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Most legislators enthusiastically agreed. But a few cautioned that the hard work is still to be done. "He's setting himself up for having to produce," noted Wisconsin Democrat Les Aspin, chairman of the House Armed Services Committee. "That looks like a tall order." Scoffed Jimmy Carter's arms-control adviser, Paul Warnke, "The music was much better than the lyrics. There wasn't much substance to the words...
...Wisconsin last month, Governor Anthony Earl signed landmark legislation designed to combat unwanted teen pregnancies and, as he put it, to "limit thousands of personal tragedies that are played out in our state every day." The law, which won unanimous approval in the state legislature, provides funding for sex education in public schools, repeals restrictions on the sale of nonprescription contraceptives and provides $1 million for counseling pregnant adolescents. It also takes the unusual step of making grandparents of babies born to teenagers legally responsible for the babies' financial support. "All of us," said Earl, "young people and parents...
...last week's deal, the settlement "proved that the jobs traditionally held by women are worth as much as those traditionally held by men." Her $16,800 annual pay will go up by about $1,200, equal to what a janitor makes. Although such states as Minnesota and Wisconsin have also accept ed the comparable-worth concept, more than 20 others are still fighting lawsuits growing out of the controversial idea. LOBBIES Falwell Rechristens His Majority...
Back in 1966 at the University of Wisconsin, Stumpf was already examining precisely the way bodies and furniture get along. The new name for his human-factor investigations, ergonomics, was not yet current, but Stumpf made charts, diagrams and, eventually, time-lapse films, becoming a sort of Muybridge of the 9-to-5 realm. In the mid-'70s at Herman Miller, he began turning that research into drawings. The Ergon is a descendant of Eames' designs, an out-of-sequence missing link between the lucid but barebones molded-plywood chair (1946) and the voluptuous, baroque lounge chair (1956) so beloved...
...route from Long Beach, Calif., to Battery Park in Manhattan has been plotted to cut a path within 100 miles of 65% of the nation's population. With the aid of a central computer in Wisconsin, applicants are being assigned precise places and given directions how to get there. The goal will be to hold hands for 15 minutes, singing We Are the World, America the Beautiful and Hands Across America. The proceeds will be disbursed to local housing, food and job programs by a private foundation aided by two advisory boards...