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NATION, Page 37GRAPEVINE
BOOT IN MOUTH DISEASE. Houston City Councilman Jim
Westmoreland, who is running for re-election this week, suggested
that instead of renaming the city's airport for the late African
American Congressman Mickey Leland, it should be called "Nigger
International." Westmoreland later explained that he had said
"Negro International," but had been misunderstood.
THE SKY IS FALLING. NASA warns that three U.S. satellites may
soon crash to earth. First to fall, perhaps next month: the Solar
Max Scientific Satellite. The agency hopes to rescue the eleven-ton
Long Duration Exposure Facility, designed to test the effects of
solar radiation on computer chips, by using the shuttle Columbia
to retrieve it from orbit in December. A supersophisticated Air
Force-CIA Key Hole spy satellite failed after deployment on Aug.
8. The $1 billion snooper is tumbling wildly, but the time of its
demise cannot be predicted.
SPOIL SPORTS. The State and Treasury Departments have pulled
the plug on ABC's plan to televise the 1991 Pan American Games in
Cuba, contending the broadcasts would violate the U.S. ban on
commerce with Fidel Castro's island. While Cuba could lose $9
million in fees from ABC, a bigger loser might be Atlanta. City
officials fear a backlash against the U.S. could damage its bid to
host the 1996 Olympics.
NO CARDINAL IN THE WHITE HOUSE. Author Tom Clancy fancies
himself as something more than a superselling novelist. He jumped
at Vice President Dan Quayle's offer in April to become an unpaid
consultant to the National Space Council, which Quayle heads. But
the deal seems doomed. One problem: Clancy wants a full-time role
in shaping policy, while Quayle is looking for a celebrity space
booster. A bigger obstacle may be the law requiring officials with
access to classified information to let Government censors peek at
their manuscripts before publication. How could they be persuaded
that those details of weapons and spycraft Clancy knits into his
yarns are not national secrets?