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...Chicago convention of the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners-and union officials currently rank not far behind black and feminist leaders in expressing dismay over the Administration's course. "He has cut out every social program we have fought for over the last 40 years," exclaimed Roy Klein, a convention delegate from South Bend, Ind. Boston Delegate Andrew Sarno added: "I don't think he should have been allowed to come here...
Frustrated career executives are leaving federal jobs in droves for better pay in the private sector. The retirement rate among senior supervisors between 55 and 59 alone was an astonishing 95% for the year ending last August, compared with a 15.5% rate in March 1978. C. Roy McKinnon, 51, was assistant director of the FBI for administration, one of the highest posts at the bureau, when he quit. "Hell," he says, "the assistant special agent in charge at the smallest FBI field office was making the same as I was." Adds Robert L. Van Ness, 40, who resigned as director...
...union's support to Reagan in the 1980 campaign, and was named a senior labor adviser to one of Reagan's transition teams. Some Teamsters are convinced that he is next in line for the presidency of the union. His accession might come soon if the incumbent, Roy L. Williams, is convicted of attempted bribery, a charge on which he is now awaiting trial. Says Presser: "I'm waiting my turn and it's down the road...
Irving, 39, a former collegiate and A.A.U. wrestler, has been hired by Director George Roy Hill (Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid) to coach Williams for Garp's match at Steering School, the fictional New England prep school of the novel. Accompanied by Sons Colin, 16, and Brendan, 11, Irving arrives at the Millbrook gym dressed to grapple: red singlet, kneepads and ear guards that resemble perforated saucers. In preparation for his role as the epical Wrestler-Writer T.S. Garp, "Mork" Williams has selected a modified outer-space look: a shiny blue and green workout suit that encases...
...enough salt to sustain many marine creatures) and were ready to receive the first of some 5,000 fish, mammals, birds and amphibians that the aquarium now contains. A hoped-for completion date of July 4 was not met, but last week, amid fish-shaped kites, an appearance by Roy Rogers and fireworks at night, it officially opened. Said Executive Director James Kepley, 38, a muscular, red-bearded marine biologist: "Working toward this day has been a perpetual high for 3½ years...