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DIED. William C. Sullivan, 65, former No. 3 man at the FBI who became an outspoken critic of Director J. Edgar Hoover; of a gunshot wound received while deer hunting near his home in Sugar Hill, N.H. As head of the domestic intelligence division for a decade, Sullivan was involved in many abuses including "black bag" operating and illegal wiretapping of National Security Council phones that were later revealed by the Senate Intelligence Committee. Though long a loyal lieutenant of Hoover's in his obsessive war against Communism, Sullivan later criticized Hoover's extremist views and retired...
This mystery of leadership has been pondered since our beginnings as a nation, but we are still not sure of the ingredients. Why did Herbert Hoover, a brilliant engineer and a humanitarian of inflexible integrity, fail, while Roosevelt, imprecise and conspiratorial, succeeded so well in "being President...
...Carlton's designated catcher Tim McCarver (.323) are solid behind the plate. Larry Bowa (.279) stands above all other major league shortstops in the field, and he teams with Sizemore for an excellent doubleplay combo. In center, Garry Maddox (.291, 74 RBI's) slurps up fly balls like a Hoover vacuum cleaner, and discharges them to the infield just as quickly...
...from office in 1934, following conviction for soliciting political contributions from federal employees. The conviction was overturned in 1935. In 1924 Indiana's Republican Governor Warren McCray received a ten-year prison sentence for misuse of the mails in his personal financial transactions; he was pardoned by President Hoover after serving three years...
Thus was Carter able to announce a gilt-edged choice for one of his most crucial appointments. Since the 1972 death of J. Edgar Hoover, the 8,400-agent bureau has been virtually rudderless and buffeted by disclosures of repeated individual-rights abuses. Now the FBI will be getting a leader with a towering record for correcting abuses of civil rights...