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...Penny Stebbins, 34, of Branford, Conn., took special joy from the giant copper beech tree on the vacant lot next to her home. Majestically soaring 60 feet, the century-old tree had become a landmark for the area and a meeting place for lovers. A common boast around the neighborhood was that such trees live as long as 500 years. So when the lot's owners decided to build a house on the property and began cutting down the tree, Mrs. Stebbins launched a valiant holding action. Perhaps taking a hint from the premiere episode...
While he was working full time as an electrical engineer for IBM in Huntsville, Ala., Evans used his spare time to start what is now regarded as a landmark program in college recruiting. Often seeking tips in bars, pool halls and churches, Evans combed Huntsville's black community in pursuit of talented, but in some cases non-college bound, high school students. Where it was necessary, Evans began by convincing the student that college was accessible and worthwhile. Evans then helped them prepare for entrance examinations. Meanwhile, using his own money, he called and wrote to schools all around...
...Senators faced a dilemma last week: not a landmark decision on war or peace, but a last-minute decision on whether or not to vote themselves a salary increase. Simply by not acting by week's end, members of Congress would have automatically assured themselves a raise approved by President Nixon, from $42,500 to $45,700 immediately and to $52,800 by 1976. The pay package would also have given increases to Cabinet members, federal judges and about 5,000 federal officials. Considering that inflation has eaten up nearly 30% of the last increase that Congressmen allowed themselves...
...they heard of Judge Frank M. Johnson, a liberal district court justice in Alabama, who made several landmark civil rights decisions? Morgan challenged the audience. Silence. Morgan smiled. How about Judge Skelly Wright, lately of New Orleans? One law student answered in the affirmative. "Oh yeah," Morgan came back. "He left New Orleans and moved to Washington--got close enough to Boston for the shuttle...
Fuqua's innovative business principles and ideas have stimulated financial leaders everywhere. In the spring of 1972 he made a proposal to discontinue his corporation's formal annual stockholder meetings. December of the same year, Fuqua made a landmark move by issuing a preliminary, unaudited report that included dollar forecasts and net earnings for the company as a whole and for each major project line as well...