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...liberals in the Congress are likely to call for more social-action programs. The Congress is in a stubborn mood, determined to regain its powers. Says House Speaker Tip O'Neill: "There is no confrontation, but this is no rubber-stamp Congress...
...Crimson received a damaging blow when Eric Jewett, coming off a fine first run in the slalom, hooked a tip in the second run and separated his shoulder. He is listed as "doubtful" for next weekend's crucial carnival at Middlebury...
...National Weather Service reports that the "flood potential" is high in an area covering western New York and Pennsylvania and extending into most of West Virginia, parts of Ohio and the northeastern tip of Kentucky. Much of that region lies beneath a blanket of snow that is six inches or more thick. Says Herb Lieb, a spokesman for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration: "It's like a great, frigid lake, ready to run during a sudden thaw. We could have the makings of some real flood disasters...
...tough ex-district attorney from Philadelphia, Sprague, 51, is the chief counsel and staff director of the Select Committee on Assassinations. During the past few months, he has shocked the House by acting like a Congress man. Complained Speaker Tip O'Neill: "Sprague was running the committee." Sprague demanded a "bare bones" $13 million budget for two years, lobbied House members in a grating fashion, and freely granted press interviews...
...chief of state, and eight of his supporters in the Dergue. Significantly, the broadcasts took pains to mention that the two most powerful members of the Dergue, Lieut. Colonel Mengistu Haile Mariam and Lieut. Colonel Atnafu Abate, had survived the shooting "safe and sound." Here was a tip-off that the incident was not a coup against the military council itself but more of a power struggle within the Dergue between Mengistu and Atnafu and pro-Benti officers...