First Brother Billy Carter a perennial foil for press photographers
The piece compares Billy Carter's notoriety to earlier presidential kin such as Sam Johnson Donald Nixon and Leslie King noting the media fascination with family foibles during administrations. It quotes columnist Tom Tiede who calls Billy a folk hero to some and suggests his antics keep attracting coverage while highlighting the irony of public appetite for such stories.
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Billy Carter
Redneck
Jimmy
United States
U.S
Washington
Lyndon Johnson
Sam Houston Johnson
South Carolina
Lyndon
White House
Robert Vesco
Secret Service
Gerald Ford
Leslie King
Tom Tiede
The
Plains Potentate
Tiede
Billy
Outer Mongolia
Brouha
Brouhaha
Reclamation
Gil Stamm
Capitol Hill
Teton Dam
Idaho
House Conservation Subcommittee
Leo Ryan
D.-Calif
Stamm
Ryan
Subcommittee
Unappreciated Billy Kilmer Faces Redskin Hostility
The piece profiles Billy Kilmer, Redskins quarterback for five seasons, detailing fan disdain in Washington despite playoff runs and a near Super Bowl run. It notes injuries, a nose bleed in 1976 opening game, and Kilmer's insistence on winning amid boos, with a suggestion he may seek another team.
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Billy
Billy Carter
Billy Kilmer
Theshington Redskins
Redskins
Kilmer
Washington
New York Giants
St. Louis
Minnesota
Sonny
Jurgensen
R.F.K
Joe Theisman
D.C
Joe
Ole Billy
Jawboning to curb wages and prices in Carter era debate
The piece reviews voluntary wage and price restraint as a tool of economic policy from Kennedy Johnson to Carter. It notes Ford and Carter's differing stances, Kennedy Johnson guidance, steel price shocks, and the uncertain effectiveness of voluntary controls amid Vietnam buildup and 1970s inflation recalls.
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Ford
Carter
Nixon
John F. Kennedy
Congress
Kennedy
Johnson
U.S. Steel
Washington
U. S. Steel
Vietnam
United States
Byington pushes Civil Service reform in San Francisco
In a Commonwealth Club speech S John Byington, chair of the Consumer Product Safety Commission, urged major reforms of the Civil Service. He called to lift top management constraints, widen flexibility, and push for a White House conference to overhaul a bureaucracy he says now stifles innovation and proper accountability.
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San Francisco
S. John Byington
Byington
Consumer Product Safety Commission
The
Commonwealth Club
White House
Jimmy Carter
Mr Carter
Carter
Pope Paul Joins War Against Mafia in Vatican Meeting
Pope Paul VI urged Congress to crack down on drug trafficking with severe legal measures after meeting with House Narcotics Chairman Lester Wolff and other lawmakers in the Vatican. A transcript shows discussions on targeting production at the source and coordinating ecclesiastical efforts worldwide.
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Washington
Pope Paul VI
U.S
House
Lester Wolff
D.-N.y
Vatican
Pope Paul
Wolff
Italy
Peter Bensinger
Bensinger
The Survival Game in Washington Civil Service
In a lame duck Washington, civil service staffers dodge Ford appointees and fear Carter transition scrutiny. Tension rises as officials juggle loyalty, access, and survival while awaiting Secretary level contact and avoiding visible favoritism. The dialogue reveals office politics and the awkward balance between departing and incoming administrations.
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Washington
Ford
Carter
Secretary of the Treasury
Turtleman
North Africa
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Afl-Cio
James Schlesinger
Grum
George Meany
Schlesinger
Richard Nixon
Meany
Art Buchwald
Carstairs
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