Carter Reinventing the Wheel or Just Welcome?
AP analysis notes Carter’s Europe trip reception mirrors past presidents and argues a traveling president’s welcome reflects the office’s aura more than the individual. Brzezinski and aides describe excitement, yet historians urge caution about overreading a hat size or public euphoria.
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Miss USA Kim Tomes ramps up for Miss Universe pageant
Texas Aggie Kim Tomes, crowned Miss USA 1977, plans a busy summer of appearances as she prepares for the Miss Universe Pageant July 16 in Santo Domingo. The 21-year-old Houston resident, born in Chicago, may pursue modeling after college graduation while finishing her senior year at Texas A&M in health and physical education.
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Farm up bringing keeps Radar Willie cool under pressure
Wilfred Johnson 47 in Chicago received the Certificate of Merit for 20 years as an O'Hare air traffic controller, guiding over a million aircraft. He credits farm upbringing in Stephenson Michigan for his calm, says near misses occur about eight or 10 times yearly, and plans to retire to farming someday. He trained in the Navy and began at O'Hare on March 12, 1957 when the first jet landed. He is married to Linda and has stepdaughters Cindy, 24, and looks forward to mowing the lawn and family life. The control tower handles planes roughly every 22 seconds at peak times.
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Zagreb crash controller guilty of negligence in 176 deaths
Gradimir Tasic, 28, found criminally negligent for the midair collision near Zagreb on Sept 10 that killed 176 aboard a British Airways Trident and an Inex-Adria DC. Seven other controllers were acquitted as the court cited staffing shortfalls and dangerous traffic on Europe’s busy air corridor.
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Tyson Studies Bus Boycott in King Role Prep
Actress Cicely Tyson has interviewed principals in Montgomery Alabama's 1955 bus boycott to prepare for a television portrayal of the late Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. The project aims to depict the civil rights movement’s pivotal boycott and its leaders.
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Ala
Cicely Tyson
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