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YEAR END REVIEW: A DINNER AT HOWARD K. SMITH'S (ABC, 10-11 p.m.).* ABC correspondents gather at the Maryland home of their colleague to discuss and analyze the major news events of 1966. Among them: Edward P. Morgan, William Lawrence, John Scali, Sam Jaffe, Charles Arnot and George Watson...
...Just as Bailey candidly set out to "destroy" the late Marilyn Sheppard last month in his successful fight to win Sam Sheppard's acquittal for her murder. He portrayed Marilyn as an adulteress killed by a jealous wife. Last week, after an investigation, a Cuyahoga County, Ohio, grand jury dismissed Bailey's claim as having "no basis in truth or fact" and rebuked him for raising it. Though Bailey won a new trial for Sheppard by claiming prejudicial press coverage, the publicity in the Coppolino case clearly did not harm the defendant. Superior Court Judge Elvin Simmill...
...four Eastern Conference championships in five years. Sherman, a Brooklyn boy himself, won a ten-year contract of $40,000 per. But the Giants decided that their team needed rebuilding. Quarterback Y. A. Tittle went to sell insurance in California, and the Giants traded away an All-Pro linebacker (Sam Huff), two All-Pro tackles (Roosevelt Grier and Dick Modzelewski), and an All-Pro defensive back (Erich Barnes). Result: in 1964, the Giants won two of 14 games. In 1965, they won seven ("Luck," allows Allie...
Easily the liveliest septuagenarian in Government, Hershey also scoffed at the idea of the all-volunteer army. Most volunteers, he pointed out, only signed up "after they passed the Selective Service exam and it became apparent that Uncle Sam had some permanent interest in them." Hershey conceded that the draft was uncertain, but added, "I have some friends this week who found certainty-their obituaries were published in your papers." And for all its faults, the draft sure beats the way "George Washington had to spend most of his time looking for men-he had to arrange his schedule...
...halfback Bobby Leo whipped two other footballers--John Tyson and Joe Sam Robinson -- in the 40-yard dash Wednesday to gain a position on the team along with Anderson, who didn't have to compete...