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...practical purposes, the outcome was decided two weeks ago in the second round, when the charged-up Bullets, led by Guard Earl ("the Pearl") Monroe and Center Wes Unseld, upset the New York Knicks in seven hard-fought games. The defense-minded Knicks, who had beaten the Bucks four out of five games during the regular season, seemed to be the team with the best chance of taking Milwaukee. But with Knick Center Willis Reed hobbled by injuries, the Bullets managed to win that round-although just barely. Going against the Bucks, a team that had defeated them four...
Died. Wynton Kelly, 39, jazz pianist; in Toronto. From the 1950s through the mid-'60s, Kelly was a catalytic figure in a number of groups featuring such improvisational superstars as Dizzy Gillespie,Miles Davis and the late Wes Montgomery. Kelly was credited with providing a vital blues-tinged version of the modern jazz idiom...
Cornell coach George Hall, a good friend of Harvard mentor Cooney Weiland, noted yesterday that his team-which was edged by Harvard 4-3 last season-only lost two men due to graduation over the past year. He named Peter Burtch as his top performer, with Wes Stone and John Palmquist close behind. But he said the strength of his team lay in its depth, with five golfers "of about equal ability...
...downturn in the economy, accentuated by a sagging forest-products industry and a steady net decline in secondary employment, has caused fallout virtually everywhere, from city finances to car sales to housing. As early as last summer, Wes Uhlman, 35, the personable mayor of Seattle, decreed a 5% expenditure cut for the second half of the year in an already conservative budget. A selective city job freeze went into effect, and summer park programs closed a week early. There is virtually no growth in city tax revenue now, reflecting the stagnant economy. Uhlman has already weathered a frightening bombing spree...
...offensive interference penalty pushed the Elis back and on fourth down, dropped the snap from center. After a mad scramble, the Crimson's Wes Shofner recovered at the Yale...