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Died. Nathan Voloshen, 73, the Washington fixer who turned the office of former Speaker of the House John McCormack into an influence-peddler's paradise; in Manhattan. When indicted in 1970, Voloshen initially denied that he had illegally used his longtime friendship with the Speaker to obtain favors for clients. The dapper door opener, a Maryland attorney with New York offices, later pleaded guilty to a slew of offenses, all committed without McCormack's knowledge. Among the transgressions: lobbying to obtain reduced sentences for convicted racketeers. Because he cooperated with authorities, Voloshen was given a suspended sentence...
...fairness to Munves, it must be said that he is primarily a special man for a special job at a special time. And he knows it. "My strength is that I come from the stores. I'm a peddler." His task is first of all to ensure RCA's classical-record future, then worry about other things. Right now he has his ideas to play with: "I'm gonna live to see the day when we wrap a classical album in the same package with the Jefferson Airplane." He also lusts for the day when quadrasonic tapes...
...Yankee Peddler...
...classic Krause stunt was his refusal to go to Yale in 1970 for the dual meet because the itinerary did not include the traditional dinner stop at the Yankee Peddler...
...Presbyterian minister and served for a time as chaplain of a boys' prep school. It may be that this professionalism allows him his easy way with the rigors of belief. Without satire or solemnity, he describes Bebb's religion-a life force as sleazy as its peddler. Bebb is, among other things, a sexual exhibitionist, and there is a memorable scene at the altar of his cinderblock church in which he restores potency to an oil-rich old Indian by raising up his own loins in thanksgiving. Eventually Bebb's more than comely daughter cures Parr...