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~ arnong our legislators or inaugural or thers had. the. gall to provide free seats re .de swearmg-m ceremonies for our new eaJI ent to Sun Myung Moon, self-styled erhof a dangerous and discredited cult? ere e w · . red as m section D-1, less than a hunYards from the site of the ceremonies h~he man who skipped the country rather n ans~er a subpoena to testify before a r &~ess~on~ Committee investigating the i~~~tlon s schemes; the man who sics d Pnced lawyers on media publishers authors who dare to challe~ge· the man hose • rav &roups send beggars to harass airport 1 'ch e ers; the man whose so-called urch" has caused so much pain and 0 raf:wfor ~arnilies throughout the world by hern i ashmg ~oung people and turning urn nto zombies for profit, as reported in It ~rous books and articles. The moon ·onal~been termed a menace in Congresat th epons and it is sickening to note e e~ are once again trying to infiltrate "acorndors of power. We hope that the ~&an Ad · · f inn nurustration, in these first days lhese a~~ence, will be alert enough to spot empts to gain influence and power. 1 ~ PP1er Notes: •ne most 10 · t · Ugural f . e~~stmg exchange of the In~resid estlv.Itles was that between the illet aset~ea;d I~pressionist Rich Little who 'O f friends d re~Ident waded through crowds White H unng his first day in office at a ·tat in o~se reception. "Well," he said, eeded ~ h:fself. The President then proh~nrny St 0 a number himself, imitating l'hose or ~wa~. Actually, it wasn't a first. liarry Tru s Wit~ longer memories remember li.v. Kaltman s farnous public imitation of tunning d erborn, the day after his own ltogers w~ eat o.f Dewey in 1948 . . . Ginger suggestio also m the crowd basking amid ~ward at ~ethat she be given an honorary lions . next Kennedy Center presentaSchoot B~dTha~ Strom Thurmond High Inaugural p Which proudly marched in the for the job ar~de was, at frrst, turned down Was in char' w ereupon Charles Wick, who first rna· ge of securing talent received his · Washmgton ·' ftom noJor les son m power llarnesak~~other than the High School's &ood sports mself: .. The best example of IYho attendemanship was exhibited by those ()rate fin d the KenCen Ball in their elabthrough thery. They suffered smilingly the historye :ror~t, mo~t dangerous, crush in ... t at edifice. One little panic
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could have resulted in a terrible stampede, a fact to be noted when planning further festivities on that site . . . Randolph Hearst and daughter Patty and her husband were turned away from Pisces on Inaugural eve. No sponsors . . . Most interesting vignette of the event was Paul Volcker, and Dr. Arthur Bums, discussing the economy quietly in a corner of the ninth floor suite of American Security Bank party on Inaugural day. In an interesting aside Volcker asked a California financier active in the stock market his opinion on how the market should react in the next few months, proving yet again that the market defies everybody, even the folks who run the economy. Inaugural Asldems: Austin Kiplinger, an alternate bass at the KenCen Concert . . . Chick CudUp, who knows more about our town than most, running interference for Maureen Reagan ... William Casey, new CIA Director, inspected his old house, now the Bangladesh Embassy, during a cocktail party reception thrown by Ambassador Husain and his wife. Now that he's in Washington again he regrets he sold it ... Marilyn Lewis, Hamburger Hamlet honcho now has a "Nancy" sandwich on her menu . . . Barbara Bush, wife of the Veep fell at a Texas party, but gamely trudged on after two stitches. Happenings: Washingtonians heading for artist Lolo Sarnoff's London show of her light sculptures. Among them are the Leonard Marks and the Howard DeFranceaux . . . Carla Hills reported in line for Solicitor General . . . Ardeshir Zahedi surfaced in Gstaad at a party given for Regina and Albert Grasselli . . . Ex-protocoler "Lalo" Valdez joining the Finley, Kumble law frrm. Splitsville Epidemi in the Capital: Teddy and Joan Kennedy; Leo and Andrea Daley; Mike and Betsy Rea; Steve and Marta Ross; Sabin and Sally Ann Robbins; Vicki and Smith Bagley; Dick and Nancy Haase and others brewing. Maybe we're really going Hollywood. Story of the Month: When Sean Donlon, the ambassador from Ireland went to rent his morning coat for the Inaugural ceremonies, there was one man ahead of him . He was renting a morning suit for another man . . . Jimmy Carter. After all, the suit only had one-time use.
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