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...James' request, Federal District Judge Frank M. Johnson Jr. gave him the authority to bypass the state board of corrections and end barbaric conditions in Alabama's prison system. Johnson had been at loggerheads with Wallace and the board since ruling in 1976 that the prisons were "junglelike" and constituted cruel and unusual punishment...
James indeed seems not to care. Says he: "Judge me by the bottom line-literacy, jobs, per capita income. I'm going to figure out what's right and do it. If it is right, the people will support it." So far, they have. Preliminary poll results show him with a 69% favorable performance rating, higher than Wallace ever commanded during his twelve years in the Governor's office...
...million in grants to finance the removal of Israeli airfields in the Sinai desert. All this is in addition to the $1.8 billion in annual military and economic aid that Israel gets from the U.S. Last week President Carter approved Weizman's latest arms requests which include 200 M-60 tanks, 800 armored personnel carriers, 200 artillery pieces, 600 Maverick air-to-ground missiles and 600 Sidewinder air-to-air missiles. The U.S. also agreed to speed up delivery of 75 F-16 fighter planes; they will reach Israel by 1980 instead...
Wayne Rogers, 44, actor. Even before Rogers became famous as Trapper John in the TV series M*A*S*H, he was boning up on finance and managing the money of his friends, Actors Peter Falk, James Caan and Jack Webb. In 1969, with those and other pals, he bought 2,500 acres of farm land in Paso Robles, Calif., for $750,000 and turned 500 acres into a vineyard that has become famous for its Merlot grapes. Future plans call for building a 40,000-case winery on the property. The land is now worth $7 million and that...
...dictionary, which serves as a guide to British, rather than American usage was compiled by a woman, Joyce M. Hawkins, 50. Aware that "chairperson" and its kin (e.g., "spokesperson") are increasingly accepted in the U.S., she notes, "In this country, chairperson is treated with mild amusement." The huge Oxford English Dictionary first included "chairman" a century ago, and, as Hawkins points out, its original usage made no sexual distinction. Still, Hawkins' dictionary tolerates "chairwoman," which it defines as a "female chairman...