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...campaign contributions to "decent candidates and incumbents," Michigan Oilman and Bank Director Harold McClure, a Republican national committeeman, wrote out a check payable to cash and left it at the desk of a downtown Washington hotel. It was picked up by Hunter and eventually found its way to Democrat Brewster's campaign coffers...
Investigating Frenkil's maneuvering, U.S. Attorney Stephen Sachs became convinced last winter that he had a case against Frenkil, Long and Brewster, and sought Justice Department approval to indict all three. The permission was denied. Undaunted, Sachs tried again; last month, four days before he was due to retire he went to see Attorney General John Mitchell, this time proposing to indict only Frenkil but still naming Long, Brewster and Boggs. Once again, Mitchell turned him down. The Justice Department has also kept secret its knowledge of the illegal campaign contributions received by Long and Boggs from a Louisiana...
...remained unmoved; his reluctance was both practical and political. Some Justice Department officials felt that there was insufficient evidence to prove the charges against Frenkil. Nor were they enthusiastic about prosecuting public officials on a "one on one" basis, relying on the uncorroborated testimony of a single witness, former Brewster aide John Sullivan, to prove the key points of the prosecution in the case...
...cities, racism and the war: "If you feel as I do, then sign a letter to President Nixon from the class of '60" protesting the war. Some of his classmates applauded respectfully. More than a few muttered "That son of a bitch!" Before the evening was over, Jerry Brewster, a former Marine helicopter pilot in Viet Nam, was circulating a counter-petition headed: "Up yours, you s.o.b. You don't have the answer either." Currier got 35 signatures, Brewster 15. But Brewster and Currier wound up shaking hands...
...surprising, therefore, that 16 members of the M*A*S*H cast and crew, including Sally and John Schuck (who played Painless the priapic dentist), are now happily reunited in Houston shooting Altman's next film, Brewster McCIoud. Altman says that it is "an adult fairy tale'' about a man who lives in the Astrodome and learns to fly. "It's about insanity. It's about cruelty; but the main physical substance is bird s..t." And the droppings (made by prop men from sour cream, mustard and paint) are as plentiful as the blood...