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Campaign fever hit Miami and surrounding Dade County last week and press and television reporters moved in to record the frenzy. A key mayoralty election? No. The latest and perhaps final chapter in the struggle over whether to retain Dade County's bitterly debated ordinance outlawing discrimination against homosexuals in housing, employment and public accommodations. This week the county will hold a referendum to decide whether or not to rescind the law. Already the issue has grown into a symbol of the countrywide battle for homosexual rights-pitting the zeal of Singer Anita Bryant, the pro-repeal crusader, against...
...Scott Simpson is expected to retain his national individual championship but Barton Goodwin of Rice and Jeff Sanders of Oregon (who finished second and third last year when the tournament was held in Albequerque, N.M.) will also be returning...
...RESPONDING TO BRUSH FIRES: The U.S. might find itself engaged in conflicts outside its principal theaters of operations, notably perhaps in the Middle East, the Persian Gulf, the Horn of Africa, the Caribbean. To handle such contingencies, says Brown, the U.S. must retain the capability of reacting overseas with "speed and flexibility." This may best be achieved by keeping some troops abroad, either at land bases or aboard aircraft carriers. At times, a simple show of force, like ordering a naval task force to steam toward a potential trouble spot, can be enough to protect U.S. interests and prevent...
Booth says she likes the idea of having a single, adding that four or five friends can select rooms on the same floor but still retain their privacy...
...Chayefsky's movie Network, and some observers of television were wondering last week if life would be making reruns out of art. In a move long-bruited, Roone Arledge, the energetic president of ABC Sports, was put in charge of the network's news division. Arledge will retain his sports job and succeed ABC News President William Sheehan, who last year hired Barbara Walters for $1 million a year to co-anchor the Evening News with Harry Reasoner. Sheehan is being demoted to senior vice president for news...