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...Penny packet 23, five freshmen spent the early part of the evening flipping back and forth to find the network with the most cheery--to the Democrats, at least--news. They eventually resigned themselves to watching ABC, which had yet to predict that Massachusetts would go to Reagan...
...Republican National Convention this summer in Dallas, National Conservative Political Action Committee (NCPAC) Chairman Terry Dolan announced plans one morning for a fund-raiser to be held at the ranch of multibillionaire Nelson Bunker Hunt. Included in the press packet was a "Statement of Principle," which read in part: "We believe that if one is indeed hungry, there is always honorable work. We believe that aid should be forthcoming to the truly troubled, by a body most likely to know him by name...
Although officials in the office of the registrar said they were uncertain how many groups had bothered to advertise in the general packet, they added that any officially registered group may have access to the 6500 envelopes, if they are willing to stuff them personally...
Stern has mailed copies of his ads to every Senator and Congressman to put them on notice that their campaign finances might be similarly scrutinized. When Democratic Congressman David Obey of Wisconsin received his packet, he shot back a sizzling letter decrying the tactic as "immoral." Stern counters that every ad is meticulously documented and published only after a Senator or Congressman has been offered a chance to tell his side of the story. When Democrat Jeff Bingaman of New Mexico was asked why he did not return a $10,000 gift from the American Medical Association...
...Meanwhile, the benevolent rulers of Planet 10 hover above New Jersey in a craft that looks like the Mollusk from Outer Space, dispensing wisdom and even more confusion. Where will it lead? Most likely to nuclear annihilation. Already the President of the U.S. is opening a dread, eyes-only packet that reads DECLARATION OF WAR: THE SHORT FORM...