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WASHINGTON, D.C.: Strom Thurmond's staff shifted into high spin cycle after it was learned that the nonagenarian senator wrote a glowing introduction to a new book contending that the U.S. won the Cold War with alien technology recovered at the Roswell, New Mexico site that conspiracy buffs believe was the scene of an extraterrestrial crash landing in July 1947. Thurmond aides insist that "The Day After Roswell," by former Thurmond aide and retired Army intelligence officer Philip J. Corso, was not the book he thought it was. In his foreword, Thurmond praised Corso as a man "with many interesting...
...being rock solid. But now there are allegations about the FBI crime lab; President Clinton has several unresolved issues, including alleged improper White House visits and political contributions; House Speaker Newt Gingrich has admitted ethical violations. Where are the new leaders who will help restore our lost confidence? FRED STROM Rye Brook...
...Strom Thurmond dream of Fay Wray in his youth? Wray, 89, who made 80 films before 1960, popped up on Capitol Hill last week sans King Kong but with Julius Epstein, who wrote Casablanca, to talk about copyright law. She and fellow Hollywood old-timers want Congress to award writers of pre-1960 films royalties each time their work is rerun...
...third families, with rarely a raised eyebrow about their right to do so. For men who have a late child, there's a nudge and a wink from your pals, a spread in People if you're Clint Eastwood, and a bump in the polls if you're Strom Thurmond. A trophy kid is so common among the '90s tycoons, you'd think it was a corporate perk, like stock options. Meanwhile, a woman's peak childbearing years coincide precisely with her peak career-building years. Try having a baby at age 38 while your tier of associates at Shearman...
...eight years, and since he's vowed to leave Congress after six, the Speaker will have plenty of time to raise the $643,000 to pay Dole back. There was a pause: by then, someone suggested, Dole might be dead. Right, said Dole, who quickly settled on a beneficiary: "Strom Thurmond." Then Dole signed the papers with Gingrich--the latest in a string of back-room deals that made him the top legislator of his generation...