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Newspaper
Lawton Constitution
Location
Lawton, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Jan 16, 1978
Page
10
AP Special Correspondent Saul Pett details Hubert Humphrey as a tireless campaigner with an inner gyroscope that turned facts into optimism. The lengthy portrait traces his liberal heritage from Roosevelt through Johnson and his 1976 decision not to run, ending amid renewed political pressure and self control.
Soviet cosmonauts Vladimir Dzhanibekov and Oleg Makarov landed from Soyuz 26 after a first supply mission to Salyut 6 and the three ship linkup. Yuri Romanenko and Georgi Grechko continue aboard the orbital station awaiting possible record durations and future experiments.
CHICAGO AP James Meredith says if Martin Luther King Jr were alive he would direct efforts to urban centers where most blacks live Meredith 44 who was shot during a 1966 civil rights march in Hernando Miss is a Jackson Mississippi businessman King was slain in 1968 in Memphis Tenn In Independence Mo AP retiring FBI Director Clarence Kelley says he will write two books after resigning next month one on the FBI and another on his 12 years as Kansas City police chief He plans to brief his successor Judge William H Webster appears the leading contender for the post In Los Angeles AP Roy Rogers recovering from open heart surgery after a triple bypass to clear a blocked artery He is 66 and watched the Super Bowl from his hospital recovery room In New York AP President Carter tops best dressed list named best dressed statesman of 1978 by Fashion Foundation of America Reggie Jackson called best dressed among sports figures Other honorees include Gov Meldrim Thomson Tony Bennett Mike Douglas and David Merrick In San Francisco AP Sex Pistols say American crowds were tame during U S tour Their manager says the band found England freer and more intelligent than America The seven city tour ended in San Francisco before 3500 fans with many wearing safety pins and punk styles
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