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...after she moved into the White House; according to a spokeswoman for the magazine quoted in weekend press reports, an unnamed intermediary had asked for a token of "gratitude." The editors gave a $1,000 honorarium to National Security Adviser Richard Allen. Allen, who passed along the request for the interview but denies that he "arranged" it, says he thought that refusing the cash could cause offense. So he accepted it on Mrs. Reagan's behalf and put it in his office safe. "The intention, of course, was always to notify authorities," he says...
...Edwin Meese, counsellor to the President, would neither confirm nor deny there was a plan. Said he: "It would be totally inappropriate for me to comment." Declared State Department Spokesman Dean Fischer: "There was no discussion of a covert plot to overthrow Gaddafi, and the French official made no request for logistical or diplomatic assistance from...
CARP officials plan to request official University status when 10 students have joined their organization, Guerra said...
...weapons and programs of foreign military intervention? Since the victory of the referendum is non-binding, the Boston City Council can choose not to make any such suggestion to Congress. Likewise, even if the Council does send a formal letter to Washington, Congress may well dismiss or ignore the request. Election night coverage on television made no mention of the referendum; neither did the late stocks edition of The Boston Globe the following day. But despite the obscurity of the referendum, the question intimately affects the lives of everyone in Boston...
...NOTEBOOK: Soccer fans may be wondering why defending national champion Cortland State did not receive an at-large bid to the Nationals. Cortland defeated UMass, which received a bid, at the Easterns. According to tournament committee chairman and Colorado College coach Steve Paul, Cortland simply failed to request a bid, a procedure it should have known about from the AIAW Soccer Coaches Manual. Cortland coach Ron Hansen, claiming that Cortland never received any information concerning the tournament bids or even a coaches manual, appealed the tournament committee's exclusion of the Red Dragons from the Nationals on Tuesday...