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Stealing 104 bases in the course of a season is certainly an achievement, but is it a religious, charitable, scientific, educational, artistic, literary or civic achievement? None of these, decided the U.S. Tax Court, ruling that cunning Pittsburgh Pirate Infielder Maury Wills cannot claim the federal tax exemption for meritorious prizes on the jeweled, $6,000 S. Rae Hickok belt that he won as Professional Athlete of the Year...
...head with a blunt weapon and snatched her purse. When Dr. Marshall died of her injuries, the Indianapolis News was deluged with letters from infuriated women. Assistant Publisher Eugene S. Pulliam asked one of the paper's staffers, Margaret Moore, 56, to help 30 prominent civic-minded women to decide on a course of action...
Like his store, Chairman Rich works hard for Atlanta, spends a third of his time on civic projects. Fittingly, for a man who keeps in trim with swimming and tennis at his Northwest Atlanta home, Rich helped build the new Atlanta stadium that lured major-league baseball and football to the city. He is currently chairman of the Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority and chairman of a group erecting a new cultural center. The Rich Foundation, which he supervises, has so far spent $1,500,000 on good works around Georgia. "We hope," he says simply, "that Rich...
...strictly divided. In the winter of 1966, for example, the Cambridge City Council spawned a feud which dug deep into the City's political traditions and demonstrated that the old forces had lost much of their strength. The conventional political alignment had always pitted councillors endorsed by the Cambridge Civic Association (a "good government" organization) against so-called independents, the non-endorsed councillors...
Reynolds will look at the school's alumni, see what foundations are interested in the school's program, and calculate what might be expected from corporations. He will also see if any federal money is available by checking with Charles P. Whitlock, Assistant to the President for Civic and Governmental Affairs. It is his task to decide what potential there is for winning federal grants. In light of all this information, Reynolds, the Corporation, and the graduate school will be able to see how realistic the planned goal...