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Weight-man Ed Nosal flung the 35. pound weight 59' 91/2" and putter Jake Driscoll pitched the shot 50' 1/2' for victories in their events. Harvard's hurdlers and sprinters snatched 16 of a possible 18 tallies in their races, as high hurdler Walter Johnson and 60-yard dash-man Ed Diamond broke the tapes in their sprints...
...field events, junior Ed Nosal can be conted on for a typically high finish in the 35-pound weight throw, as can sophomore Jake Driscoll in the shot...
...announcement by Chancellor of the Exchequer Roy Jenkins followed a spate of encouraging indicators. After running a $600 million trade deficit in 1968, Britain last year piled up an estimated $1 billion surplus. Reflecting a return of international confidence in sterling, monetary traders last week bid the pound above par-which is $2.40 -for the first time in 20 months...
Plainly, Labor's draconian economic measures are finally beginning to pay off. Beginning in the summer of 1966, Prime Minister Harold Wilson put Britain under severe financial controls which included a wage-price freeze, higher income taxes and a tightening of credit. In November 1967, he devalued the pound by 14.3%. His aim was to reduce consumer demand at home while coaxing industry to sell more abroad...
Lord Strathnaver, 23, heir to one of Scotland's largest estates, replete with 90-room castle, has completed his training at Hendon, and will now pound a London beat as Constable Alistair Sutherland, the only titled bobby in the realm. "I dislike crime." explained the young Oxford grad. His family motto: "Without Fear...