Roanoke Times
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DATE: TUESDAY, April 13, 1993 TAG: 9304130260
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PEOPLE
President Clinton didn't ask for them, but he has a new pair blue suede shoes, courtesy of a company that has provided shoes to every U.S. president since Millard Fillmore.Clinton selected a pair of handmade, black, cap-toe shoes made by Johnston & Murphy of Nashville, Tenn. Knowing Clinton's fondness for Elvis Presley, the company sent along a pair of blue suedes, size 13-C.
The company included a note to the president:
"We thought something a bit more casual in blue suede would be fitting for those rare opportunities you have to pull out the presidential sax and blow off some occupational stress."
Clinton, who has the biggest feet of any modern president, wrote back to the company saying he and his wife appreciated the shoes.
Gary Hart, whose run for the presidency collapsed over alleged extramarital affairs, says Bill Clinton got a fairer shake from news media when allegations of adultery surfaced during his presidential campaign.
"They say Clinton handled his situation better than I did," Hart says in the April 19 issue of The New Yorker. "Poppycock. It wasn't his decision to go on `60 Minutes.' It was the editorial decision not to pursue it any further.
"I didn't see editors this time sending reporters halfway around the world to peek in a politician's window," said the former senator from Colorado. "And that was good for the country."
A Kuwait Airways jet taking former President Bush and his family to Kuwait made an emergency landing shortly after takeoff Monday because of wing damage.
No injuries were reported and the Bushes returned to their Houston home without incident. They will try to fly again to the emirate this morning on a new plane.
The Boeing 747 took off from Ellington Field 20 miles south of Houston and was in the air for about one hour when it was forced to land at Houston Intercontinental Airport, said airport spokeswoman Tina Ceppi.
Local broadcasts reported that a gash was visible between the left wing and fuselage.