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...Gardener Irvin Williams and his scouts sighted the telltale wilt in its leaves two years ago. They cut off some of the branches, but by last spring there were more signs of distress. Williams and his men gave the tree injections in a last bid to save its life. By September, however, it was plain there was no hope. Williams sadly ordered Old 75's destruction to try to save the remaining 26 elms on the White House grounds...
...voted 104 to 48 to join the schism. And where will the separatists hold services? At the Young Women's Christian Association in downtown Columbia, that's where. "Maybe this is God's way of underscoring the fact that this is not an antifeminist movement," said Irvin D. Parker, one of the new dissidents. At the very least, somebody has a divine sense of humor...
...saddest include Beulah (homely, plodding) and Irvin, listed simply as "a schlemiel...
...Maryland's Marlboro race track by four of his friends, who were convicted, along with Mandel, on similar charges last week: W. Dale Hess, former Democratic leader of the state's house of delegates; Hess's business partners, Harry and Bill Rodgers; and Irvin Kovens, allegedly the principal financier of the race-track purchase. Also found guilty was Attorney Ernest N. Cory Jr., who did legal work for the group. In 1972, at Mandel's urging, Maryland's state legislature granted an extra 18 racing days to the track, thereby increasing its profitability...
...movie, which is at least an improvement on the original, serves as a good example of what a talented director can do with intractable material. Irvin Kershner, who is known for such pocket dramas as The Hoodlum Priest and Loving, is working for the first time on a large scale. With the excellent assistance of Cameraman Owen Roizman (The Exorcist), he brings off some fine set pieces: a buffalo hunt, the sacking of a fort. The movie is too glib about Indian spirituality to be good, too self-conscious about being on the Indians' side to be wholly convincing...