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...aide: "That mailing didn't exactly pour oil on the troubled waters." At a Democratic dinner in Frankfort, Ky., party stalwarts applauded politely for Senator Walter Huddleston, who voted for the treaty, but gave a standing ovation to Wendell Ford, who opposed the accord. Conservatives in Arizona and Oklahoma talked of mounting a campaign to recall their Senators who favored the treaties-Deconcini and Henry Bellmon-even though there is no legal way for constituents to remove a Senator before his term ends. On the other hand, Brooke made a weekend swing through Massachusetts and got a positive reaction...
...Texas and other producing states like Louisiana and Oklahoma native politicians ritually trip over each other in a race to carry the corporate banner of the oil and gas companies, and to win the resultant prize--an enormous campaign treasure chest. The 1978 Texas Senate race is a classic example of this phenomenon. In all likelihood the contest will be between Congressman Bob Kreuger who led the deregulation fight in the House of Representatives and nearly won, and incumbent Republican Senator John Tower, one of the industry's oldest and most faithful friends...
Many unusual propositions have been debated in U.S. state legislatures, but a new climax of sorts may have been reached in Oklahoma last week as representatives pondered the notion of a consumer protection code for sex. The idea came from Representative Cleta Deatherage, 27, who argued vigorously that men should be required to obtain written consent from women before engaging in intercourse, and that women, before granting such consent, should receive a warning about the risks of pregnancy and the health dangers of childbirth. Her proposal was a protest amendment tacked on to an antiabortion bill before the legislature...
Musicals, of course, are not generally noted for their deep messages or weighty topics. Ever since Rodgers and Hammerstein hit upon the modern musical format with Oklahoma! in 1943, various artists have made rare, usually unsuccessful, attempts to transcend its fluffy nature. Company, however, is an exception, and even though it opts for a conventional pro-marriage outlook, it is refreshing to see a musical dealing with an adult theme...
...company's visit to the Rodgers' adopted home in the Oklahoma flatlands furnishes a trip down Memory Lane for the couple; both Wayne and Deedee were members of Emma's company before their marriage, and the long-time-no-see's flow freely backstage between the Rodgers and the older faces in the company. The joyous encounter between Deedee and Emma takes a bitter turn when Deedee contrasts the varied fates that have befallen them following their climactic competition for the same career-launching part in the ballet Anna Karenina. Emma reminds Deedee, "You got pregnant," and the housewife-instructor...