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Though nobody could predict how long the aging and diabetic Schroeder would survive?his only predecessor, Dr. Barney Clark, died after a courageous 112-day struggle last year?he was reported at week's end to be doing "beautifully" (see following story). But even if Schroeder dies soon, there will be more such operations, and even more complicated ones, in the near future...
...Weakland was appointed Archbishop of Milwaukee. Instead of holding a traditional welcoming banquet for parish priests and wealthy Roman Catholic laymen, Weakland had a dinner for the city's poor. He also sold his predecessor's mansion and moved into a modest apartment in the cathedral rectory. Its one luxury: a Mason & Hamlin grand piano, which he tries to play daily...
...town. Its news coverage had lost the crusading spirit of its early days as a "people's daily" fighting Brahmin interests. The editorial page featured wambling, civics-text platitudes. There were advertisements on Page One. Winship's arduous task was made more delicate by family diplomacy: his predecessor was his father, Laurence Winship, who had dominated the paper for 40 years...
...there. According to The Almanac of American Politics, during his 18 years in the senate, Percy has not sponsored or written one major piece of legislation. And Percy seldom uses his position as Chairman to advocate enlightened initiatives, or even to voice concern about troubling issues, as did his predecessor, the late Frank Church of Idaho. Where, for instance, were the Senate investigations after the Beirut bombings...
...only must the 39-year-old Peterkin confront the usual problems facing an urban school system-demanding parents, federal regulations, distribution of resources--but he must also contend with the seven-member School Committee which voted not to rehire his predecessor, William C. Lannon...