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CROSSED SWORDS Directed by Richard Fleischer Screenplay by George MacDonald Fraser...
...such movies go, Crossed Swords is somewhat above the norm. Adapted from Mark Twain's The Prince and the Pauper, it recounts a highly satisfying story in an amiable fashion. Though Screenwriter George MacDonald Fraser has replaced many of the novel's jokes with vaguely risqué punch lines of his own, he has preserved the book's theme. By the time Prince Edward and London Slum Boy Tom Canty reclaim their rightful identities at the movie's end, the audience has been stirred by Twain's passionate devotion to democratic ideals...
...politics went on. Who will fill out the remaining four years of Humphrey's term? Three Minnesota Congressmen-Democrats Donald Fraser and James Oberstar and Republican Bill Frenzel-are gearing up for a special election to be held in November, concurrent with the general election. But Governor Rudy Perpich must appoint a successor to serve between now and November...
Whitlam promised to combat joblessness with a $550 million public spending program of capital-works projects, local job training and an employer subsidy for each new worker hired before March 1. Fraser relied heavily for voter appeal on an income tax cut scheduled to take effect in February; in the last days of campaigning, he even set up a nationwide "dial-your-tax-cut" gimmick that enabled telephone callers to inquire about their individual bonanzas. As for unemployment, Fraser called Whitlam's political spending plan inflationary, insisting the Liberals had "the real answer": programs aimed at stimulating private investment...
Australia's voters obviously agreed. After his victory, Fraser expressed confidence about the future. "We still have substantial economic problems to overcome," the Prime Minister declared. "In the three years ahead of us I have not the slightest doubt that Australians working together will be able to overcome these particular problems." As for the top priorities in his second term, Fraser might be well advised to reprogram the government's dial-in telephone circuitry with a different sort of information. The result, which would be joyfully received by 357,000 out-of-work Australians, could be called dial...