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Staff headquarters for the Irvine project is Urbanus Square?a remodeled red barn in the midst of the ranch's rolling greenery. Inside, the white plaster walls are covered with brightly colored plans, maps and projections, and the huge floor is crowded with big tables holding clay models of structures, topographical miniatures, sketches of things to come. At one side is a conference and dining area, dominated by an ever-burning fireplace and well stocked with books, records and liquor. Pereira wheels out a couple of times a week to visit his planners in the red barn, calling them together...
After protecting Presidents and their families from summit conferences to swimming pools and from the blood-stained steps of Blair House to the fox hunting fields of Middleburg, U. E. (for Urbanus Edmond) Baughman wanted out. Confessed the lanky, brush-haired veteran of 33 years in the Secret Service, the last 13 as its chief: "At 56 I'm worn out." Baughman's post-retirement plans: "I'm going to do all the things I've been watching other people...
Beyond his duty to keep counterfeiters in check, U. E. (for Urbanus Edmund) Baughman, chief of the Secret Service, is also responsible for the personal safety of the President. Last week Baughman gave the Senate Appropriations Committee a guardsman's view of the Chief Executive's job. The President, he said, "cannot have what is considered a normal life, home or family relationship. He has no choice as to where he lives. He is a focal point for public and world attention. He is a slave to his office, being obliged to serve his country without cease...
...long after Johannes Hendrikus Urbanus got back to The Netherlands last spring, a Dutch baseball official said sadly: "I wish Hannie had stayed home." The star pitcher of the Dutch Honkbal champions, Amsterdam's Op Volharding Volgt Overwinning (perseverance leads to victory) team, Hannie, 25, had just spent a month in the U.S. at the New York Giants' training camp (TIME, Feb. 25). He learned some tricky pitches, but Hannie and the things he had learned in America played hob with Honkbal...
...pitchers kept trying to toss American style, and some improved. But last week, at season's end, none was even close to Hannie's new-found effectiveness. With an average of twelve strikeouts a game, and two international victories (over England and Belgium) to his credit. Pitcher Urbanus hurled his undefeated O.V.V.O. team to its fourth straight Dutch championship, 5 to 2, over a strong Haarlem nine...