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...KLANSMEN WHO disrupt protest marches are way out of the mainstream of American life. They are the locked-out, angry at a world which has passed turned on them. They are the people who call latenight radio call-in shows to ask--as one caller recently asked Larry King--"Why don't we have a national holiday in honor of the guy who blew King away...
...prompted Congress to slash its salaries 10%. That is not likely to happen in 1987. But as members of the 100th Congress weigh the very real financial needs of officials in all branches of Government, including themselves, they are painfully aware of how public sentiment is running. During a call-in poll last month, ABC television recorded 167,600 votes opposing proposed pay hikes for top Government officials, vs. only 5,800 favoring the raises...
...influential conservative political lobby. That group was subsumed last month under the new Liberty Federation, signaling Falwell's increased involvement in foreign affairs. He also runs Liberty University (7,000 students) in Lynchburg. The 1985 receipts of Falwell's ventures: $100 million. Last year he started a Sunday-night call-in show on Ted Turner's superstation, WTBS. Last month he purchased a cable hookup (rebaptized the Liberty Broadcasting Network) that reaches 1.5 million homes. It will run a new daily Falwell talk show...
Wanda: Try to subside, dearest. Dr. Ruth must be doing something right. Sexually Speaking, her radio call-in show, has been on the air for five years. It went nationwide last September, reaching hundreds of thousands of listeners over some 60 stations. Good Sex, her six-nightsa-week cable TV show with guest stars, is just as big a hit. Every night about 3,000 callers try to get through. She's got a book out, Dr. Ruth's Guide to Good Sex, with three more in the works. She's a great success...
...After the closings, the Ohio legislature went into emergency session to debate various strategies for putting the thrifts back in business. Meanwhile, Celeste flew around the state almost constantly. The Governor huddled with bankers, gave reassuring speeches to crowds of reporters and depositors and answered anxious questions on call-in radio shows...