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...woman who went to Viet Nam," says Wheeler, who visits at least monthly. "It has to do with the felt presence of comrades." He pauses. "I always look at Tommy Hayes' name. Tommy's up on panel 50 east, line 29." Hayes, Wheeler's West Point pal, was killed 17 years ago this month. "I know guys," Wheeler says, "who are still waiting to go, whose wives have told me, 'He hasn't been able to do it yet.' " For those who go, catharsis is common. As Lin says of the names, chronologically ordered, "Veterans can look at the wall...
...people saying that a fleshy, overbearing auto executive should be President of the U.S.? What accounts for the rampant Iacoccamania? There are many reasons, if no pat explanation. He is powerful, a VIP, yet his bullish candor reminds people of a pal at the local tavern who calls 'em as he sees 'em. He is feisty and anti-Establishment, but his patriotism makes that posture seem safe and red-blooded. Partly, his popularity is a function of the times: two-fisted capitalism is in vogue. After a long period of feeling cranky and skeptical, the country seems in the mood...
DIED. Rudd Weatherwax, 77, flamboyant owner and trainer of the original Lassie and six subsequent Wonder Dogs; of a heart attack; in Los Angeles. In 1940 he and his brother Frank took on an unwanted collie named Pal, which was selected first as a stand-in and then as star of Lassie Come Home (1943). Weatherwax also trained Asta for the Thin Man movies and Daisy for the Blondie series. Devoted to his charges, he kept the cremated remains of bygone Lassies, once vowing, "When I finally go, I'm gonna take those urns and bury them with...
...delays the plane with a phony bomb scare: "I always do it when I'm running late. They grill the latecomers but not if you're first-class. It's not economical." A Los Angeles housewife interrupts Self and a prostitute in a parked car with "Hurry it up, pal. You're in my drive...
...event was not only made for TV but marketed over ABC for the tidy sum of $2.2 million, about a fifth of the Inaugural bash's entire cost. Saturday evening's gala for the President, featuring longtime Reagan Pal Frank Sinatra as master of ceremonies, was broadcast in edited form an hour after the live presentation at Washington's Convention Center...