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...DIED. Leroy R. Grumman, 87, self-assured, no-frills mechanical engineer and aeronautical designer who turned his Long Island-based aircraft-repair shop, started in 1929 with $32,000, into one of the country's largest defense contractors (1981 sales: $1.95 billion); in Manhasset, N.Y. During World War II Grumman Hellcats, Wildcats and Avengers chalked up 60% of the enemy kills on the Pacific front. Grumman's company was working on the lunar excursion module when, in 1966, diabetic and almost blind, the avid ex-pilot retired as board chairman...
...football is said to provide half the annual income of the legal bookmakers. The Barbary Coast Casino and Sports Book in Las Vegas handled more than $1 million worth of N.F.L. bets on each of the two weekends before the strike, says Owner Michael Gaughan. Vic Salermo, operator of Leroy's Sports Book, frets that the strike will cost him 40% of his business if it is prolonged...
Proof of any of the allegations so far has been singularly elusive. Two former congressional pages first aired the sex charges on national TV three weeks ago. One, Leroy Williams, 18, of Little Rock, Ark., claimed to have had sex with three Congressmen and to have secured the services of a prostitute for a Senator. But he has failed an FBI lie-detector test. The other page, Jeff Opp, 16, of Denver, said he had heard from friends that perhaps half a dozen Congressmen were sexually abusing male pages, but conceded that none had tried to seduce him. FBI agents...
...appallingly commonplace in Lebanon in the aftermath of the Israeli blitz. To look into the plight of the civilians who were in the path of the invasion, TIME sent four journalists into the area: Beirut Correspondent Roberto Suro, Jerusalem Correspondent David Halevy, Cairo Correspondent Robert C. Wurmstedt and Reporter Leroy Aarons. Their combined report...
...DIED. Leroy ("Satchel") Paige, 75 or perhaps more, ageless, flamboyant fastball pitcher who became a legend during two decades in the old Negro leagues, even before breaking into the majors as a rookie of 42-the first black pitcher in the American League; of a heart attack; in Kansas City, Mo. "Do you throw that hard consistently?" asked his first manager. "No, sir," said Satchel, "I do it all the time." Paige (his nickname came from carrying satchels at a railroad depot as a child) estimated that he pitched 2,500 games in the black leagues, won 2,000, including...