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...back in 1965 to tip the odds on Western art in the direction of survival. Last year the 14th annual sale brought in over $870,000, but this year the cowboys hope to make real money. They are, in fact, on the point of becoming trendy. A group of oilmen plans to build a substantial museum for them over in Kerrville, Texas. A few months ago, they sent paintings, on invitation, to the 91st Salon of the Société des Artistes Indépendents in Paris...
...survived with only token opposition. But Majority Leader Jim Wright, who has spent 25 years in Congress and aspires to succeed the Speaker when O'Neill retires, barely beat back a stern challenge in Fort Worth from conservative Republican Jim Bradshaw, who was strongly backed by some wealthy oilmen. But the third man in the Democratic hierarchy, Whip John Brademas, 53, of Indiana, lost his bid for a twelfth term to Businessman John Hiler. The attractive, young (27), conservative Hiler convinced the voters of his district, which includes South Bend, that Brademas, because of his leadership position...
...parting of ways. One day I told him I was going to beat him and get him out of Congress." Responds Wright: "Maybe he feels a guy who owns a ball club can buy a Congressman." The race has deeply divided Fort Worth's establishment of millionaire oilmen and ranchers, who have supported both politicians in the past...
...businessman, Mario Leanza, visited the Grand Hotel Excelsior in Catania, Sicily. There Leanza met Michele Papa, an Italian who had formed a Sicilian-Libyan Friendship Association. Papa had been told by Ahmed Shahati, head of Libya's foreign liaison office in Tripoli, that Gaddafi respected the tough American oilmen he had met, wanted to do more business with the U.S., and change Libya's image in America -and get his hands on those C-130s. During the Carter Administration, the Libyans had also been unable to get delivery of three Boeing 747 airliners, two 727s and 400 heavy...
Even though I don't really like baseball, that day at Comiskey Field was kind of fun. And to top it off, the Cubs trounced those Houston Oilmen, 27-21. It was a last-minute hole in one that...