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...Democratic Senators David Boren of Oklahoma and William Proxmire of Wisconsin; Democratic Congressmen Anthony Beilenson of California, Andrew Jacobs Jr. of Indiana and William Natcher of Kentucky; Republican Congressmen Bill Archer of Texas, William Goodling of Pennsylvania, Willis Gradison Jr. of Ohio, Jim Leach of Iowa and Ralph Regula of Ohio...
Randy Clark, as Luisa's father Bellomy, and Stu Cleland, as Matt's father Hucklebee, are satisfactory, if uninspired. They are cramped by a script that demands they do little else but cultivate their gardens, whine about the natcher'l contrariness of young'uns and congratulate each other for manipulating their children into falling in love. We would like to laugh at these semi-competent parents, clad entirely in suburban plaids, but there is no one to whom they can play the foils, and the satire falls flat. Still, they do a fine job with their duets, singing and dancing...
...project, however, has long been a pet of Representative William Natcher, chairman of the House Appropriations Subcommittee for the District of Columbia. A strong pro-highway man, Natcher has effective veto power over all appropriations for the capital. If the bridge is not completed, he has said many times in public, the city's unfinished 98-mile subway system will remain mere holes in the ground without further congressional funding. The subway is desperately needed, and with Natcher twisting his arm, Transportation Secretary John Volpe gave the go-ahead for the bridge in August...
Treacherous Position. The D.C. Federation of Civic Associations went to court, arguing that Volpe had not complied with a battery of federal requirements that must be met before a federally assisted highway can be built. The federation also protested against Natcher's pressure tactics. Last month it won a major victory before a three-judge panel of the U.S. Appeals Court for the District of Columbia. By a 2-to-l decision, the court directed that the project be returned to Volpe for restudy...
...Secretary had taken every formal step required by every applicable statutory provision," Chief Judge David Bazelon declared, "reversal would be required, in my opinion, because extraneous pressure intruded into the calculus of considerations on which [his] decision was based." While avoiding any implication that either Volpe or Natcher had acted in bad faith, Bazelon found that outside influences had put Volpe "in an extremely treacherous position." Though he preferred other grounds for reversal, Judge Charles Fahy agreed; but the third judge, George MacKinnon, dissented, accusing Judge Bazelon of being "overly suspicious" of "socalled political pressures...