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Outside the President's immediate family and staff, Betsey Wright is probably Bill Clinton's most passionate defender. As a top aide in Arkansas and on the campaign trail, she was the chief squelcher of controversy and scandal. But now her peculiar combination of roles -- confidant, hatchet woman and business lobbyist -- is proving to be a potential hazard for the Administration. Just last week Wright had to disavow a New Yorker article that quoted her suggesting that Hillary Rodham Clinton had plans to run for the presidency. While most people in Washington know enough to take some of her statements...
...jockeys' tender egos weren't bruised enough already, Barbara Jo has another little feminine squelcher up her silken sleeve. Come May 3, she plans to ride Picnic Fare at Churchill Downs-thus becoming the first girl jockey to ride in the Kentucky Derby...
...from Germany. We feel sure that our American listeners will concur in our opinion that Mr. Hitler should not be permitted to use our American facilities to justify his crimes against civilization itself." Soon deluged with telephone calls was KHJ, most of them from citizens full of praise for Squelcher Weiss. Then Berlin was heard from. D. N. B., official German newsagency, had denounced Weiss's shut down as "unprecedented and brazen." Hit ler's Press Chief Dr. Otto Dietrich coldly notified MBS that until the episode was satisfactorily explained the Reich would permit no broadcasts from Germany...
After the ceremonies, there was a conference. Franz Ferdinand wanted to send Sophie home and go on with his program. Sophie refused to go. An officer suggested that they go to the Governor's residence. "Do you think Sarajevo is full of assassins?" was General Potiorek's squelcher. Finally the Archduke decided to scrap the program which would have taken him to the town museum and to drive straight back to visit his wounded aide in the hospital. As Franz Ferdinand and Sophie again entered their car (see cut, right), he was informed that Chabrinovitch had been collared...
Parliament howled long & loud last month when it first got wind of this transaction. Chancellor of the Exchequer Sir John Simon, to silence the outcry, promised to see what could be done to squelch the deal. Sir John, reporting to Parliament last week, produced no squelcher. Banking ethics, said he, require that a customer's demand for his money be honored without question...