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THE CHICKASHA DAILY EXPRESS, Wednesday, January 5, 1983
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By JOAN HA NAUER
United Press International
HOLLYTICS: There’s a resurgence of political activism in
the Hollywood Hills and environs - tagged "Hollytics" by
Frank Bies, who lists the top 40 actor activists in Penthouse
magazine Among them: Alan Alda, described as liberal with a
deep — and sincere — sense of morality; Warren Beatty, who
ran three political concerts as fund-raisers for George
McGovern’s presidential bid; Pat Boone, one of Hollywood's
most visible conservatives; Sally Field, dubbed by some a
"new Jane Fonda;" Jane Fonda, “queen mother" of celebrity
politics; Clint Eastwood, called left of center despite his law-
and-order films, Charlton Heston, among Hollywood's con-
. servative elite; Jack Klugman, liberal, idealistic and
Democratic, and Marlo Thomas, who narrows in on the
women’s movement.
WASHINGTON (NEA) -
Only time will determine its
importance, but certainly
the most interesting story of
1982 is the fall from power
of Sen Jesse Helms, R-N.C
As 1982 began, no politi-
cian - with the possible
exception of President
Reagan - was flying as
high as Jesse Helms. Helms
was the acknowledged lead-
er of the New Right, and
1981 had seen the emer-
gence of the New Right-led
coalition that passed
Reagan’s tax and spending
cuts and dominated the con-
gressional agenda Helms,
its point man, was wooed by
the White House and the
national media.
Helms was riding the
crest of success, and he
announced that in 1982, he
would have Congress turn
its attention to the so-called
New Right agenda of school
prayer, anti-abortion and
anti-busing legislation. The
coalition that put through
the tax cut would put prayer
back into the schools
At the same time, Helms
was emerging as the most
important force in back-
stage GOP politics. Helms
heads the National Congres-
sional Club, a virtual
money-collecting machine
based in Raleigh, N.C. In the
1980 campaign, the Con-
gressional Club raised and
spent more than $6 million
on 51 House and Senate can-
didates and 20 state legisla-
tive candidates, including
$4 7 million in independent
expenditures for Ronald
Reagan.
At the beginning of the
year, Helms announced that
his political action commit-
tee would raise and spend
$10 million in the 1982 elec-
tion to help candidates who
. were in tune with Helms and
the New Right or to help
defeat liberals who were
not It was reasoned that by
1984. Helms and his money
machine would be the most
potent force in GOP politics
and Helms, who claimed no
presidential ambitions,
would be the next kingmak-
er
But what a difference a
year has made.
Nothing went right for
Jesse Helms in 1982. As
1983 approaches, his politi-
cal power is blunted, his
personal prestige is at an
all-time low, and in many
ways - as a result of his
actions in the lame-duck
session — he is a pariah in
his own party.
Early in the session, the
coalition that controlled
Congress began to unravel
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budget-slashing, the second
session of the 97th Congress
passed a major tax increase
and additional funding for
social programs and the
disadvantaged. Any hope of
moving on to the New
Right’s agenda quickly
disappeared, and Helms
found himself the leader of
a disappearing army
Then came the 1982 mid-
term elections. The Con-
gressional Club scaled down
its goals - backing just 18
candidates, including five
for Congress in North Caro-
lina, but backing them with
substantial funding
Nov. 2 was a disaster for
these candidates: 15 of the
18 lost, including all five in
North Carolina. The losses
were so resounding that
they have called into ques-
tion Helms’ own political
future in his home state.
Then came the lame-duck
session. For 12 days and
nights, Helms took on his
party, his president and
most of his senatorial col-
leagues in a virtual one-man
stand against a gas-tax
increase Helms tied the
Senate up in knots for 12
days, filibustering against a
bill that was supported both
by his own party’s leader-
ship and by the White House
Helms claimed that he
was acting on principle,
defending the average tax-
payer from another unwar-
ranted tax increase But to
many of his colleagues —
who were desperate to
return home for the holidays
- it seemed that Helms was
getting back at the Senate
for its refusal to address his
New Right agenda. In pri-
vate discussions. Helms'
action was often referred to
as “psychotic."
Probably the low point in
Helms' year took place on
the Senate floor at about 1
a.m, near the end of his fili-
buster Sen Alan Simpson,
R-Wy. — a former New
Right ally — rose to blast
Helms' efforts in highly unu-
sual personal terms, calling
the filibuster an obnoxious
performance " Helms went
over to Simpson, stuck out
his hand, and said, "Let's be
friends " All he got in return
was a steely stare
So Jesse Helms enters
1983 as an outcast in the
Senate, and facing a major
1984 re-election challenge
from Jim Hunt. North
Carolina's extremely popu-
lar Democratic governor
A year can be an eternity
in politics, and by 1984 Jesse
Helms might be back on top
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HAIRDO TO-DO: Is Barbara Mandrell’s hair a mess or ala
mode9 Hollywood fashion designer “Mr. (Bob) Blackwell" put
her at the top of his 1982 Worst Dressed List, complaining about
styling of country music hair, saying, “It’s never controlled
and it never goes with the clothes " Then along came the
National Hairdressers and Cosmetologists Association, who
picked Miss Mandrell as one of the Top Stylemakers of the
Year Mbs Mandrell says she owes the honor to her hair-
dresser, Rahn McDow. She commutes all the way from Ten-
nessee to California for an appointment Show biz has been
hard on her hair. "Between electric rollers and a blow dryer
• about three times a day, my hair had taken a lot of abuse," she
2 said
3 _____
; QUOTE OF THE DAY: James Mason, whose film credits
3 include "Odd Man Out" (his favorite) and “A Star Is Born,"
2 and who most recently appears with Paul Newman in “The
* Verdict,' ’ told Women’s Wear Daily what he thought of recent
2 Hollywood films: “When I see films like 'Poltergeist' or 'Close
2 Encounters of the Third Kind.’ I think to myself this is what
2 films were all about when they started .. People wanted to be
2 fascinatedby special effects. Some actors find this depressing
C it’s hard to depress me, though people think of me as gloomy
£ These are not pictures for actors, I don’t have a taste for these
? films But they are - marvelous."
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3 GLIMPSES Debbie Reynolds is in town, after playing
3 At lantic City over New Year’s weekend, to begin rehearsals for
3 the Lauren Bacall-Raquel Welch starring role in the Broadway
$ musical "Woman of the Year" she assumes Feb. 8 Eve
i Arden is rehearsing for the upcoming Broadway comedy-
3 murder mystery, “Moose Murders," by Arthur Bricknell
3 Mario Puzo is in Hollywood for conferences on Robert Evans’
2 upcomir® film, "The Cotton Club,” to star Richard Gere and
3 Gregory Hines Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert appear tonight
3 on NBC’s "Late Night With David Letterman” to plug their
| syndicated show of film reviews ....
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