Word: civile
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Married. All MacGraw, 30, who went from model to movie star with her first film, Goodbye, Columbus; and Robert Evans, 39, Paramount Pictures' go-go vice president in charge of production; he for the third time; in a small civil ceremony; in Palm Springs, Calif...
Married. Karim Aga Khan, 32, spiritual leader of 20 million Ismaili Moslems and one of the world's wealthiest men; and Lady Sarah Crichton-Stuart, 29, stunning British divorcee and model; in a private civil ceremony, in Paris. The couple will be married again this week in an Ismaili Moslem ceremony in Paris...
After arguing before the Supreme Court last week, Jerris Leonard refused to pose for photographers with a lawyer who had supported his plea. "That is one honor I will decline," said Leonard, who is chief of the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division. His reluctance was understandable. Leonard had just become the first Government lawyer ever to ask the high court for a delay in school desegregation. His unaccustomed ally was John C. Satterfield of Mississippi, the most prominent segregationist lawyer in the country...
Leonard vowed strict enforcement of civil rights laws, and he made a creditable start. Under his direction, the Civil Rights Division has filed 33 lawsuits against segregation in public accommodations and 15 against discrimination in housing. Last week-perhaps to assuage critics on the eve of his Supreme Court appearance-the division asked a federal court in Atlanta to compel Georgia to integrate its public schools by the start of the 1970-71 year...
...observers believe that Leonard has been chosen to carry out some of the promises that Republicans made to Southern politicians during last year's presidential campaign. Speaking for many critics, a former lawyer in Leonard's division says: "He was made to understand that he should enforce civil rights laws, but only in a manner consistent with the Administration's political goals." When 65 lawyers in his division protested the delay in Mississippi desegregation last month, Leonard handled the revolt like a loyal party man. Once a decision is made in the department, he said...