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Sighs Udall's campaign administrative director Edward Coyle: "Money that comes in during the morning is spent by afternoon." Much the same is true of once flush Scoop Jackson. He has less than $200,000 on hand. Jimmy Carter had only some $25,000 in cash at last count and was living from week to week. Like other candidates, Carter is not broke-but he keeps an eye on the morning mail...
...Queen Elizabeth for the honor. Now, at least, they can claim victory in a minor skirmish over the Queen's visit. It seems that the royal yacht Britannia, which will carry Her Majesty to Montreal, has old-style lavatories that empty directly into the waves. Royal flush or no, that is a violation of the St. Lawrence Seaway's antipollution laws, ruled Canada's Ministry of Transport. Denying the Royal Navy's pleas for an exception, the Canadians then flew a modern pushbutton, chemical commode to London for inspection by Buckingham Palace. Not up to royal...
Paloma Picasso, who stands to inherit a sizable chunk of Father Pablo's multimillion dollar art fortune, may have felt less than flush when she agreed to appear in Immoral Tales back in 1973. The French-made, soft-core porn film casts Paloma, 26, as a 17th century Transylvanian countess who gets her kicks by bathing in the blood of virgins. Though given few lines to speak, Paloma appears nude, engages in a lesbian love scene and at one point bathes in a vat of genuine pig's blood. "I did not like the part...
...Mattresses spread on floors in hallways and next to urinals. . .food often infested with insects . . . many toilets will not flush and are overflowing . . . overpowering odor . .. exposed wiring poses a constant danger . . . inadequately heated and ventilated . . . rampant violence and jungle atmosphere .. . wholly unfit for human habitation...
...original ending, in which Hackman and Reynolds were killed, because preview audiences were disappointed. Now the three protagonists are last seen much older and still together. The happy ending is in one of Hollywood's best traditions. Those traditions can be limiting even when the show is flush with high spirits...