Building on Past: Convicted Watergate figure Jeb...

Building on Past: Convicted Watergate figure Jeb Stuart Magruder has no problem with the possibility that his past notoriety may have played a role Sunday in packing the pews for his first sermon as pastor of the First Presbyterian Church in Lexington, Ky. Whatever reason they come “is just great,” he said, and even touched on Watergate in the 25-minute sermon.

Equal Enforcement: Federal agents and San Jose police have broken up what they think was the city’s first female-owned and operated bookmaking operation with the arrest Sunday of Kim Snare, 43. Police said they also seized nearly $20,000 in cash and hundreds of betting markers, along with computer disks containing information on the ring’s operations.

Guiding Lights: Glamour magazine Monday honored 10 women who, it said, “lit up the year with their daring, enterprise and vision.” The list included Sarah Brady for her efforts to restrict handguns and Chinese student dissident Chai Ling. Others were Madonna; Sen. Barbara Mikulski, (D-Md.); Marian Wright Edelman, founder and president of the Children’s Defense Fund; Wendy Kopp, founder of the nonprofit organization, “Teach for America”; tennis star Chris Evert; Elizabeth Glaser, a leader in the fight against AIDS; Rep. Patricia Schroeder (D-Colo.) and television personality Jane Pauley.

Rags to Riches: Businessman Harry Weinberg’s billion-dollar estate will go primarily to the poor, according to trustees. An elementary school dropout who made his fortune in real estate and mass transit, Weinberg, 83, died Sunday in Hawaii after an 8-year battle with cancer. With the exception of about $3 million he left to his grandchildren, the entire estate is going to the Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation, now one of the 12 largest U.S. charitable organizations.