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Obviously, both the Hughes heirs and the Summa executives have decided they will be better off working together than squabbling over the empire. Their accommodation was preceded by a reconciliation between the maternal and paternal sides of the Hughes clan. At the Las Vegas meeting, William Lummis, who bears a striking resemblance to Hughes as a young man, was elected chairman of Summa. Lummis worked for years as a lawyer in the Houston firm of Andrews, Kurth, Campbell & Jones, which has handled Hughes family matters for half a century. Bill Gay was elected president, and the rest of the penthouse...
Rather like a roving medieval Irish clan, Senator Edward Kennedy and 20 relatives and friends sallied forth into western Massachusetts last week on a camping trip. Among those accompanying Teddy were Wife Joan, Sisters Jean Smith and Eunice Shriver and Children Kara, 16, Ted Jr., 14, and Patrick, 8. They all lived off the fat of the land -cookouts at local friends' homes-endured scraped knees and capsized canoes, and at an amusement park, braved the roller coaster. As ever, the Kennedy holiday was no swing in a hammock...
...recreation program for mentally retarded children and adults. For the 250 or so people who attended (at $125 each), there was champagne, roast beef and a demonstration of athletic prowess by a group of accomplished retarded kids, a fashion show, and then fun and games for the regulars. The Clan itself was heavily represented: Jackie O., Eunice Shriver, Pat Lawford, Jean Smith, etc., etc., but the most enchanting of the family were the new generation: Eunice's son and daughter Bobby, 21, and Maria, 20; and Pat's daughter Sydney, 19. As photographers snapped away, Sydney...
Politically, the Israeli Arabs are divided. Some faithfully follow, their apolitical clan sheiks, who are primarily concerned about keeping their villages prosperous and cohesive. Others are strong supporters of Jordan's King Hussein. Since active supporters of the Palestine Liberation Organization are barred from campaigning in Israeli
...rated shows. It was followed that September by Maude, a spin-off from Family, whose mercurial, politically liberal protagonist taught a nation's housewives the imprecation: "God'll getcha for this." Then came two more socially stratified black sitcoms: Good Times, wherein J.J. and his ghetto clan give a new meaning-and pronunciation-to dynamite, and the middle-class Jeffersons, which demonstrates weekly that blacks also can be bigoted. This year there were signs of Lear jet lag. One Day at a Time, a story of a divorced woman's travails with her two unlovable teen...