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...lights suffered a minor setback yesterday when their Stempfly shell-the infamous "Superboat" unofficially and the Thorne Thompson shell officially-was destroyed in an accident on the Mass Pike en route to Lake Onondage...
...ninth successive setback in the past 18 months for the party whose symbols and sympathies are disturbingly reminiscent of the Nazis. A few years ago, the National Democrats were polling as much as 9.8% of the vote in state elections and seemed headed toward becoming West Germany's third largest party. In addition to the Schleswig-Holstein defeat, the National Democrats have lost their seats in Bavaria, Hesse and Lower Saxony. They retain only 19 delegates in two state parliaments (Baden-Württemberg and Bremen), and they have, of course, no representation in the national Bundestag. "Four years...
...away." As another form of insurance, portraits of Pakistan's late founder Mohammed Ali Jinnah, and even the current President Agha Mohammed Yahya Khan, were displayed prominently. But there was no mistaking the fact that the East Pakistanis viewed the army's occupation of Dacca as a setback and not a surrender. "We will neither forgive nor forget," said one Bengali. On learning that I was a sangbadik (journalist), various townspeople led me to mass graves, to a stairwell where two professors were shot to death, and to scenes of other atrocities...
...Berlin stalemate is a serious setback for Willy Brandt and his bold Ostpolitik, which aims at overcoming Europe's division by accepting present political realities. Unless the Soviets soften their attitude on Berlin soon, internal political pressures may prevent the Chancellor from gaining ratification of the treaties he signed last year with Warsaw and Moscow. Indeed, he may not even dare submit them to the Bundestag for approval. Should that happen, Brandt's hopeful initiatives for peaceful relations with his Communist neighbors would only have made matters worse. The Soviets have made it clear that Bonn...
...Bruins have had their troubles this year. After a fairly successful southern trip where they scored a 2-0 victory over the nation's number-two team. the Florida State Seminoles, the team lost seven out of their last eight games in a row, including an 18-2 setback at the hands of Cornell...