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...Victor S. Podell Reston...
...This was cause for mourning in a city where decision makers depend on a full and vigorous airing of important public issues. "An extremely sad day," said President Ronald Reagan. Added House Speaker Tip O'Neill: "We ought to have newspapers expressing opposite philosophies." Even the victor in this journalistic struggle did not celebrate. "The demise of the Star," said Post Publisher Donald Graham, "is dreadful for Washington and for anyone who loves newspapers...
...list: Orson Welles, an epic creator who is known to the television generation as the butt of Johnny Carson's fat jokes; William Conrad, TV's Nero Wolfe; Raymond Burr, old Ironside; and Burt Young, the Gibraltar of Rocky. Perhaps the most stereotyped of all is Victor Buono. Fat from childhood, Buono reached 400 Ibs. before a recent diet took him down to 350. He played Bette Davis' father in Hush, Hush'. . . Sweet Charlotte when he was 25 and Davis was 55. Now 43, Buono longs for varied roles but tells himself, "In a business...
...Senate rushed toward completion of the Administration-backed bill and the House Ways and Means Committee drafted a Democratic alternative, U.S. taxpayers were assured of at least a two-year cut (see chart). President Reagan would be seen as the victor if the final bill includes a third-year reduction. Without one, he argues, the average American will actually face a net tax increase because of inflation, higher tax brackets and rising Social Security obligations. Some House Democrats last week said they were willing to compromise by accepting a third-year "trigger" under which the tax cuts would continue only...
There was a sense of déjà vu at the Oakland Hills Country Club outside Detroit. Arnold Palmer and Billy Casper, tied after four rounds, needed an 18-hole playoff to determine the victor. No, it was not a rerun of the 1966 U.S. Open in San Francisco when Palmer blew a seven-stroke lead, then lost in a playoff to Casper. This was golf's newest big championship, the U.S. Senior Open, for competitors over 50. Palmer, 51, produced one of his famous charges in the playoff, coming from behind to beat Casper and Bob Stone...