Back Alive: Who says the 1960s are...

Back Alive: Who says the 1960s are dead? A new Washington store specializes in “politically correct” T-shirts and bumper stickers and a campaign to draft Richard Nixon for 1992. Monday was Dan Quayle Joke Day, says Jose Rodriguez, owner of “Politically Correct Clothing” in downtown D.C., three blocks from the White House: “Tell a Dan Quayle joke and you get 10% off.” And what does that Nixon T-shirt say? “He’s tan, rested and ready--Nixon in ’92.”

Crossed Lines: Playmate Stacy Arthur is hanging it up. The Playboy centerfold, whose husband was killed by an obsessed fan, says that the magazine should curb live telephone service and that she won’t take any more such calls: “I have tried to persuade Playboy to do something with the 900 number. There need to be limits on time and basic guidelines on what can be said.” Arthur’s talks with James Lindberg on the $3-a-minute line fueled his obsession with her and led to the shooting death of her husband in October. She is slowly working back into her Playmate duties.

Resolved: Bozo the Clown is too pooped from holiday appearances to come up with a list, but others continue making New Year’s resolutions. Horror writer Stephen King promises himself: “No cookies, cakes, pie or chocolate.” Says Harvard law professor and writer Alan Dershowitz: “In the season of Peter Pan . . . my main resolution is not to get old, and to keep chasing after the Captain Hooks of the world.” Oklahoma State football coach Pat Jones, whose team just suffered its first winless season in 71 years, just wants the first game of the new season to “hurry up and get here.”

Take Heart: What’s the upside to heart trouble? Beat Generation poet Allen Ginsberg said his travails have given him “a little time to rest and grade my term papers.” The 65-year-old professor at Brooklyn College suffered mild congestive heart failure Dec. 21, but he is doing well and spent Monday “out walking and buying (items) at the country store.”