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...matter. Adler's greatest pleasure is in reaching ordinary people, prodding what he believes to be the innate desire to learn. Proudly, he shows a recent letter from David Call, a journeyman plumber in Utah: "I am writing on behalf of a group of construction workers (mostly plumbers!)," notes Call, "who have finally found a teacher worth listening to. We have been studying your books for over a year now and have put together a sizable library of your writings. We may be plumbers during the day, but at lunch time and at night and on weekends, we are philosophers...
...joked that if he did not get to fly on the space shuttle, he would not appropriate "another cent" to the agency. When NASA obligingly ticketed him for a trip, critics accused Garn of using his political clout to hitch a costly joyride--the ultimate congressional junket. But the Utah Republican dismissed such carping as "sour grapes." After undergoing four months of intensive training to prove that he had the right stuff, Garn blasted off aboard the 16th U.S. shuttle mission last Friday...
...wins Congressional approval. The "youth opportunity wage act of 1985" would allow employers to pay persons under age 20 $2.50 an hour or 75 percent of the adult minimum wage, whichever is less, from May to September each year. Supporters of the legislation, introduced by Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) and Rep. Trent Lott (R-Miss.), say the bill will increase the number of jobs open to young people. Education Week...
...Equal Rights Amendment, the death penalty and school desegregation. Among the seven relating to abortion was one asking whether "a 'viable' fetus is a human being." The eight-page letter was sent by three conservative Republicans on the Senate Judiciary Committee--Jeremiah Denton of Alabama, Orrin Hatch of Utah and John East of North Carolina--to Joseph Rodriguez, a Democrat nominated by Reagan for a New Jersey federal judgeship...
...flight has been the focus of heightened attention because one of Hoffman's fellow crew members is Sen. Jake Garn (R-Utah), who is aboard as a congressional observer...