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...gains for Lance were not the result of any effort by the President's aides. The normally cool Press Secretary Jody Powell blundered atrociously by phoning several newsmen with the sly tip that Senator Percy might have used corporate aircraft owned by Bell & Howell Co. for personal purposes. The Chicago Sun-Times exposed Powell's ploy after finding no truth to the report...
...Senate were all but inevitable. For one thing, oil, gas, utility and other lobbyists who lost in the House are making a maximum effort to protect their interests. Also, the Administration lacks a forceful Senate champion who could steer the program through the upper chamber as Speaker Tip O'Neill did in the House. Russell Long, Majority Leader Robert Byrd and other powerful Senators have been critical of much of Carter's plan. Says one Senate staffer: "The energy program had a cheerleader in the House. It does not in the Senate...
...hour now to $2.65 on Jan. 1 and $3.05 in 1980. But it turned down a labor bid to specify that the minimum wage from now on must be at least 53% of average manufacturing wages. It voted to let employers of waiters, waitresses and other workers who receive tips continue to pay only half the minimum wage. It decided to exempt any business with sales of less than $500,000 a year from paying minimum wages at all. The ceiling had been $250,000. Only the tie-breaking vote of Speaker Tip O'Neill prevented the House from...
...bothered the U.S.'s other Asian allies, notably Japan. Also, the Koreans still have plenty of friends in Congress. In another move last week, the House decided by a 268-to-120 vote to kill a proposal to cut all funds for Korea. During the debate, Speaker Tip O'Neill got into an angry exchange with Caputo, whom he lectured sternly: "Korea has always been an ally of America...
Bowdlerism is nothing new at American newspapers. Many dailies reject offensively prurient ads on a case-by-case basis, and some papers print them only after extensive doctoring. Vernon Johnston, advertising ombudsman of the Louisville Times and Courier-Journal, simply blacks out with his felt-tip pen any anatomical displays that trouble him. "They call me the mad brassiere artist," says he. Other papers have for years had policies banning or limiting adult-film advertising, among them the Detroit News, Cleveland Plain Dealer and Miami Herald. Wrote Herald Executive Editor John McMullan last June in welcoming the new puritan revival...