University Daily Kansan / Wednesday, March 4, 198
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First lady's power questioned
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WASHINGTON — Nancy Reagan is strong and protective of her husband when "she feels he is going off the road," but her image as a powerful manipulator is causing frustration in the East Wing of the White House, her press secretary said yesterday.
There was a gasp among reporters Monday night when Nancy Reagan said to the American Camping Association, "I don't think most people associate me with leeches or how to get them off. But I know how to get them off. I'm an expert at it."
The remark caused a buzz because it followed her successful coup in forcing chief of staff Hyeon Gugan out of the White House.
Elaine Crispen, her press secretary, was not amused at the linkage of recent events with the description of leeches. "It was just a funny little story," Crispen said.
President Reagan is being weakened and made to appear wimpish and helpless by the political interference of his wife.'
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"She could have talked about mosquito bites. It was just a coincidence.
"Certainly she is strong and will support her husband when she feels he is off the road."
But Crispen complained that the first lady was being blamed for the release of several White House
Aides said that Nancy Reagan was "hurt" that the focus was on her image, rather than the battle against drug abuse that she had pursued with dedication.
The New York Times reported that Nancy Reagan was "now far more powerful, more confident, and more politically involved than at any point in the Reagan presidency, and she intends to remain so for the rest of her husband's term."
staffers.
Washington Post columnist Mary McGryorn linked Nancy Reagan to "Lady Macbeth," taking the dagger when her husband was too weak to deliver the coup de grace.
New York Times columnist William Safire wrote, "President Reagan is being weakened and made to appear wimpish and helpless by the political interference of his wife."
Columnist Hugh Sidey, a friend of the Reagans, wrote in Time
magazine that the first lady had told friends that her husband was becoming forgetful and his "circums were overloaded."
Regan's politically sensitive successor, Howard Baker, says Nancy Reagan is a "great lady" and she remains in power; it avoids the pitfalls of his predecessor.
Baker said he spoke to her
Friday after his appointment to
replace Regan was announced and
again Monday. In the midst of his
hour, she at a news conference,
a telephone call from Baker said,
"There she is now."
Since Nancy Reagan has raised her profile lately on the president's turf, there has been speculation that she is concerned with his competency, attention span and memory.
Aides said she was "hurt" by the reports because she was only protecting her husband as she had all 35 years of their married life.
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Quintuple baby dies of birth defect
LAS VEGAS, Nev. — A 30-year-old woman who did not take fertility drugs gave premature birth to quintuplets, defying odds of 1 in 70 million. However, one of the girls died yesterday, 12 hours after its delivery by Caesarean section.
The infant was born with a congenital abdominal defect that doctors had hoped to correct with surgery. The parents have two other children.
"The other four sisters are in stable and satisfactory condition," said Ann Lynch, a Humana Sunrise Hospital executive. "Three are on respirators, and one is breathing without assistance."
"Baby C" lived almost exactly 12 hours. The infant and one of her sisters were the smallest, each weighing 900 grams at birth. The largest baby, which was delivered first, weighed 1,060 grams.
Doctors said that the babies were conceived without the use of fertility
drugs, and that the parents also had no history of multiple births.
"They were conceived without the aid of fertility drugs, and that occurs about 1 in 70 million," said Allan Boruszk, the physician who delivered the children 11 weeks prematurely.
Robin Jenkins, 30, and her husband, Wayne, a car salesman, declined yesterday interviews and the release of photographs.
The five sisters were referred to in hospital records as babies "A" through "E," because the parents had not decided on first names yet.
Stuart Steele, who assisted in the investigation of the mother was awakened throughout.
The father beamed as he faced reporters at a news conference Monday night 90 minutes after his two other children, Kandel, 12, and Jonathon, 6, learned they had five new sisters.
Kaye remembered for humor, charity
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LOS ANGELES — Danny Kaye, whose stage and screen antics endeared him to audiences for a half century and whose concern for the world's sick and hungry children earned him global respect, died yesterday. He was 74.
Kaye died at 5:38 a.m. CST of heart failure at Cedars Sinai Medical Center. He was admitted to the hospital Sunday after suffering from intestinal bleeding and hepatitis as a result of transfusions he received during heart surgery in 1983, hospital spokesman Ron Wise said.
Kaye made 17 movies, specializing in zany comedies including "Hans Christian Anderson," "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty" and "White Christmas." But acting was just one of his many interests.
For more than 30 years, he gave benefit concerts to raise money for UNICEF, the U.N. organization that helps sick and needy children. His efforts were honored by the queens of England and Denmark.
He championed the arts, raising money for musician pension funds, was active in the sports world, where he once was a minority owner of the baseball Seattle Mariners, and found time to cook for his many friends, who raved about his skill in the kitchen.
Gregory Peck, who met Kay during one of his early Broadway performances, called him a Renaissance man.
"Danny really was a Walter Mitty," Peck said. "He tried everything. He never played golf until his middle years, then he took six months of lessons. After that he played his first
round and shot 86.
"He quit because he could never become a scratch golfer. He became a flyer until he got a jet pilot's license and instrument rating. Then quit that. He became a symphony conductor. Everything came easily for him. He had tremendous brain-eye-hand coordination."
Catherine French, chief executive officer of the American Symphony Orchestra League in Washington, said Kaye was a guest conductor for the orchestra and raised more than $6 million for music's pension plans.
"In 1973, the American Symphony Orchestra League presented him with its Gold Baton Award inscribed. He waves a magic wand over the symphony orchestra and turns them into happier, healthier organizations," French said.
In New York, UNICEF Executive Director James P. Grant warmly praised Kaye, who was appointed to the U.N. Childrens' Fund in 1954.
Kaye won an honorary Oscar in 1954 for his service to the entertainment industry and the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences' Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award for 1981.
For four years, Kaye had his own television series, which won four Emmys and the George Foster Peabody Award. His last TV appearance was on "The Cosby Show" last year for which he earned an Emmy nomination.
He is survived by his wife and daughter, who were at his bedside when he died. Plans for memorial services had not been determined, spokesman Warren Cowan said.
Congressmen and actors camp out to draw support for homeless bill
The National Weather Service forecast temperatures between 25 and 30 degrees, which is somewhat below normal.
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"It'll be good for us to see up close what the life of the homeless is all about," said Rep. Mike Lowry, D-Wash., sporting a stocking cap, gloves and a sleeping bag for an evening on heating grates.
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WASHINGTON — Congressmen joined Hollywood actors yesterday in playing the role of "down-and-out" by spending a cold night on the streets of the country's capital to focus nationwide attention on the plight of homeless in the United States.
Actor Martin Sheen helped coordinate the Sleep-Out with the Community for Creative Non-Violence, a local group headed by Mitch Snyder, an advocate for the homeless. A year ago, Sheen starred in a movie based on Snyder's life.
Organizers hope the "Great American Sleep-Out" will generate congressional support for legislation that would provide $500 million in medical and mental help and housing for the homeless, estimated to number between 250,000 and 3 million.
House passage of the bill is expected today or tomorrow. The measure then would be sent to the Senate for final congressional approval.
In addition to Lowry, the congressmen who were to sleep out were Reps. Tony Coelho, D-Calif; Gary Ackerman, D-N.Y.; Joseph Kennedy, D-Mass; John Conyer, D-Calif; Steve Neal, D-DC; Stewart McKinney, R-Conn; and congressional delegate Walter Fauntroy, D-DC.
Among the actors who were to join
Sheen were Brian Denehy, Dennis Quaid and Grant Cramer Actresses Connie Stevens and Terry Moore canceled out yesterday because of illness.
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Snyder said about two dozen other actors had planned to attend but were unable to do so because a threatened directors' strike forced them to expedite filming schedules.
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