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When former Missouri Democratic Senator Edward V. Long died last November at 64, his death was attributed to a "cerebral vascular accident" that had "all the appearance of a stroke." Last week it was revealed that Helen Dunlop, the Senator's secretary and close companion for 26 years, had touched off an official probe by charging that his death was actually the result of poisoning...
...Miss Dunlop claimed in March that before Long died he told her that he had eaten chocolates sent to him by a businessman in Clayton, Mo. She said she and Long had dinner together just before he died, and he told her he thought he had been poisoned by the candy. It had a bitter taste, he said. According to Miss Dunlop, he later reported feeling numb in the arms and legs. The unidentified businessman denied ever sending candy to Long, police reported. Miss Dunlop failed to say why she waited four months before going to authorities and telling them...
...bizarre charges became known only after Long's widow Florence, 60, filed a $3,250,000 suit charging the secretary with alienation of her husband's affections. Long had been having an affair with Miss Dunlop, according to the widow's suit, since before 1968, the year he lost his Senate seat amid charges of corrupt dealings with officials of the Teamsters Union. Mrs. Long also petitioned the court to determine the assets of his estate, claiming in an affidavit that Miss Dunlop, 46, and two other employees "have concealed or embezzled or otherwise unlawfully held" property...
Before coming to Harvard, Lindzey had served as vice president for Academic Affairs and vice president for Administration at the University of Texas. Because of his extensive administrative experience, he was thought to be a top contender for the permanent deanship vacated by John T. Dunlop...
Even the University Committee on Governance, which was chaired by former dean of the Faculty John T. Dunlop, agrees that the difference between "income" and capital gains is simply one of arbitrary definition. "The distinction makes no economic sense," the committee reported in November 1970. "After the fact, and at any point in time, a dollar of realizable capital gains [that is, capital gains whose value can be turned into spendable dollars through sale of stock] is exactly equivalent to a dollar of 'income...