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NATION, Page 29Grapevine
EXPERIENCE PAYS. Tony Coelho, who quit as House majority whip
last spring when he was criticized for buying junk bonds, has
landed a job as an investment banker. After considering 85 offers,
the well-connected former Congressman is to start this week as a
managing director of the Manhattan investment firm Wertheim
Schroder. A friend promises, "Tony won't be doing any lobbying."
HALFWAY IN FROM THE COLD. Former CIA officer Edward Lee Howard,
who defected to the Soviet Union in 1985, is an unhappy convert.
Howard, the only ex-CIA figure ever known to have defected, has
been living in Moscow, but he approached a Western journalist in
a Budapest bar recently. Deep in his cups, Howard complained about
life in his adopted home. He gave the Westerner a private telephone
number. When the journalist called the next day, a sobered Howard,
who is a fugitive sought by the FBI, apologized and asked that the
whole thing be forgotten.
MISSISSIPPI STILL BURNING. Led by reform-minded Governor Ray
Mabus, Mississippi is trying mightily to distance itself from the
darker images of its past. Last June citizens and state officials
held a memorial service in Philadelphia for the three civil rights
workers killed near there in 1964. But Mississippi's segregationist
secrets keep trickling out. The Jackson Clarion-Ledger is
publishing records of the State Sovereignty Commission, an official
pro-segregation group that operated until the 1970s. The files show
that the commission spied on one of the slain workers, Michael
Schwerner, circulating his description and license-plate number.
A judge has ruled that the records, including those scheduled to
stay locked in a vault until 2027, should be made public. An appeal
is pending.
QUOTE OF THE WEEK. Still on the speechmaking circuit, convicted
felon and right-wing hero Oliver North is reaching for laughs by
telling audiences that because of poor nutrition the height of
Russian men has been declining. Says Ollie: "It won't be long
before the average Soviet male is shorter than Mike Dukakis."