Carter Takes Oath as Nation Enters 3rd Century
Jimmy Carter becomes 39th president pledging to preserve defend the Constitution. He attends private church service with family and Cabinet, then greets Ford and staff at the White House. The ceremony emphasizes peaceful transfer of power and a hopeful early agenda.
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Gerald Ford
White House
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Executive Mansion
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Goodbyo
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Walter F. Mon
United States
James Earl Carter
Plains
America
Micah
Carter agenda outlines six month plan for unity and growth
A 29 page White House agenda outlines Carter's first six months focus on domestic programs, jobs and media reform. It calls a two week March tour, talks with Mexico and Canada, Israel and Arab nations, China, a UN speech, and a Vietnam veterans unemployment proposal within an economic stimulus package.
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China
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No New Taxes in Record Rhodes Budget
Gov. James A. Rhodes will send a record 14.5 billion dollar two year budget to the legislature. The plan is balanced and requires no new taxes, funded largely by existing and federal revenues.
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Columbus
Ohio
James A. Rhodes
William W. Wilkins
Rhodes declines Celeste liaison offer amid budget clash
Governor Rhodes rejects a bipartisan liaison with Celeste while signaling continued emphasis on education and welfare funding. He presses the legislature to trim mandates and expects that Carter’s priorities will reflect issue merits over party lines. The budget battle centers on a projected $8.7 billion general fund and competing demands from education and welfare programs.
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Board of Regents
Ohio
General Assembly
Kite Nuts Fly Over Florida in International Flyoff
AP by Jules Loh reports the Ninth Annual International Kite Flyoff at Lido Beach near Sarasota Florida. Will Yolen world champion kite flier and organizer leads hundreds of colorful kites into a windy Gulf sky, with playful exaggeration about an international show and a Cannon-like line snap recalled as a historic moment.
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Will Yolen
Gulf of
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Yale
Sandcastle Hotel
Billy Carter Visits Washington for Inaugural Weekend
Billy Carter arrives in Washington with beer in hand to join the Carter family for his brother Jimmy's inauguration. He refuses to stay at the White House, plans to return to Plains after the celebrations, and faces a potential beer licensing suspension over a Georgia law violation.
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South
Alaska Plan Divides Oil Profits With Residents
Alaska Governor Jay Hammond proposes Alaska Dividend an investment fund to share oil and gas tax revenues with residents. About a fourth of adults who have lived in Alaska five years would receive a share with new eligibles over time. Dividend estimates start at 57 dollars per share then decline to 46 by 1985 as oil wealth grows.
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Cold Weather Toll Grows in The Plains Area
The Plainsand surrounding area endures ongoing cold weather with Rutland Bottled Gas reporting half its usual supplies as factories strain fuel deliveries. Manager Bill Coy says the limited gas affects about 2,000 customers while services shift to meet home demands in the region.
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Athens
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Plains
Bill Coy
Rail line to remain aids ConRail and local project
A ConRail official assured Hobson Athens area businessmen that the rail line will stay as is, crucial for a Route 50W industrial park developer’s project. About 40 Ames residents met trustees to discuss long-range planning and zoning. A group of 31 Carter supporters left Athens for Washington to attend the presidential inauguration. Weather calls for variable cloudiness with a small chance of snow flurries tonight and Friday.
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Athens
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Washington, D.C
Essex Ordered to Appear in Cincinnati Hearing
A judge ordered Ohio Superintendent of Public Instruction Martin Essex to appear at a Friday hearing in Cincinnati after rejecting his retraction of a memorandum that criticized the Cincinnati school financing lawsuit now before Hamilton County Common Pleas Court.
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