Carter Returns to Plains for quiet family Christmas
President Carter flies home from a White House holiday tour to Plains Georgia for a traditional low key Christmas with family. Protest tractors pass along the presidential motorcade as farmers had gathered in Plains for a national strike.
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Johnny Carson lands new NBC contract boosting pay
Johnny Carson secures a new NBC deal raising his annual salary from 1.5 million to 2.5 million. The plan trims his Tonight Show schedule to 25 three day weeks plus 12 four day weeks with guest hosts, and 15 vacation weeks, while repeats fill some nights. Carson remains NBC's top earner as Tonight profits stay strong.
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Carter to Name Carlucci as CIA Deputy Director
White House sources say President Carter plans to appoint Frank C. Carlucci, the U S ambassador to Portugal, as deputy director of the CIA to stabilize turmoil in its upper ranks after Stansfield Turner took command.
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Priests Strike Vatican Protest Across Molise Parishes
About fifty Molise priests halted duties in a coordinated work slowdown protesting the Vatican order to transfer four parish churches to a rival diocese. They canceled Masses and bell ringing, signaling a rare Catholic clerical response after snubbing a papal envoy.
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Death seems preferable to jail for Joan Little after escape
Joan Little, acquitted in a sensational murder case, told a New York jail interview she would rather die than return to North Carolina prison. Recaptured December 7 in New York, she said isolation inside gates would be lethal. She had escaped Raleigh jail by sealing a fence on October 15 while serving 20 to years for larceny.
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