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Toward this end, Perot has given away fortunes. He anonymously contributed $2.4 million to form an experimental elementary school for 1,000 poor Dallas black and Mexican Americans. An Eagle Scout during his Texarkana youth, Perot gave $1 million to the Boy Scouts to investigate ways of taking scouting into the ghetto. He gave a ranch to the Girl Scouts for a part-time boarding school for the underprivileged, and a Dallas high school gets $50,000 annually to subsidize tuition for poor Mexican Americans...
...particular woman never shops in a crowd; her purchases are made in the hush of showrooms and hotel suites, and each dress is pondered as if it were a matter of national policy. Which, in a way, it is. For she is Mrs. Richard Nixon's personal fashion scout, Commissioner of Coats and Suits, Wardrobe Mistress to the First Lady of the Land...
Klug made known his decision in December, and it was effective January 1. His replacement is John Harvey, who has served as a scout and assistant for Bob Harrison, the varsity coach, "I think John will do a good job," Harrison said Monday...
...Michigan, 6 ft. 3 in., 225 lbs.; and KEN BURROUGHS, Texas Southern, 6 ft. 5 in., 215 lbs. "Mandich is the kind of rugged tight end who can block like a demon for three quarters, then break the game open with a spectacular catch in the fourth," says one scout. The pros mark him as a savage blocker, and are particularly impressed with the way he can "catch the ball in a crowd and carry three tacklers for five yards." On the whole, scouts were disappointed with the receivers this year, but many feel that Burroughs is a bright exception...
...SMITH, Southern California, 6 ft. 5 in., 270 lbs. As one pro puts it, they are "just big, strong, physical guys who can grind you into the ground." McKay led the charge for the nation's No. 1 team, whose backfield averaged 363 yds. rushing per game; the scouts give him high marks for being at once a great blocker on quick openers and a ferocious pass protector. Smith, says one scout, "has everything it takes-he's powerful, has fine footwork, can pick up the loop and requires no additional growth"-and he can cover...