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MILESTONES, Page 61
DIED. William ("Fishbait") Miller, 80, folksy, obsequious
doorkeeper of the U.S. House of Representatives for 24 years; in
Greensboro, N.C. Miller, who got his nickname as a child because
he was so small, had an eccentric approach to his duties. He
claimed he helped Democratic members by sanding his fingertips so
that he could recognize their names by touch on the metal disks
drawn to determine office assignments. His 1977 memoir "Fishbait"
was laced with tales of drunken, lecherous lawmakers who found
themselves "with their tail in a crack."