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Hugh Gallen, Democratic Governor of New Hampshire, on energy and his state's 1980 primary: "If your pipes are frozen and you have a President on the streets asking for your vote, the voters are going to answer that gentleman...
...witty show. Benson is another sitcom dedicated to the tedious proposition that servants and children are smarter than employers or parents. In this case the employer is a moronic Governor (James Noble) who hires black Butler Benson (Robert Guillaume) to run his household and, by inference, his unidentified Eastern state. Except for Benson and the Governor's unspeakably precocious subteen daughter (Missy Gold), the series is entirely inhabited by knaves and fools; Harris even drags in a barking Germanic housekeeper (Inga Swenson) who would be more appropriate to Hogan 's Heroes. The restrained Guillaume is a refreshing antidote...
DIVORCED. Luci Johnson Nugent, 32, younger daughter of the late President Lyndon B. Johnson; and Pat Nugent, 36, partner in the firm that publishes the Texas State Directory; after 13 years of marriage, four children; in Austin...
Reason: in its rush to adjourn, the state legislature failed to pass a law extending the life of the board that licenses and regulates psychologists. Since July 1 Florida's counties have issued local licenses to all comers. Bade County alone certified more than 200 psychologists in July, then had doubts and revoked the permits...
...Florida, the issue was psychologists vs. other mental health workers. The house passed a bill that covered the licensing of psychologists and included the certifying of other professionals. But the senate refused to be rushed into passing it. Said State Representative George Sheldon: "The bottom line was not protection of the public but a closed shop." Congress will have the same headache in framing a health insurance program...