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JOHN PAUL STEVENS, 51, of Chicago, on the Seventh Circuit. He clerked for the late Supreme Court Justice Wiley Rutledge, then specialized in antitrust cases in private practice. In 1969 he was special counsel to an investigating commission that found two Illinois Supreme Court justices guilty of "gross impropriety" for accepting bank shares from a former state revenue director. On the court of appeals, one of his dissenting opinions, upheld the rights of Father James Groppi, the activist Milwaukee priest...
There will be an inspirational rally" on Sunday, May 2, led by Cesar Chavez of the United Farm Workers, George Wiley from National Welfare Rights Organization, Ralph Abernathy of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, and Jane Fonda, who has been one of the most successful fund raisers the anti-war movement has ever...
...would be continued downward past the zero-tax line; those with inadequate income would be given money through the internal revenue apparatus. The amount would be based on need and designed to encourage privately earned income. Friedman also would use NIT to replace all present welfare aid. (Ironically, Organizer Wiley also favors the NIT, but not at a modest level: N.W.R.O. seeks $5,500 a year for a family of four...
Despite the mediocrity of most performances, there were a few bright spots. Dave Silver was the winner in the optional one-meter diving with 236.20 points on five dives. His nearest competitor was Brown's Rick Wiley with 145.15. Brown has no three-meter board on which to practice, so there can be no competition from the high board in its meets...
Rogers died in a plane crash at Point Barrow, Alaska, in 1935, along with the globe-girdling pilot, Wiley Post. In the nostalgia of Whitmore's performance, it is refreshing to be reminded of a time when a man who had amassed millions could scuff his toes at success and say quite simply, "Shucks, I was just an old cowhand that had a bit of luck...