Adams Climbing Fame Way From Seattle to Carter Cabinet
Brock Adams, a Seattle native and longtime congressman, is named transportation secretary by President-elect Carter after losing a Senate bid. Colleagues praise his honesty and endurance as he moves from a seventh term in the House to an administration role, with supporters noting his popularity and steady rise.
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Jim Snyder
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Congressmen Oppose Carter Plan To Reorganize Agencies
Key lawmakers and Harvard Law scholar Raoul Berger question Carter’s proposal to let the president reorganize the federal bureaucracy after 60 days of congressional inaction. Rep. Jack Brooks plans a bill for positive congressional approval, citing constitutional doubts and past limits on executive power.
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Associated Press
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Harvard Law School
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D-Tex
House Government Operations Committee
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Richard M. Nixon
Office of Economic Opportunity
Cabe Named Interim North Carolina Highway Patrol Chief
Maj. Jack D. Cabe, a 30 year veteran, was named acting commander by Gov. Holshouser to lead the North Carolina Highway Patrol until Col. E. W. Jones recovers from surgery. Jones retires Jan. 7, paving the way for Gov. elect Hunt to select a successor.
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Hunt
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Edwin Guy
Hand Nails and the Rise of the Wire Nail
Before a French inventor introduced the wire nail machine in 18th century, nails were handmade from iron strips. Cut nails were valuable enough that whole barns and houses burned for salvage. Nails were priced by pennyweight, with a three inch nail costing about 10 pennies for 100.
Scientists Question Color of Celestial Black Holes
Reports from the Eighth Texas Conference on Relativistic Astrophysics indicate black holes may emit light rather than being perfectly dark. Dennis Sciama and others suggest future satellite detectors could observe gamma‑ray bursts from these objects, potentially linking general relativity and quantum theory.
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Dennis Sciama
England
Oxford University
Steven W. Hawking
Cambridge University
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