Bernstein and Ephron Face Final Post Years in News
Carl Bernstein resigns from the Washington Post to pursue book writing while Nora Ephron, Esquire senior editor, critiques the feminist movement as outdated and ineffective. Woodward remains a Post investigative reporter. Bokassa radio orders bowing rules. two twin burglars get prison terms. Seattle enforces a petty wildlife fine. local officials debate repealing a 1912 law for caterpillar control. University audience questions women’s movement impact on society.
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Washington Post
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Esquire Magazine
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Robert Barr
Avon Park election pits single vote for council seat
Thomas Tataris says a single vote decided the Avon Park council seat, giving him the win by 1 vote over Kelley Philips, while a friend who failed to vote cost him the victory. Sam Houston Johnson, 82, Lyndon Johnson’s brother, remains in stabilizing care after lung tumor surgery in Austin.
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Avon Park
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Kelley Philips
Tataris
Sam Houston Johnson
Lyndon Johnson
Austin
Billy Carter named to Sumter County tax board
Billy Carter, brother of President-elect Jimmy Carter, was named to the Sumter County Board of Tax Commissioners for a six year term starting Jan 1. He will be one of three tax assessors earning about 1800 dollars per seat. Plains mayoral race loss preceded the appointment. Former astronaut James Lovell named president of Fisk Telephone Systems Inc Houston. Lovell served as an astronaut from 1966 to 1973 and flew four missions including two to the moon.
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Jimmy Carter
Sumter County
Board of Tax Commissioners
Billy
Plains
Americus
Sumter
Carter
James Lovell
Fisk Telephone Systems, Inc
Houston
Lovell
Cash vows to quit TV after Christmas special fiasco
Johnny Cash vows to end his television career citing a CBS special aired Monday night as the worst in television history. He says the network cut his closing song Silent Night and removed family scenes from The Johnny Cash Christmas Special, leaving him upset and ready to quit television.
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Johnny Cash
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CBS
Johnny. Cash
Updike criticizes U.S. schools for inertia and venality
Author John Updike told Smithsonian Institution listeners that the nation's education system has failed to teach children to read. He called reading a difficult code that many cannot decipher, arguing that literacy is less accessible than speech, music, or cinema. He noted publishers estimate only a small percent of Americans buy a book.
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John Updike
Smithsonian Institution
Updike
Veterans bitter over Opry site urge Ryman demolition
Nashville veteran Roy Acuff calls for tearing down the Ryman Auditorium to spur new downtown development. He argues razing it could spark removal of other blighted downtown buildings once used for massage parlors and adult cinemas, noting the Grand Ole Opry once aired there from 1943 to 1974 and that the Ryman now serves as a tourist attraction.
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Roy Acuff
Nashville
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Kissinger warns NATO ministers on detente and security
In a 45 minute speech Henry Kissinger urged NATO to maintain military security even as detente with Moscow grows. He conveyed Carter’s pledge to sustain and strengthen NATO and urged unity against a Warsaw Pact proposal to ban first use of nuclear weapons. He urged open alliances and warned against supporting white regimes in southern Africa while highlighting Palestine and Syria prospects.
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Syria
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