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...committee. And Church's labor support has yet to be eroded by the right-to-work challenger. But the biggest feather in Church's cap may be his seniority--power he has exploited to bring Idahoans enough favors that they will likely return him to Washington, especially since Reagan/Church bumper stickers have cropped up across the state in the last two weeks...
...businessmen by cutting red tape in Washington for them. He defends his support of the wilderness bill, which would set aside 2.2 million acres in the state, by insisting: "Idaho is not for sale." Some of his supporters are slinging a little mud of their own. They are distributing bumper stickers in heavily Mormon eastern Idaho that read WINE, WOMEN AND SYMMS-a reference to a remark the Congressman is reported to have made after a 1977 trip to Libya: "There was no chance to drink or chase women...
...single county last year, drug officials seized only 53,000 Ibs., about 15% of the estimated total harvest. But there is an all-out effort to curb this year's harvest, which must be completed before November's rains. Officials estimate that there is a bumper crop, mostly in 27 northern counties. Says California Attorney General George Deukmejian: "We can't expect other countries to carry out drug-eradication programs if we don't make an intensive effort here." The state bureau of narcotics has increased its marijuana task force from two to seven agents...
Some U.S. firms discover bumper profits selling abroad...
...Another bumper crop of question marks sprouts in the backcourt going into tonight's opener. Nate Archibald, who made his debut on stereopticon slides, not bubblegum cards, will try to go another season on his patented collapsible legs, great for summer storage but of questionable value for 48 minutes of pounding up and down the Garden floor. On the other hand, Archibald ranks among the greatest players of the last decade, knows more routes to the hoop than an Eastern pilot does to New York, and passes well enough to have led the unselfish Celts in assists last season...