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...cabinet" during Nixon-Ford era . . . Senior fellow of Brookings Institution, Washington's liberal think tank, since 1969; also economics professor at University of Maryland, where he earned his Ph.D. . . . As Lyndon Johnson's budget director during years of Great Society and Viet Nam buildup, was one of earliest important advocates in Government of the new politics and economics of austerity . . . Argued that new programs should not be launched without careful forecasting of the economy's "fiscal dividend"-the difference between expected future growth in Government income and built-in raises in federal spending . . . Rapped Republicans for failure...
...Summa Corp. and Hughes' assorted relatives all contend that the Mormon will is a fake. Summa is run by a triumvirate: Frank William Gay, 55, who is president and chief executive officer; Nadine Henley, 70, one of Hughes' earliest assistants, who is senior vice president; and Chester Davis, 66, an abrasive Wall Street lawyer, who is Summa's legal strategist. Hughes' maternal nephew, William Lummis, 47, joined Summa as chairman to avoid a struggle for the spoils between the company and the relatives...
...strategists in order to turn propaganda into organization, and organization into action. Thus, Fatah's rise to prominence appears to have been more the result of the ideological and tactical guidance of those close to Arafat than of "Abu Ammar" (Arafat's code name) himself. And the group's earliest strikes against Israel were due to the planning and materiel of Syrian officials. As Arafat appears increasingly hamstrung in 1976, the intriguing question arises: how much is his powerlessness a reflection of "the way it's always been...
...black families. Now Moynihan's basic premise-that slavery destroyed black family structure-has apparently been laid to rest by City University of New York Historian Herbert G. Gutman in his new book, The Black Family in Slavery and Freedom, 1750-1925. Gutman's conclusion: from the earliest days of slavery until the eve of the Great Depression, the black family was surprisingly close, strong and intact...
With the frenzy increasing around the spectacle, Governor Calvin Rampton intervened by staying the execution until the board of pardons can meet this week. The move meant that it will probably be next week at the earliest before Gilmore can get his death wish...