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NATION, Page 26GRAPEVINE
HELP WANTED. Richard Darman usually comes alone to
budget-planning sessions, partly because of his trouble hiring
senior staffers to help run the Office of Management and Budget.
Of six ideal job candidates, says a Darman associate, "Dick is
probably not going to get more than one." While Darman is known as
a brilliant but abrasive idea man, the reluctance to work with him
stems mostly from his lack of managerial experience.
HOT TICKET. With a President-elect who claims Texas roots and
hunts quail in the Lone Star State, the big event of the Washington
Inauguration is the Black Tie and Boots Ball, a Jan. 21 bash thrown
by the Texas State Society. With tickets scarce, one petitioner
wanted birth certificates presented at the doors to exclude
non-Texans. No chance: George Bush was born in Massachusetts.
ANTIAIRCRAFT ATTACK. Months before the unveiling of the pricey
(about $500 million each) B-2 Stealth bomber, a top Pentagon
official tried to shoot the plane down. At a June meeting of the
secretive Defense Resources Board, Under Secretary of Defense for
Acquisition Robert Costello recommended that the Pentagon kill the
B-2 because of its rising price and quality problems. Costello's
move failed, but he did get the Air Force's attention and persuaded
the manufacturer to trim costs.
EUREKA! WE'LL TAKE IT! Once it's built in Simi Valley, Calif.,
scholars will flock to the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library to
sift through state papers. But for those more interested in the
Gipper's favorite belt buckle (THE BUCKAROO STOPS HERE) or his
ceremonial desktop jar of jelly beans, there will be another
presidential repository: Eureka College, in central Illinois. The
outgoing Chief has donated more than 500 such items to his alma
mater.