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DIED. William S. Schlamm, 74, Polish-born writer and a former Communist who turned into a staunch conservative during the 1930s; of a heart attack; on Sept. 1, in Salzburg. Immigrating to the U.S. before World War II, Schlamm served as an editor of FORTUNE and assistant to Henry Luce in the 1940s, and in the 1950s helped create and edit National Review. Returning to Europe, he founded his own political magazine, Zeitbuhne, in West Germany...
Ralph: Speaking as a staunch supporter of feminism, I deplore it, Wanda...
While the groups that attacked Javits professed to reflect the dews of U.S. Jewry, many prominent American Jews sharply disagreed. Connecticut's Senator Abraham Ribicoff, a staunch supporter of Israel who drew much heat from the Israeli lobby when he backed the Administration's sale of warplanes to Egypt and Saudi Arabia, was "in complete agreement" with Javits on Israeli withdrawal from Arab lands. Los Angeles Rabbi Allen Freehling, president of the Southern California division of the American Jewish Congress, took issue with the position of his group's national leadership. "I refuse to go along with...
Khama, who has served as Botswana's president since the country gained independence from Britain in 1966, has earned a reputation as a staunch foe of the apartheid policies of South Africa. Although continuing trade relations with that nation, Botswana has, under Khama's leadership, established itself as one of the foremost opponents of apartheid, frequently sponsoring and supporting United Nations resolutions condemning South Africa and its racial policies...
Throughout her association with the University, Gilbert has remained a staunch supporter of women's education. A member of the Radcliffe Class of '36, she served as the school's acting president from 1964 to 1965, and later became the first woman ever elected president of the Board of Overseers--the larger of the University's two governing boards. Although she retired from that position in 1975, she has remained active on a number of visiting committees, and remains a Radcliffe trustee, which she has been since...