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Dates: during 1960-1969
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President Aide Joe Califano is combing the country, plucking ideas from thoughtful men about Johnson's last months in office, but most of his harvest is chaff. One suggestion for a final gesture: "Fire J. Edgar Hoover...
...confession made by a suspect is deemed voluntary. The bill also permits police to hold a suspect up to six hours-and longer in some cases-without an arraignment. Noting that these provisions apply only to federal cases, Johnson snowed his displeasure by telling the Attorney General and J. Edgar Hoover that federal suspects should still be given "full and fair warning" of their constitutional rights...
...sons, Richard B. and, most conspicuously, Andrew W., who really built the Mellon fortune (which by conservative estimate now totals at least $3 billion and perhaps a good deal more). "Andrew Mellon was possibly the most brilliant businessman whom our society has produced," wrote FORTUNE'S Charles J. V. Murphy recently. "He was a banker who understood corporations and an investor who understood men." The two brothers were so close that they ran a joint bank account for as long as they were both alive. The brothers' philosophy: Bet on a man with an idea, taking a share...
...simply "not true." Relatively youthful (56) in A. & P. terms, Alldredge came up through storeside ranks, was named president in 1963, became chairman in 1966, and two weeks ago was given Jay's key title of chief executive officer. Parading a new management team, including fledgling President William J. Kane, 55, Alldredge promised "a fresh start...
...UNIVERSAL BASEBALL ASSOCIATION, INC., J. HENRY WAUGH, PROP, by Robert Coover. 242 pages. Random House...