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Died. Edward N. Cole, 67, outspoken former president of General Motors and auto industry innovator; at the controls of his private plane in a crash near Kalamazoo, Mich. An engineer who rose through the ranks to become president in 1967, Cole had the rare savvy and persistence to conceive an idea, guide it through the corporate mazes and oversee its embodiment in steel. He helped design the controversial Corvair, sold GM on the merits of the pollution-cutting catalytic converter and the recently abandoned rotary engine, and supported development of the air-bag safety system. His motto at the corporation...
...game, and to drive home this lesson: when you're a greenhorn like Smitty, you either let others push you around or you learn fast how to push them around. Queenie, a very funny, cynical character played with perfect wise-ass sureness by Steven Johnson, gives Smitty a crash course in this special language of protection: "Queenie's your mother," Johnson tells him, "and everybody needs a mother." Later Queenie leaves on a visit to the General's office, and Smitty is cornered by Rocky, whom John Alden plays with a slightly forced cockiness. Rocky lays out two alternatives...
Assad will be the fourth Middle East leader Carter has met in his presidential crash course on the intricacies of Arab-Israeli diplomacy. His tutorial started out in March on a positive note. Israel's then Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin was hopeful, although he and Carter never established any kind of personal rapport. Egyptian President Anwar Sadat, on the other hand, was personable and positively ebullient about peace prospects. Meanwhile, the news reaching Washington about the Assad-Brezhnev talks was upbeat: the Soviets seemed eager to resume a leadership role at comprehensive peace talks in Geneva-a role that...
...year [The rate was 7.3% in March]. Pulling out the rebate does not leave a gap." Bert Lance, director of the Office of Management and Budget, warned: "I do not think current cir cumstances call for any attempt to make up for the current [spending] shortfall through crash attempts to spend more money...
Died. Clyde Lilly Jr., 57, utility czar and chairman of the Atomic Industrial Forum, an international organization promoting nuclear energy; in the crash of a private jet near Washington, D.C. President of Southern Company Services, Inc., the Birmingham-based parent company of four southeastern utilities. Lilly repeatedly urged the full-speed development of nuclear breeders, claiming they would take care of the nation's energy problems for centuries...