Word: publicizer
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...during his regular public audience last week, the Pope resorted to unusually outspoken terms to make it clear that any sharing of his authority will have to come gradually. The church, he said, "is a spiritual and religious fact. Faith generates it. Authority directs it. The Holy Spirit enlivens it. It cannot be changed at will...
Leonard vowed strict enforcement of civil rights laws, and he made a creditable start. Under his direction, the Civil Rights Division has filed 33 lawsuits against segregation in public accommodations and 15 against discrimination in housing. Last week-perhaps to assuage critics on the eve of his Supreme Court appearance-the division asked a federal court in Atlanta to compel Georgia to integrate its public schools by the start of the 1970-71 year...
Smelling the Public. Kerkorian hopes that Aubrey, whom he met for the first time only two weeks ago, can put new vigor into the ailing MGM lion. Kerkorian wanted a show business veteran to replace financial man Polk, but his choice for the presidency, Herb Jaffe, a vice president of United Artists, turned the job down. Gregson Bautzer, the Los Angeles socialite lawyer who counts both Kerkorian and Aubrey among his clients, introduced the two men at the Beverly Hilton and recommended Aubrey for the job. Bautzer's sales pitch: "Jim Aubrey has a real good sense of smell...
...year that ended Aug. 31. Deficits were biggest in the film and record divisions; earnings from television have also suffered, and of the major divisions of the company only the music publishing business raised its profits. Apparently, MGM's creative people have lost touch with what the public wants in films. Last year nearly all the company's films lost money. MGM's last big hit was Doctor Zhivago...
Because of soaring operating costs, 55 of the 85 largest public housing authorities in the U.S. face a financial crisis. Instead of raising rents, the authorities have been neglecting maintenance; now Congress is considering a bill to increase federal subsidies. Over the past three decades, the Federal Government has put more than $7 billion into housing subsidies and urban renewal. Still, one-sixth of the U.S. population lives in overcrowded or substandard housing...