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...After that," Jones recalls, "we operated a little more efficiently." Davey Jones not only survived that trip, but he has functioned so efficiently ever since that last week he was named by President Jimmy Carter to become the new head of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. In an otherwise routine shift of three top-level military commands, Jones, 56, and the Air Force won an unexpected victory by gaining the two-year appointment to the nation's highest uniformed post at a time when traditional rotation policy would have turned it over to the Army. Jones will succeed another...
...three of last week's big election winners-Ed Koch, Brendan Byrne and Carol Bellamy-got together with Los Angeles Mayor Tom Bradley, New York Governor Hugh Carey and Pennsylvania Senator John Heinz, they could form a little association. Its name: the Davey Garth Fan Club. All those potent pols are, or have been, the clients of David Garth, the nation's most sought-after campaign strategist. His record this year: five winners among six clients. Garth's secret? Says the hard-working consultant: "There are ad agency guys more creative than I and professional pols more...
...Globe from Washington. There, as in other assignments, he became known for meticulous research. That has been both more imperative and more difficult for Munro in Peking, for he does not read or speak Chinese and often has to rely on interpreters. But as Globe Managing Editor Clark Davey notes, Munro remains "a student in every sense of the word...
Second Baseman Davey Lopes, whom Lasorda converted from an outfielder in the minors, credits the manager with creating a major league career for him. Says Lopes: "If someone takes an interest in me as a man as well as a player, our overall relationship will be improved. Of all Tommy's gifts, that's the greatest." Reggie Smith, the gifted, moody outfielder who bounced around the big leagues on a malcontent's reputation before finding a home with the Dodgers last season, was considered an acid test for Lasorda. Smith had a sterling year at the plate...
...unpredictable. You can't see a decent life ahead for the kids," explains Electrician Clive Davey, who took the chicken run to South Africa this month after living in Rhodesia for 13 years. If there were a political settlement, would he change his mind? "No," he says firmly. "All that Rhodesia has left now is the sun." Ian Edwards, 33, a grain research specialist, emigrated last year to South Africa and later the U.S., leaving a vacant house near Salisbury that he could not sell. His parents stayed on in Rhodesia "They...