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...completed a remarkable 55% of his passes (530 out of 962 attempts) for 7,544 yds. and 52 touchdowns. His career mark of 7,887 yds. in total offense eclipsed by an astounding 1,319 yds. the N.C.A.A. record set last year by North Texas State's Steve Ramsey. A shrewd field general, Plunkett has a sharp eye for reading defenses, and his strapping size (6 ft. 3 in., 210 Ibs.) allows him to shake off tacklers as though they were so many rag dolls. "Plunkett is the best drop-back passer I've seen in college football...
...Washington Post's Ken Clawson a rare and lengthy personal interview in his mahogany-walled bastion. Clark, said Hoover, "was like a jellyfish . . . a softie," and "even worse than Bobby Kennedy. You never knew which way he was going to flop on an issue." By contrast, said Hoover, Ramsey's dad, former Attorney General and Supreme Court Justice Tom Clark, was "a good strong man." The best of all, however, is Attorney General John Mitchell-"an honest, sincere and very human...
...Observed Ramsey Clark next day: "Mr. Hoover has never been very tolerant of criticism." At the same time, he announced the formation of a Committee for Public Justice, a group of legal experts, writers, scientists and others concerned that the nation has entered "a period of political repression." His father had the last word. Questioned about the crossfire, Tom Clark, 71, said of Hoover: Hes been there 45 years and built a very distinguished and effective bureau. Were both getting pretty old. That's why I retired...
CRIME IN AMERICA by Ramsey Clark. 346 pages. Simon & Schuster...
...have just been mugged or had your car stolen, Ramsey Clark may incense you. He insists that coping with crime requires compassion for the criminal as well as the victim. Worried that U.S. lawmen may be putting too much trust in the club and the gun as instruments of order, he suggests they learn from states like Sweden-which far outmatches the U.S. in curbing crime (but also has a homogeneous society and hence far fewer problems). As Lyndon Johnson's Attorney General, Clark ranked among the ablest yet fairest crime fighters in U.S. history. His new book...