A Gimeno defeats A Ashe in Madison Sq Garden open final

Gimeno Beats Ashe in Net Final; Spaniard Triumphs, 6-1, 6-2, 3-6, 6-8, 9-7, in Garden Open

Top Knight $4.20 Victor; Metcalf-Trained Son of Vertex Wins by Five Lengths in Florida

lr holds Fed Govt can curb inflation without causing unemployment rise

Hopes Rise For Start Of Deflation; Hopes Are Rising for Start of Economic Slowdown

Before an appreciative, roaring capacity crowd of 19,500, the New York Knickerbockers used their vaunted solid defensive play and clutch shooting to rout the Baltimore Bullets, 107-91, yesterday at Madison Square Garden.  

KNICKS TOP BULLETS, 107-91, FOR 2-0 PLAYOFF LEAD;; BARNETT EXCELS

TORONTO, March 29 -- Jean Ratelle and Bob Nevin each scored his 31st goal of the National Hockey League season tonight as the New York Rangers clinched third place in the East Division with a 4-2 victory over the Toronto Maple Leafs.  

RANGERS BEAT LEAFS, 4-2, AND CLINCH THIRD PLACE; RATELLE SNAPS TIE

WASHINGTON -- Nearly a year before he died last Friday, Dwight David Eisenhower looked death in the face and found it preferable to living on as a bedridden cripple and a burden to those he loved. "I have a pretty good idea what my chances are," the former President told an old friend just before his sixth heart attack last August.  

 Ike'; The Man Just About Everybody Liked

Assembly, 96-36, approves 4-platoon system

LEGISLATORS PASS CITY'S POLICE BILL; Governor Expected to Sign Measure for Shift of Men to Peak Crime Hours

Majesty and Victory Theme of Rites; Majesty and Victory Join To Mark Theme of Rites

IBRD plans to increase farm loans to developing nations; program will encourage nations to increase production of food and cash crops

New Aid Focus: Farm and School; World Bank Focusing Programs on Farming and Schools

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WASHINGTON -- They're still cooling it at the White House in these days of Richard Nixon's spring.  

Nixon's Way; Trying to Play It Cool Despite the Rising Heat

AINTREE, England, March 29 -- Highland Wedding, a 12-yearold gelding co-owned by an American and a Canadian and a former show horse whose breeding, to put it kindly, is suspect, won the world's most famous steeplechase race by 12 lengths today.  

HIGHLAND WEDDING VICTOR AT AINTREE; 12-Year-Old Former Show Horse First by 12 Lengths in the Grand National

Majestic Prince Scores;; Hartack Guides Unbeaten Colt to 6th Triumph in Santa Anita Derby

Theater for Ideas holds benefit symposium on theater of involvement, with N Hentoff moderator and panelists R Brustein, P Goodman and Living Theater heads J Beck and J Malina; symposium bogs down in wake of hecklers, audience participation and other digressions

Freedom? Boredom? Fascism?; Freedom, Boredom, or Fascism?

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla., March 29 -- The New York Yankees were assured of finishing over 500 for the exhibition season today when they defeated the Pittsburgh Pirates, 5-1, for their 15th victory in 21 starts.  

Yanks Turn Back Pirates;; McDaniel Is Impressive in Two-Inning Stint of a 5-to-1 Triumph

comment on paperwork crisis as symptom of exchs inability to keep up with computer technology; illus

Will Market Receive Massage?; Will Market Get Massage And Close 'Technology Gap'?

It's just an impression now -- spring. A golden haze over the willow, a red cloud enveloping a swamp maple, a robin's song, some crocus. With the artistic sense of a Renoir, the earth's landscape comes alive, gently, after a long winter. The color schemes are not as vivid as they will be. The sounds will be soft until more birds return, and the insects and peepers are active. But nature takes her time.  

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newly-apptd Chief Inspector McManus sees rising crime as major challenge, int

McManus Is Named To Succeed Garelik As Chief Inspector; McManus Is Named to Succeed Garelik in Chief Inspector Post

V C Ferkiss book Technological Man, on interaction between man and tech, revd

Technological Man; The Myth and the Reality. By Victor C. Ferkiss. 336 pp. New York: George Braziller. $7.95.

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allied and enemy units battle in some of heaviest fighting in more than a wk; only 15 mortar and rocket attacks during night reptd; most serious ground fighting reptd in north; 50 enemy soldiers killed near Quangngai; civilian casualties noted; 70 enemy killed near buffer zone; details on action in other areas; Vietcong rockets strike populated area near Hue, killing 9, wounding 30; terrorist incident in Saigon reptd; casualties noted; illus

VIETNAM COMBAT HEAVIEST IN WEEK; Ground Fights Range From Buffer Zone to Delta, but Casualties Are Light

picture article on art exhibitions and festivals planned, Belgium; his house in Brussels being restored as museum

The Art of Brueghel Comes to Life In the Streets of Belgium Today; The Art of Brueghel Comes to Life

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Bill Beeber carefully measured the garboard plank of the 50-year-old, 18-foot Herroshoff sloop. The yacht was laid up in his garage for a complete restoration, and though her lines were classically beautiful, she looked rather sad at the moment.  

One Man's Love: Refurbishing; BUILDING A BOAT REQUIRES LOVE

Troy Andrew Bayliss is an Australian motorcycle racer. During his career Bayliss won the Superbike World Championship three times and a MotoGP race, all with Ducati. He finished his career after winning the 2008 World Superbike title. His 52 World Superbike victories ranks fourth all time in the history of the championship behind Jonathan Rea, Álvaro Bautista and Carl Fogarty.

Troy Bayliss, Australian motorcycle racer

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Luciano "Lucien" Bianchi was an Italian-born Belgian racing driver who raced for the Cooper, ENB, UDT Laystall and Scuderia Centro Sud teams in Formula One. He entered a total of 19 Formula One World Championship races, scoring six points and had a best finish of third at the 1968 Monaco Grand Prix.

March 30, 1969

Headlines from March 30, 1969

Gimeno Beats Ashe in Net Final; Spaniard Triumphs, 6-1, 6-2, 3-6, 6-8, 9-7, in Garden Open

Top Knight $4.20 Victor; Metcalf-Trained Son of Vertex Wins by Five Lengths in Florida

Hopes Rise For Start Of Deflation; Hopes Are Rising for Start of Economic Slowdown

KNICKS TOP BULLETS, 107-91, FOR 2-0 PLAYOFF LEAD;; BARNETT EXCELS

RANGERS BEAT LEAFS, 4-2, AND CLINCH THIRD PLACE; RATELLE SNAPS TIE

Billboard 200

Blood; Sweat & Tears

Wichita Lineman

Goodbye

Ball

The Beatles [White Album]

Notable Births

Notable Deaths

Historical Context for March 30, 1969