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...were not just blowing smoke. Since the ban went into effect, some bistro owners have lost up to 30% of their customers to restaurants in nearby towns that permit them to puff away at will. But there was a loophole in the smoke ring: bars and cocktail lounges were exempt from the law. Soon many of Beverly Hills' toniest dining spots were sporting makeshift signs proclaiming that they too were "bars." Customers who objected to the flouting of the law, which mandates a $500 fine for violations, were politely invited to call the cops themselves -- from a telephone outside...
...Bakkers' high living had caught the eye of the IRS long before the PTL scandal finally broke. In 1981 the agency launched a two-year inquiry into the ministry. Then, in a confidential 1985 report, the taxmen recommended revocation of PTL's tax-exempt status, retroactively to 1980. Reason: the IRS believed the organization did not operate exclusively for tax-exempt purposes and that part of its income personally benefited the Bakkers and others...
Although a decision in the case will probably have to wait at least one more year, victory for the students would exempt all California students from drug testing and could have a national impact, Lempert said...
...place roadblocks in Reagan's way. Some congressional sources are pursuing the theory that in early 1983 the President and a few top members of his Cabinet decided to move some covert operations to the National Security Council staff, which, because it was not officially an intelligence agency, was exempt from congressional oversight -- or so the Administration thought...
...bill also empowers President Reagan to exempt certain items from the ban, including products essential for defense. Kongsberg hopes such an exemption would allow it to fulfill a $96 million contract to sell Penguin air-to-ship missiles to the Navy. Without that sale, Kongsberg might be forced to file for bankruptcy...