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...fact that he was not licensed to practice law in Washington, Baker said, he arranged to have over $30,000 in fees from his clients made out in checks payable to a Washington lawyer friend instead of to himself. Thus Bobby denied the Government's contention that the setup was meant to evade taxes on influence-peddling deals...
Other Catholic schools have similar plans. Last week the Congregation of Holy Cross, which operates the University of Notre Dame, reorganized the school's governing board; under the new setup the six priests who currently make up the board will be balanced with six laymen. At the same time, the Holy Cross Fathers approved another mixed lay-clerical board for the University of Portland, which they also control. Cleveland's John Carroll University is working along the same lines, and New York's Fordham University, which has been experimentally allowing its 36-member lay board of advisers...
...offensive setup has developed along class-conscious lines all the way down. Joining Parrot in an oldie-but-goodie combination on the first line are the team's two senior forwards, captain Dennis McCullough and Pete Waldinger...
...elevated to executive vice president three years ago. He replaces William S. Vaughn, 64, an affable, Shakespeare-quoting Rhodes scholar who stays on as chief executive officer, at the same time succeeding Albert K. Chapman, 76, as board chairman. Thanks to its powerhouse drugstore-oriented marketing setup, Kodak accounts for about 80% of the nation's amateur film sales, but its new president means to keep the company expanding into new products. "If you stand still," says Eilers, "you go downhill...
...handling the impossible military problems and improbable personality of Douglas MacArthur, Marshall was superb. A minefield of difficulties had to be threaded before MacArthur could be moved from the Philippines to Australia and establish a new international command on the ruins of the shattered U.S.-British-Dutch-Australian setup. He had to respect MacArthur's legitimate pride and ignore the inexplicable pettiness that moved MacArthur to fight against a Medal of Honor for his comrade, Jonathan Wainwright, destined for a Japanese prison camp. Throughout, Marshall never wavered in his belief in MacArthur's military genius...