Plains GA vote pits Billy Carter against Blanton
Billy Carter loses the Plains mayoral race 50 to 71 to incumbent A. L. Blanton. President elect’s brother Jimmy Carter says he may have cost Billy the election. Post-election party at Billy’s service station recounts the tight, publicity soaked result.
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Plains
Billy Carter
Little Cross
United States
Billy
A.L. Blanton
Blanton
Albany
Hugh Carter Sr
Jimmy Carter
Brother Billy
Jimmy
Carter
KU sophs vie for Harry S Truman Scholarship
Kansas University sophomores aiming for public service will compete to represent KU in the first Truman Scholarship event. Up to $5,000 yearly for tuition, fees, books, and room and board, renewable for four years, will be awarded to one winner per state or territory. Local selection by KU’s Liberal Arts Honors Committee follows regional interviews after December 15.
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Kansas University
Harry S. Truman
Kansas
del Shankel
KU College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Jack Weller
Shankel
Harry 8. Truman
Larship Foundation
U.S. Territories
Harry S. Truman Scholarship Foundation
Congress
Red Dye No 40 Targeted as Possible Carcinogen
A FDA pathologist Dr M Adrian Gross cites Red Dye No 40 as having properties of a carcinogen based on industry tests. The dye remains widely used in lipstick ice cream and other products and has grown in use since FDA bans on Red Nos 2 and 4 earlier. Gross notes he speaks as an individual, not for the FDA which funds a scientific committee to study the data.
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Washington
Monday
Food and Drug Administration
M. Adrian Gross
FDA
Gross
Kissinger Heads to NATO Mission Before Transition
Secretary of State Kissinger departs for Brussels with a Carter backed pledge to strengthen NATO ties and speed planned weapon standardization. He will also press for Spain’s NATO accession and review Western posture toward the Soviet Union amid stalled Vienna talks. Washington eyes broader Soviet force reductions as Brussels meetings proceed.
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Washington
Henry Kissinger
NATO Alliance
Brussels
Carter
Kissinger
Plains
United States
Britain
NATO
James Callaghan
Turkey
Greece
U.S
Ford
Spain
Madrid
Juan Carlos
Soviet Union
Europe
Vienna
Moscow
Warsaw Pact
London
Anthony Crosland
Rhodesia
Geneva
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Warren Thompson Furniture
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Sachs Florist
And
Topeka
Strass
Bales Electric
Bob's Electric
Burkhart Electri
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