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Mary Ann Harbert, 26, on the other hand, was not on any U.S. mission. She was aboard a pleasure yacht with a companion, Gerald McLaughlin, when the craft disappeared near Hong Kong in 1968, apparently sunk in a storm. Even Mary Ann's family gave her up for dead. In fact, the yacht had drifted into Chinese waters 15 miles south of Hong Kong. The Chinese, ever alert for prowlers, took the two prisoner, jailed them without charges and elected not to tell anybody about it. McLaughlin "behaved badly," according to his captors, and killed himself...
Furthermore, various government departments spend $7,500,000 yearly on such queenly perquisites as the royal yacht ($2,097,500), air travel ($1,750,000) and stationery ($115,000). Beyond that, the Queen-clearly one of the world's wealthiest women-has a vast inherited private income...
...station. It represents the most advanced accommodations for any collegiate sailing program in the country. With the enlarged storage capacity of 45 boats, there will be a room to expand beyond the present fleet size of 21 boats, 15 Interclub dinghies and 6 Finn dinghies. When funds materialize, the yacht club plans to purchase a fleet of small class sloops also suitable for the recreational sailor. But more importantly, better care can be maintained on the present fleet which has always been stored outside on the old floats...
...yacht club will be able to accommodate the rising demand on the sailing facilities. This fall alone membership has expanded from 125 to 185 members from the same period last year...
...colleges turned out crews in moderately easterly breezes on Saturday and were gusted by nor'westers on Sunday. Team coach Mike Horn praised the outstanding ability and over-all depth of the Radcliffe women. With the Man-Labs Trophy secured on the Yacht club trophy shelf, Radcliffe is favored to capture the Victorian Coffee Urn in two weeks, climaxing the Fall season here at Radcliffe. This week-end the team will have two tough warm-up meets: the Invitational at MIT on Saturday and at Jackson on Sunday...