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NATION, Page 25Grapevine
TIPSY TYRANT? U.S. efforts to topple him have come a cropper,
but that has not stopped the State Department from leaking
unsubstantiated stories about Panamanian strongman Manuel Noriega.
The latest one claims that Noriega goes on drinking binges, during
which he supposedly orders the arrest of political foes or the
murder of "gringos." When he sobers up, Noriega is said to be "very
grateful" to learn that his commands were not obeyed.
PICKY, PICKY. George Bush seems to have something in common
with former President Jimmy Carter -- an obsession with minor
logistic details. He insists on approving the passenger manifests
on his official flights. One VIP came close to getting bumped from
a flight to Miami last month when Bush belatedly spotted his name
and asked, "What's this guy doing here?"
SOUTHERN STRATEGY. A conservative Southerner often occupies a
post in the Democratic congressional leadership. That changed in
the Jim Wright shakeout: Georgia's Ed Jenkins lost his bid for
majority leader, and Beryl Anthony of Arkansas was whipped in the
race for party whip. Mindful of his need for conservative support,
Speaker Tom Foley plans to create a new leadership slot and quietly
maneuver a Southerner into the job. But neither Anthony nor Jenkins
need bother to apply. The party leadership is miffed that both
broke ranks by voting for a capital-gains tax cut backed by George
Bush.
STOP THE BULLDOZERS. The city council in rural Moultrie, Ga.,
thought it had won a small battle in the war against narcotics last
May when the state awarded a $700,000 grant to rehabilitate "Rat
Row," a squalid three-block stretch of housing now occupied by drug
dealers. But many of the buildings scheduled for razing are over
50 years old and meet federal standards for historic preservation.
So Moultrie must now spend more than $10,000 on a study outlining
how it will preserve the character of the area during renovation.
Meanwhile, the crack sales continue.