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1982Year In a highly unusual move a House subcommittee has scheduled a hearing this week to air the many complaints concerning the designs of the three coins being issued for the 1984 Olympic Games in Los Angeles. The hearing, scheduled for Wednesday, before the House Subcommittee on Consumer Affairs and Coinage, is apparently aimed at pressuring the U.S. Treasury to upgrade the designs, and possibly even to scrap one or more. The three Olympic coins - a 1983 silver dollar, a 1984 silver dollar and a 1984 eagle or $10 gold piece - are intended to commemorate the '84 Summer Games and also to raise needed revenue for the Games. From early indications, they should raise plenty of revenue, but in the view of many who have seen their designs, they won't reflect much glory on the Games or on this nation as a whole. ''The designs are pretty awful,'' says Dr. Cornelius Vermeule, curator of classical art at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts and author of the much acclaimed book, ''Numismatic Art in America.'' NUMISMATICS

HOUSE SETS HEARING ON OLYMPIC COIN DESIGNS

1989Year LEAD: The House of Representatives turned its attention tonight to its own budget, approving a $1.6 billion appropriation for Congress and its related agencies after a sharp debate over how much lawmakers are spending on mail. Budget Roundup

House Sets Its Own Spending After Debate on the Cost of Lawmakers' Mail

1927Year Vs Yale COLLEGE RECORD FALLS AS YALE TANKMEN WIN

House Sets Mark, With Elis Beating Penn, 46-16 -- Yale Also Water Polo Victor.

1945Year votes to adjourn until Oct House Will Adjourn Saturday For a Recess Until October 8

HOUSE SETS RECESS UNTIL OCTOBER 8

1938Year House accepts Sen appropriation for regional laboratories BILLION FOR AGRICULTURE

House Sets Record in Adopting Conference Report

1938Year Treadway amendment to restore 1921-34 levy defeated SALARY PUBLICITY VOTED AT $75,000

House Sets That Level in Tax Bill Clause for Publishing by the Treasury

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