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Points out that William Loeb, the publisher of the "Manchester Union Leader" had greatly influenced the course of politics in New Hampshire until his death in 1981. "Union Leader" as the only daily newspaper in the state; Impact of Loeb's editorials on politics in New Hampshire and in the whole U.S.; Loeb's appeal to the working-class populism of Manchester's ethnic Democrats.

Focuses on the inequities persistent among congressional employees in the U.S. Information on an equal pay bill for federal employees; View that blacks and Hispanics are recruited for political reasons, but their participation in actual policy development has increased negligibly; Reference to a Supreme Court case which upheld employee's constitutional right of due process, but sidestepped Congress's repeated failure to include itself under its own employment statutes.

Reports on the battle of liquor manufacturers with a legislative proposal to label alcoholic drinks with health warnings in the U.S. Reliance of the industry on legislators to beat back an influential label lobby; Complaint of the opponents of the bill that the sector is overtaxed; Lawsuits filed by the parents of some disabled children against alcohol manufacturers claiming that they should have warned them about fetal alcohol syndrome.

Reports that led largely by members from Southwestern states, congressional alliance Coin Coalition, has introduced a legislation to mint a gold-colored copper dollar bearing the likeness of Christopher Columbus. Proposal in the legislation for phasing out the paper bill three years after the metallic version debuts; Attachment of the public to the U.S. Treasury's premier piece of paper; View that the American public prefer an all-paper currency system.