The Week

■ Le Ann Wilchusky despairs that Senator William Proxmire will ever develop an understanding of the finer things in life. He doesn’t comprehend, she says, that “artists have to have the freedom to work outside the political context.” What Senator Proxmire has done to inspire this attack is to give Miss Wilchusky his “Golden Fleece of the Month” award for having received a $6,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Arts to film large rolls of crepe paper as they tumble to earth from planes.

■ Aswegoto press, it’s not yet clear how the Bert Lance affair will terminate, but ABC is reportedly planning a six-part movie, tentatively called Plains: Behind Closed Doors.

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■ Le Ann Wilchusky despairs that Senator William Proxmire will ever develop an understanding of the finer things in life. He doesn’t comprehend, she says, that “artists have to have the freedom to work outside the political context.” What Senator Proxmire has done to inspire this attack is to give Miss Wilchusky his “Golden Fleece of the Month” award for having received a $6,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Arts to film large rolls of crepe paper as they tumble to earth from planes.

■ Aswegoto press, it’s not yet clear how the Bert Lance affair will terminate, but ABC is reportedly planning a six-part movie, tentatively called Plains: Behind Closed Doors.