Carter Family Keeps Southern Christmas Traditions in Plains
President Carter and Rosalynn, with children Amy Chip and Jeff, spent Christmas morning leaving Plains for grandmother Miss Lillian’s breakfast then gifts at Miss Allie Smith’s home. They attended Sunday School, worship at Maranatha Baptist Church, and prayed for peace.
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Amy Carter
Carter
Plains
UPI
Rosalynn
Amy
Chip
Jeff
Pond House
Lillian
Rosalynn Carter
Allie’ Smith
Miss
Gustav Mahler
Plains Baptist Church
Maranatha Baptist Church
Clarence Dodson
Europe
Asia
Plains Unchanged By Presidency
Plains Georgia shows little economic change a year into Jimmy Carter’s presidency. Tourism dropped from the summer peak of 4,000 to 5,000 daily visitors to about 2,000 last season. Real estate slowed, with shops closing and few property sales since July amid zoning friction and resident resentment.
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Plains
UPI
Jimmy Carter
Billy McClung
Carter
Americas
Dalton
Carter Family Christmas Gift List Reveals Tiny Train
Amy Carter received an electric train for Christmas while the Carters shared gifts including a wrist watch for Mrs. Carter and an Irish tweed jacket with binoculars for President Carter. The jacket was ordered by Mrs. Lillian Carter during a visit to Ireland and the train was a gift to Amy. The President intended to wear the jacket for fireside chats and the family also gave toys books records and shirts.
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Plains, Ga
Pedro Chicote Dies at 78 Bar Scene Legend of Madrid
Pedro Chicote, famed Madrid bartender linked to Hemingway and the chic Chicote bar on Gran Via, died of a heart attack at 78. He opened the bar in 1930, began in 1916 at the Ritz, collected a renowned bottle archive, and wrote four books on bartending. European utilities plan about 14 billion dollars in coal oil and gas equipment spending over the next decade.
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Madrid
Spain
UPI
Pedro Chicote
Ernest Hemingway
Chicote
Gran Via
Hemingway
Ritz
New York
Seasonal Bedding Prices and Sale Dates
Flat and fitted sheets offered in twin to king sizes with standard and king cases. Special sale runs through Saturday January 28 with sizes and dimensions 72x84 or 78x80 for king, 78x80 only on sale. To order call 734-2111.
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Upifoto
James Dalton
Lapiaza
Nevada Financial Service
SBA
Maryland Parkway
Lou F
Laporta
Were. Mae
Water ST. Henderson
Nev
Diamond’ Home & White
Burlington
J.P. Stevens
Utica
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