Waiting for Jimmy Carter to reshape Washington
The piece surveys expectations as Jimmy Carter prepares to take office on January 20. It notes unknowns surrounding the new administration, the social scene around 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, and how Southern influence may alter Washington’s culture and venues. Local figures anticipate a casual, Southern-infused transition era with changes in elite gathering spots and nightlife.
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Pennsylvania Avenue
White House
Kennedy
Paul Delisle
South of
France
Burkle
River Gauche
Jimmy Carter
Treasury
William Simon
Michael O'Harre
Tramps
Georgetown
O’harre
Carter
Christmas Eve Fire Toll and Holiday Deaths Across States
A Christmas Eve fire in Chicago’s Pilsen district claimed 12 lives as white caskets filled St. Vitus Church. Across states the holiday period saw 401 traffic fatalities and 92 fire deaths, with notable crashes in Mar yville and a Missouri family plane crash near Columbia City Indiana. Ohio reported 18 accidental deaths, including a private plane crash near North Royalton and fatal fires in Cleveland and Painesville Township.
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Fort Wayne
Ind
Columbia City
Ohio Highway Patrol
Ohio
Royalton Field
Vincent Block
Rockford
John S. Mielnik
Cleveland
Edith Clevery
Painesville Township
Ivan Lester Graham
Marysville
Nursing home fire in Newfoundland kills at least 20
Police search the Chase's Rest Home in LeGoulds near St John’s after a Christmas morning blaze. Twenty people, many elderly and bedridden, died as flames swept through the wooden facility despite sub zero weather and ice-choked water access. Owner Lewis Dunphy and two relatives escaped unharmed.
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Newfoundland
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Chase’s Rest Home
le Goulds
St. John's
Chase’s Rest
St. John’s
Leroy Soper
U S Drops in World Wealth Rankings for 1975
The World Bank reports Americans fall a notch in per capita income in 1975, with Kuwait United Arab Emirates and Qatar posting higher figures. The United States at 7060 trails five countries and faces potential shifts as Denmark and Norway gain. inflation and currency value changes influence rankings.
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Kuwait
United Arab Emirates
Qatar
Switzerland
Sweden
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Trudeau warns civil clash risk if Quebec secedes
Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Elliott Trudeau said he would not lead Canada into a civil war if Quebec predominately French speaking seeks independence. He warned the danger remains and urged resolving differences through democratic means, while noting a national referendum would follow if Quebec endorses separation. He cited Lebanon Cyprus Northern Ireland and Bangladesh as cautions against resolving ethnic and religious strife by arms.
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Canada
Pierre Elliott Trudeau
Quebec
Lebanon
Cyprus
Northern Ireland
Bangladesh
Trudeau
Rene Levesque
Part! Quebecos
Levesque
Riots in Cape Town area kill nine teens and injure many
In two segregated townships near Cape Town, nine teenagers died and 97 were wounded as rival black groups fought. The clashes began in Gugulethu and Nyanga after militants attacked migrant workers hostels. Migrants retaliated by burning houses. at least 10 houses burned and 97 damaged.
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South Africa
UPI
Gert Prinsled
Prinsied
Gugulethu
Nyanga
Pritslod
Daley Funeral Night in Chicago Church Scene
Jimmy Breslin recounts Daley funeral night at Nativity of Our Lord Church in Chicago. A police escort and crowd line the street as plumbers and dignitaries gather, with Dan Sheehan steering trouble and a bar confrontation prompting blunt talk about decorum. The piece ends noting politicians and mourners arriving, while the immigration of Irish immigrants features in the wake.
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Richard J. Daley
Wilson Frost
South Side
Michael Bilandic
Daley
Frost
Iididnession Ataightihe
Richard J Daley
Crmson
Plumbers Union
Kol
Brill
Dan Sheehan
Sheehan
Builermakers Union
Ireland
Jimmy Carter
Nelson Rockefeller
George McGovern
Edward
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