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...Lafe Pfeifer, secretary of the Texas State Rifle Association, puts it bluntly: "Punish those who misuse firearms, but leave me alone." This approach predominates in Southern and Western states, but the laws are rarely enforced-and thus serve as no deterrent. In Montana, one survey showed that of 141 people convicted of armed crimes, none were sentenced to additional time for using a weapon. In Florida, where a similar law was passed in 1975, murders have steadily climbed to a record 1,387 last year, an increase of 28% over 1979. In Miami, 29,000 handguns were legally sold...
...only rarely excessive musical numbers create a rhythm which jars the principals past MacBird's remaining snags. John Seitzg, who stood in on Philip Hanson's MacBird last week, was purple with Texas affect and--but for an inexplicable and apparently deliberate resemblance to F.D.R.--vehemently convincing. William Lafe, Roger Davis and Kevin O'Neal provide three mail-order Ken O'Duncs who slip in and out of Kennedese; Jill Clayburgh, Roger Robinson and Louis Galterie are verveful witches. Lady McB. (Nancie Phillips) drives the Southern hostess persona to the breaking point, splitting each vowel into triads. Everyone, in short...
...Variety said last week that the White House is concerned over the roles Brother-in-Lawford accepts. Most notably, in Advise and Consent, he will play Lafe Smith, the handsome young Senator who is official Washington's most popular Lothario...
...Lafe in a test tube can be an educational experience. Since 1928 Sarah Lawrence College has experimented with its own brand of college teaching. The result: A dynamic academic formula. Sarah Lawrence College teaches the student--not the subject; and whether or not this method is effective, the school is always consistent...
...Lafe Parks became a Catholic, has energetically performed good works for the St. Louis archdiocese ever since. Though no graduate, Parks raised $2,000,000 for St. Louis (Catholic) University. Last week Parks, 47, now Midwest distributor for Ercoupe planes, presented his $3,000,000 Parks Air College lock, stock & barrel to St. Louis University. Then he traded in his president's title for a $1-a-year job as dean of the university's new college of aviation...