Mangrum or Mike Slutzker will go at 158, where Princeton has its biggest weak spot. Harvard should win in the 167 and 177-pound classes...
Streaking to his third straight victory since rejoining the team after a semester off, Dean Sheppard drubbed Ben Smith, 8-2, at 150 pounds, Rich Starr, the winningest wrestler on the team with a 13-2 mark, pinned his 177 pound rival at 4:09. "Starr really came out shootin' to win," assistant coach Bob Fehrs said...
...pound match, Harvard's Dave Scanlon received a default when his opponent Benabba Ellis twisted his knee in the middle of the bout and was unable to continue. It was Scanlon's third straight victory...