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...traveling in Africa, was not available for the hurriedly arranged session. The Justices had been asked, at the very last hour, to decide whether to allow the execution later that night of Frank J. Coppola, 38, a convicted murderer who wished to die. After discussing the case, Chief Justice Warren Burger and four others voted to overturn a stay that had been issued by an appeals judge earlier in the day. About 45 minutes later, that news reached Coppola at Virginia State Penitentiary in Richmond. At 11:18 p.m., the prisoner walked 30 paces and, with outward calm, sat down...
...owner of fabled Calumet Farm; of pneumonia; in Miami. A native Kentuckian, the Grand Lady of the Turf brought a sense of exacting style to the 850-acre, perfectly manicured (23 miles of white painted fences) Lexington farm, which she supervised after the death of her first husband, Warren Wright, in 1950. For more than two decades, Calumet dominated American racing, gathering the Kentucky Derby roses an unprecedented eight times, the Preakness black-eyed Susans seven times and two Triple Crown trophies with Whirlaway (1941) and Citation (1948). "I love horses," Markey once said, "and I want the best horse...
...stands. The fence was only 250 ft., but never mind, nobody was counting up feet. They were counting up Appling's 75 years. As far as anyone could remember, he is the oldest player to hit a home run in even a quasi-major-league game. A surprised Warren Spahn, 61, the former Milwaukee Brave pitching ace who served up the gopher ball, confessed, "I didn't figure Appling could even hit that far." Said Appling, who these days coaches batting for the Atlanta Braves' minor league teams: "I guess these young fellows will listen...
...else is ready for beatification? Some think Robert Penn Warren. Ralph Ellison, for one book, Invisible Man (1952). J B. Priestley? Alberto Moravia? Doris Lessing? Graham Greene? Jorge Luis Borges? The morally imposing Alexander Sofehenitsyn? Yes Certainly Samuel Beckett, the muttering old codger of modernism, who changed the spiritual and theatrical décor of the 20th century...
...Warren Bechtel's son, Stephen Sr., prospered during World War II by building Liberty ships. At war's end, Bechtel expanded his company's pipeline work and moved into oil refineries and later into nuclear plants. In 1960 Bechtel handed control of the firm over to his only son Steve Jr., who holds the titles of chairman and chief executive officer and last week took back the title of president as well, after Shultz's resignation...