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...Republican-controlled Senate is expected to vote this week on the amendment. Odds are that it will be approved: 61 Senators have signed as cosponsors, and that number is only six short of the two-thirds majority needed for passage. New York Republican Barber Conable Jr. last week told the White House that he has enough signatures to execute a discharge petition that would pull the amendment out of the House Judiciary Committee, where it has long been bottled...
Nationally, the blow dryer and the unisex salon threaten to replace the barber pole, but the Reagan Administration, true to its campaign promises, is seeking a return to traditional values. Back in 1977 Jimmy Carter evicted the White House barber from his basement quarters and replaced him with beauticians. But Ronald Reagan, said his Chief of Staff James Baker, is "a President who likes to have his hair cut by a barber." The upshot...
...York Republican Barber Conable sums up the conflicting pressures. On one hand, legislators know that unless they raise taxes enough to give some real hope that budget deficits can be kept from spiraling out of control, interest rates are likely to stay high and choke off a recovery from the lingering recession. Says Conable: "Wall Street is watching us very closely to see if we are serious or just playing games." But when the House takes up its version of the Dole bill, it is certain to be pounced upon by lobbyists for an extraordinary array of powerful interests: doctors...
Harvard's only threat against Barber came in the ninth Chris Schindler pinch-hitting for Gaylord Lyman battled the Ram pitcher to a ful count and then drew a walk only the second free pass yielded by the Barber...
...when catcher Vinnie Martelli's bid for a three-run homer fell into Howard's glove in deep centerfield. Barber had his second straight shutout over Harvard...