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Died. General Paul Stehlin, 67, former French air force chief of staff and advocate of U.S. weaponry; of injuries suffered when he was hit by a bus June 6. A member of the National Assembly, Stehlin last year caused a sensation by insisting that the U.S. F-16 and F17 aircraft were superior to their French competitor, the Mirage Fl. His accident occurred only hours after it was revealed that he was on the payroll of Northrop Corp., maker...
...every half-inning to update the Scoreboard. In Greenwood, Dave Fendrick, the young general manager of the Braves, has to collect tickets at the front gate, the dugouts are too small to shelter all the players, and in Spartanburg, Charlie ("Doc") Royals wears four hats as the Phillies' bus driver, clubhouse manager, laundry man and trainer...
...action is swift, and the stakes can reach several hundred dollars. Regulars bent on a killing will make apparently fatal concessions. Bus Driver Dave Brown, a Palmer Park legend, used to play hackers while standing on one foot, a trick he could perform and still come close to ducking the card...
...Arthur Garrity's desegregation plan, after his court-ordered forced busing touched off street violence and massive school absenteeism last fall. Now Garrity hopes that the magnet schools will offer good enough programs to induce white students from South Boston, for example, to go (by either special bus or public transportation) to a school in Roxbury's black ghetto. To that end, some 20 Boston-area colleges and universities are developing special courses for magnet schools...
...Evel. "I will never jump again," he announced to a crowd of 60,000 after aides had helped him struggle to a microphone. Following a night in Whitechapel Hospital, however, where doctors diagnosed compressed vertebrae, two broken fingers and a hairline fracture of the pelvis, the battered bus jumper began talking like himself again. Explaining that he had been "busted up and in a lot of pain" when he announced his retirement, Knievel vowed to resume his road show as soon as possible...