Million Dollar Baby Tournament Tarnished by Bad Sports
The piece contrasts past fair play with today’s big money tennis and other sports. It cites Jimmy Connors failing to shake Guillermo Vilas after a Forest Hills final, and notes figures like Reggie Jackson and Leo Durocher as examples of poor sportsmanship. It argues suspensions could curb bratty behavior.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Forest Hills
Connors
Argentina
Guillermo Vilas
Reggie Jackson
Leo Durocher
Billy Martin
Five Miles Per Hour Too Fast In School Zone
A reader argues for stricter enforcement in school zones after a neighbor received a ticket for speeding five miles per hour over the limit in an elementary area. The letter notes children are endangered and urges year round traffic officers in large communities to curb speeding near schools.
Carter moves to restyle CIA with new executive order
President Carter readies an executive order to reshape the CIA amid four years of agency woes. Admiral Turner pushes internal reforms including firing about 800 senior officers, risking a brain drain and possible recruitment by the KGB. Bowie will head a new National Foreign Assessment Center as Infac, while Turner gains budget and tasking control. Senate scrutiny from Frank Church seeks explicit vetoes on covert operations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Carter
Central Intelligence Agency
Congress
CIA
Adm
Stansfield Turner
Executive Order
Turner
U.S
KGB
Kremlin
National Intelligence
Central Intelligence
Pentagon
National Reconnaissance Office
NRO
Navy
Air Force
National
National Security Council
Robert Bowie
National Foreign Assessment Center
Infac
Bowie
State Department
John Foster Dulles
Harvard
Sen
Frank Church
Congressional
Our Man Hoppe Tv or not to
ABS Scene: Creativity Director Slocke and writer Shakespeare discuss a three hour Othello special. They propose padding to twelve hours and casting decisions while navigating race and network concerns. The dialogue mocks network politics and late stage rewrite pressures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Hoppe
Creativity Division
American Broadcasting System
ABS
Bill Shakespeare
Morton Slocke
Slocke
Bill
Venice
Dessie
Diahann Carroll
Shakespeare
Desdemona
Mort
Slacke
South
Boston
Iago Stacke
O’brien
Trish
Othello
Cassie
Variety
Stacke
Stand for freedom took courage
Letters praise an editor for defending reader choice amid ads for X rated films. Readers argue freedom of press includes variety and individual decision making, countering critics who label such ads as harmful and tasteless.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Otis Chandler
Los Angeles Times
The
Progress
Free Press
Mary Lou Russell Phoenix
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Jimmy Connors
Ilie Nastase
Reagan
White House
Arizona
Inside Report
Novak
Hoppe
Mafia
NAACP
Redd Foxx
California
Scottsdale
Jonathan Marshall
H.E
Hal’ Metcalf
Jerry McElfresh
Audit Bureau of Circulation
Ariz
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