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...fourth day of his China tour, former Defense Secretary James Schlesinger was watching a demonstration of Chinese army marksmanship at a base 60 miles northeast of Peking. Diplomatic Editor Jerrold Schecter, traveling with him, started when he heard the strains of the Internationale break out on camp loudspeakers-in China, a sign that something important was to be announced. Before leaving, Schlesinger leaned over to Schecter and whispered the news of Mao Tse-tung's death. Reports Schecter: "I couldn't believe it. Then I looked at Schlesinger's face, and I knew it was true...
...Barrett and Correspondent James Willwerth, both racquet zealots, competed in this year's press tournament at Forest Hills-though neither made the finals. Correspondent Arthur White runs and wins the annual fall tournament of TIME'S Washington bureau -with stiff competition from players like Diplomatic Editor Jerrold Schecter, who manages to get in winter practice during lulls while accompanying Henry Kissinger on trips to sunny climates. Senior Editor Leon Jaroff and International Editor Jesse Birnbaum, who celebrated their 25th anniversaries with TIME in July, both requested memberships in a tennis club instead of the traditional watch mementos. Jaroff...
...Udall emerged from the primaries with a substantial claim to leadership of the party's liberal wing, he had been conspicuously left out of the vice-presidential sweepstakes by Carter-in part because of Udall's campaign advertising depicting Carter as two-faced. Groused Cleveland Lawyer Sheldon Schecter, 49: "We feel so deeply about Mo. It hurts that he's being kind of ignored." Before pledging support, Schecter wants clearer declarations of Carter's positions on national health insurance, right-to-work laws and the Humphrey-Hawkins Full Employment Bill. Another Udall backer, Ellen Kozak...
...elected politicians, but seasoned Washington hands, are three highly capable and available lawyers. Cyrus Vance, 59, was Secretary of the Army and Deputy Secretary of Defense under Kennedy and Johnson, and a special negotiator on Cyprus, Korea and Viet Nam. Vance, according to TIME'S diplomatic editor Jerrold Schecter, is leading in the early chart. "He has a smooth, low-keyed public style that appeals to Carter, who does not intend to be overshadowed by his Secretary of State. Vance, is solid and cautious. One colleague who recently spent a month in China with Vance said: 'I never...
Confused and Tarnished. According to TIME Diplomatic Editor Jerrold L. Schecter, "Kissinger senses his own cycle has hit bottom; yet he feels that his plight is a reflection of the national mood of self-criticism and self-searching that has grown out of Viet Nam and Watergate. He refuses to face the reality that he too is a part of that history and that his own role remains confused and tarnished. He believes he is fighting to prevent the nation from consuming itself in bitterness and self-recrimination...