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Most Saturday mornings in Bremen, Ind., the regulars gather at Zentz's Barber Shop on Plymouth St. to talk politics. "There's a lot of pretty important decisions that are made in the barber shop," says proprietor John Zentz, chairman of Marshall County's Republican Party. The decisions aren't always earth-shaking, but we get some things done without making a fuss. "Barbering ($4 a cut) doesn't interfere. "Oh, my customers are extremely tolerant," Zentz explains. "I just keep on working and I guess they trust...
Time-honored traditions, personal intimacy, barber shop strategy sessions these are the pride of Bremen, a community of 3500 surrounded by farms and light industrial plants. Small Town U.S.A. says Gregory Mishler, who runs a funeral home and represents the district in the state assembly. "You have the sense that people know each other well here that they speak of you like you're a member of the family...
What's on his mind now, is getting back home, "seeing folks and catching up, like I usually do." He expects to drop in on John Zentz's Barber Shop the first chance he gets--"talk politics with John and the old fellas there on Saturday. John'll be clipping away and talking like he always does...
...bankers' blitz produced an alliance of rank-and-file Republicans and Democrats, who defied warnings by President Reagan. House Speaker Tip O'Neill and other House leaders that repeal would encourage tax evasion and hike deficits. Predicted New York's Barber Conable, ranking Republican on the Ways and Means Committee: "Many who vote for repeal will beat their breasts and bray against deficits...
...manager of the Harvard Square Barber Shop on Linden St. Anthony Christopoulous, complained that the construction has decreased the number of customers. He added that while he had no clients at the time of the interruption, the water was unusable because it was rusty...