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<text id=91TT0652>
<title>
Mar. 25, 1991: That's What Friends Are For
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<history>
TIME--The Weekly Newsmagazine--1991
Mar. 25, 1991 Boris Yeltsin:Russia's Maverick
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<source>Time Magazine</source>
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GRAPEVINE, Page 13
That's What Friends Are For
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<p>By David Ellis/Reported by Sidney Urquhart
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<p> Alabama Democratic Senator Howell Heflin was in no danger
of losing his seat in last November's midterm elections, but
that didn't stop him from recruiting colleagues to help his
campaign. One of those who answered the call was Ohio Democrat
John Glenn. The former World War II hero and pioneer astronaut
filmed a spot extolling Heflin's support for the space program,
which brings millions of tax dollars to Alabama. In spite of
the seemingly innocent nature of the plug, the commercial never
aired. Reason: Heflin's first order of business upon his return
to Washington was chairing the Senate Ethics Committee
investigation of the infamous Keating Five, which included the
same John Glenn. A Heflin spokesman says the ad "just didn't
fit in" with campaign plans, but wiser heads had advised the
Alabaman's office about the impropriety of using Glenn--who
eventually received a mere slap on the wrist--as a character
witness.
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