President Carter Back Home to Plains a Welcomed Homecoming
President Carter returned from a Memorial Day trip to Georgia visiting his boyhood town of Plains. Enthusiastic crowds, cameras and autograph seekers greeted him on Main Street while he toured shops and his family's farm. The visit touched local nerves as the Plains Baptist Church faced internal changes and Billy Carter considered relocating to Buena Vista amid ongoing public attention.
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Carter
Georgia
Washington
Secret Service
Main Street
Turners Hardware and Department Store
Robins Air Force Base
Billy
Lillian
Edwards
Honolulu
Buena Vista
Carter First Lady greeted by 2000 in Costa Rica
First Lady Rosalynn Carter arrived in San Jose on a 24 hour stop, greeted by about 2000 Costa Ricans, including children, as she met President Daniel Oduber and Foreign Minister Gonzalo Facio. She spoke Spanish, discussed human rights and regional issues, and planned a news conference to share goals of the Carter administration. She would also meet embassy staff and attend a youth symphony concert.
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Costa Rica
Rosalynn Carter
Mary Hoyt
Panama
Carter
U.S
Harbor study tightens controls on Queen Mary lease plans
City officials, under pressure from the State Lands Commission, study use of tidelands funds to buy back haul of Queen Mary leaseholds. New port chief James McJunkin reports $30,000 of $50,000 for the evaluation spent, including an underwater hull inspection. Harbor board hints legality review of spending to acquire restaurant leases and hotel, while aiming to consolidate ship operations under one management.
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Harbor Board
H. E
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Teval
Leslie Still
Harbor Department
Lands Commission
Speciality
Queen Mary
PSA
California seeks harsher sentencing for gun related crimes
Amendments push increases by one to three years for prior felonies and enhance terms for possession of weapons and assault with deadly weapons. The major change passed 3 to 1 as lawmakers debated keeping the bill alive, with officials warning delay could kill it.
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California
Michael Franchetti
Younger
Brown
Franchetti
Criminal Justice Committee
Boatwright
Parole Board
Supreme Court backs family rights over zoning limits
The Supreme Court ruled that all family members may live together beyond a citys single family rule, striking down East Cleveland Ohio occupancy limits. It also allowed retroactive minority seniority claims in long-haul trucking and union settings, while barring challenges to pre Civil Rights Act seniority rules. The decision also agreed to review whether biological fathers may object to the adoption of their children.
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Supreme Court
Thex Moore
City Hall
Cleveland
Ohio
Tite
East Cleveland
High Court
Lewis F. Powell Jr
Teamsters Union
Fifth
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Ing City
Georgia Supreme Court
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