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...eating a lunch of his wife's renowned chile con carne. While he finished his meal, she proudly showed TIME Correspondent Philip Taubman around the elegant three-story house in fashionable Georgetown. She had made the draperies herself. Later that January day, the newcomers to Washington talked about how their lives had been magically transformed. They made no effort to conceal their excitement. "I can tell already," said LaBelle Lance, "we're going to like Washington." Bert Lance was quick to agree: "This is the biggest thrill of my life...
Dozens of merchants and investors, deceived by flawless credentials, have trusted such newcomers and lost a great deal of money. Convicted murderers and con men have been placed in college and business communities, with some reverting to their old ways. For these and other reasons, the Justice Department is just now thoroughly reviewing its $13 million Witness Security Program to see, in the words of Deputy Attorney General Peter Flaherty, "if it's cost-effective." In a book published this week, The Alias Program (Little, Brown; $8.95), CBS Legal Correspondent Fred Graham raises additional problems that should also...
...utility reacted with the weary indignation of a battered old fighter who has been floored by another blind-side haymaker. President Arthur Hauspurg called the FPC'S statements "inaccurate," its conclusions "unsupported" and complained that 15 hours after the report had been "leaked" to the press Con Ed still did not have a copy. His main point: The events of July 13 "were so extraordinary that they went beyond the design and capability of the system." That comment, at least, was preferable to the initial explanation by a Con Ed spokesman, who attributed the blackout...
...flaws in Con Ed's system were so obvious, said Hauspurg, the FPC should have pointed them out before the blackout. Anyway, he added, Con Ed already is taking most of the short-term actions to strengthen the system that the FPC recommended, and it will not ask for a rate increase to pay for them-at least for a year or so. That is a welcome indication that Con Ed may have seen the light. Of late the company, which earned $301 million in 1976, has concentrated on improving its cash position. For the time being, though...
...thing for me to do." Murphy, 29, began twirling when he was five and later performed with his home-town high school band in Norwalk, Conn. "There was some teasing, but I wasn't bothered much," he says. According to Murphy, "baton twirling is harder than basketball. Con- centration is the key word and you have to be a more complete athlete." Murphy entered the Texas State Men's Twirling Championship two months ago -and won. He is now demonstrating routines like high tosses and the California Bounce to judges at the National Baton Twirling Championships in Denver...