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...either HUD, HEW or Commerce . . . Age 44 . . . Put herself through University of Maryland . . . Joined IBM as trainee in 1955 . . . In her twenties ran IBM's missile-tracking station in Bermuda . . . Took leave in 1966 to be first woman White House Fellow; worked for HUD Chief Robert Weaver. Returned to IBM as executive assistant to former Chairman Thomas Watson Jr. . . . Starting in 1972, served as vice president for public and government relations . . . Considered firm as well as charming...
...perceptive review last August of the television coverage of the primaries, Paul Weaver charged the networks with a condescending and contemptuous attitude toward the candidates, and also with a portrayal of the campaign as Melodrama, featuring heroes, villains, and an underlying plot...
Television's neutrality is a little less than it seems. As Paul H. Weaver points out, television tends to condescend to politicians. This may be because "neutrality" permits a commentator a great many negative remarks about politicians hungry for office, aiming their speeches at some bloc, making a poor showing or taking desperate measures. But neutrality bars a commentator from saying bluntly "That was a brilliant speech," "I agree with him," or "He acted courageously...
Fanning and Executive Editor Stan Abbott launched the series when they began to suspect that the chief local beneficiary of the pipeline boom was the Teamsters. Three newsmen-Howard Weaver, Bob Porterfield and Jim Babb -were assigned full time, leaving only five reporters to cover the rest of the news. In the next three months, the trio accumulated files on 600 individuals and 250 union-related corporations...
Court Cue. Weaver's restraint was shared by Attorney Alexander Polikoff, who argued the case for the blacks. "The change is only potential," he warned. Before they could get similar relief, blacks in other cities would have to bring suit and prove on a case-by-case basis that HUD had violated their basic constitutional rights. "The real hope," said Polikoff, "is that HUD will take the cue from the court and, on a voluntary basis, pass out their dollars to developers in metropolitan areas." The resulting housing projects, he continued, should be accessible to people from the inner...