Deck the Ks: Mistakes seem to follow...

Deck the Ks: Mistakes seem to follow Vice President Dan Quayle around, even when he doesn’t make them. This time it’s the Quayles’ Christmas cards, which have a personalized message, handwritten and then reprinted. Unfortunately a word in the holiday greetings was misspelled, and you could hear the snickering begin. The message was: “May our nation continue to be the beakon of hope to the world. May our lives continually be guided by the light of the Lord’s love. May he bless you and keep you during this holiday season and throughout the new year.” Beakon of course, is not usually spelled with a k . About 30,000 of the cards, paid for by the Republican National Committee, were mailed. Quayle staffers said the mistake was made by Marilyn Quayle. Staff spokesman Dave Beckwith, amused by the minor flap, said: “We were hoping it was the Old English spelling, but I couldn’t find it in any dictionary.”

Beauty and the Bar: Talk show host Pat Sajak will be in Washington, D.C., for his New Year’s Eve wedding to former Miss Georgetown, Lesly Brown, 24, who was featured as one of Playboy magazine’s “Women of Washington” last year. Brown said in the magazine she was going to give up modeling for law. She decided to delay law studies after meeting Sajak, 42.

Traveling Man: Saudi financier Adnan Khashoggi, awaiting trial on charges he helped Ferdinand and Imelda Marcos in the alleged plunder of the Philippines, was granted permission Wednesday to take a vacation to Colorado and Florida. Khashoggi has been free on $10-million bail. Conditions on his bail include that he remain in New York and that his movements be monitored by an electronic bracelet. Khashoggi, who pleaded innocent, has been living in a luxurious Fifth Avenue penthouse.

Another High: Sir Edmund Hillary, the first man to climb Mount Everest, married his longtime companion on Thursday in New Zealand, but promised not to forget his beloved Himalayas. Auckland mayor Dame Cath Tizard married the couple--both of whom lost their first spouses in air crashes--at a private ceremony at Hillary’s home. Hillary, 70, who first scaled the world’s highest peak in 1953 with Sherpa Tenzing Norgay, said shortly before the wedding that married life would not stop his world travels.