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South Viet Nam's military, including General Khanh, last week announced their backing of the Huong government?a setback for the Buddhists. But at Tam Chau's Buddhist secular institute?a ramshackle compound that has been the Buddhist base ever since laymen, fed up with politicking, chased the political monks out of Saigon's modern Xa Loi pagoda?the mimeograph machines and rumor mills were still grinding away against Huong...
Waiting for Noah. The surcharge on their exports was a jolting setback for the Commonwealth nations and Britain's trading partners in E.F.T.A., Europe's Outer Seven: yet the Prime Minister made no attempt to soften the blow by consulting them in advance...
...pinpoint passing gave the Elis the lead in total offense with 238 yards to Harvard's 224. The victory boosts Yale's record for the season to five wins and one loss, while Harvard's mark is evened off at four wins and four defeats. Yale's only setback was at the hands of Princeton last week. The Tigers edged the Bulldogs, 7-6, only a week after losing to the Harvard...
...Harvard J.V.'s despite a drab 4-3 record, defeated Princeton 7-3, and the Tigers were the team that halted Yale's seven-game winning streak with a 7-6 setback. The Crimson defense has been consistent, if not spectacular, and has yet to give up more than 18 points in a single game...
From Towns to Towers. This efficiency and profitability have involved CATV in a hot debate. Though it does not generate its own programs, for example, many people see it as a form of controversial pay TV, which last week got a setback in California (see SHOW BUSINESS). Networks have mixed feelings about CATV, but TV stations resent its frequent disruption of local markets with outside channels. Cumberland, Md.'s Potomac Valley TV Co. provides five Washington channels for its 18,000 subscribers, and Panther Valley TV in Lansford, Pa., a 1950 industry pioneer, picks up New York and Philadelphia...