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Some aides have moved out front in political or administrative careers of their own. About 18 former aides are now Congressmen and four are Senators. Among other ex-aides are A. Daniel O'Neal, who is chairman of tine Interstate Commerce Commission; Michael Pertschuk, head of the Federal Trade Commission; and Charles Ferris, the new chairman of the Federal Communications Commission. More typical is Kenneth McLean, 43, staff director of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee. "I'd be a terrible politician," admits McLean. "To be a politician you have to go out and shake...
Treasury Secretary W. Michael Blumenthal announced that the Administration will unveil a new anti-inflation plan this week. It will apparently consist of a set of "principles" that the Administration will urge labor and business to follow in boosting wages and prices, with no numbers indicating how much is too much. Says one top Government economist: "I don't know how the hell it is going to work...
...Michael S. Dukakis told state employees working in Boston to stay home unless their jobs are essential, and the school department ordered public schools shut down for the day, as the city struggles to dig out from the record January storm...
...operated by undercover journalists to document widespread corruption in Chicago. Exposed in a 25-part series of Sun-Times articles that began last week, four inspectors have already been suspended, and others fooled by the Mirage will surely feel the sting. In response to the revelations, Mayor Michael Bilandic also initiated a thorough reform of the inspection system...
...family just fine. At the invitation of the Chinese government, eleven members of the clan trooped enthusiastically around the People's Republic on a 15-day tour. Besides his wife Joan and brood of three, Kennedy brought along three sisters, a brother-in-law, R.F.K.'s son Michael and J.F.K.'s daughter Caroline. The group, shooting photographs for TIME as they traveled, visited a silk weaving mill and a tea commune in Hangchow, a prison in Shanghai, and the Great Wall. In addition to seeing the sights, the Senator looked up relatives of some Massachusetts constituents...