Family Diplomacy and the Limits of Presidential Kin in Statecraft
The piece critiques presidential family diplomacy, noting Jimmy Carter’s family involvement risks unscripted remarks and weak official sanction. It compares roles of First Lady and relatives to ceremonial diplomacy, cites Isabel Peron as a contrast, and humorously imagines Billy Carter on a goodwill tour with beer to Uganda.
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Upper
Bangolia
Lower
Air Force 1
Bangolian
Amy Carter
Amy
Miss Lillian
Rosalynn
South America
Chip
Jimmy Carter
Andy Young
Betty Ford
United States Senate
United States
Vietnam
Korea
NATO
Carter
Isabel Peron
Jimmie Carter
Bobby Kennedy
England
Billy Carter
Idi Amin
Uganda
Robert Sale Appointed Tom Bean City Judge
Robert Sale has been appointed city judge in Tom Bean. He serves as justice of the peace for Precinct 3 and will hold court at 4 p.m. on the second and fourth Fridays in the old city hall on Main street. He will use the JP office from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday through Thursday and 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Sale
Tom Bean
Sale
Precinct 3
Old City Hall
Main Street
Troy Adams
Burglary Hit Dr John A Ray Upstairs Flat on Locust Street
Memories from Oct 1955 recount a burglary at Dr John A Ray’s upstairs apartment on West Locust Street. He learned of the break Monday when collecting winter clothes, noting the downstairs occupied by Mr and Mrs Preston Hefner and that they had never locked the house when away. Also listed are social notes and school memories from the era, including polite mentions of visitors and student activities.
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John A. Ray
West Locust Street
Preston Hefner
Ray
Hefners
Dorothy Saundusky
Tucson
Ariz
Bettie Stapp
Little Rock
Ark
Louis Franklin
Whitewright Sun
Paul Stephens
Murray Bryant
Stephens and
Weyland College
Reflector
Lytle Bee
Beam Mae Nicely
Dorothy Ittis Alexander
William One
Jimmie Lee Brown
Mary Lee Chaney
Isabelle Craft
Sybil Davenport
Katie Ford
Vivian Echols
Preston Hannah
Anther Hudgins
Patti Jean Hulett
Dorothy LaRoe
Margaret Lilley
Pauline Mitchell
Dorothy Nicholson
Paul Pierson
Ocie Scott
Onie Scott
Bryan Teagure
Anna Lee Yowell
Grace Chumbley
Leon Chumbley
Cotton yard notes and local changes in Pilot Grove area
Up to Wednesday night 3 762 bales of cotton had been ginned here. Albert Leon, 12, picked 345 pounds of cotton in a day last week. B T Lipscomb of Durant plans a new restaurant in the Woosley building Saturday. W F Caraway trades for Garland property and will move here soon. Navy tech Robert H Simpson of Ector serves on USS Constellation out of San Diego. In Pattaya Beach visit he and crewmates joined in civic projects and sports. Ship to cruise and train in Far East with Seventh Fleet. planned visits abroad. It is noted that in 1659 it was illegal to observe Christmas in the U S.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert Leon
Olan Bush
B. T. Lipscomb
Durant
Okla
Woosley
W. F. Caraway
Garland
Pilot Grove
Navy
Robert H. Simpson
John D. Simpson
Ector
Western Pacific
Constellation
San Diego
U. S. Seventh Fleet
Pattaya Beach
Thailand
Seventh Fleet
The Grace of God in Paul’s Conversion
The pastor reflects on grace from first Timothy, noting grace as the heart of God and its action in Paul the persecutor. It contrasts ritual piety with saving grace, detailing Paul’s transformation and call to gospel service. Marine Hope.
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Paul
God
Marine Corporal Completes Seventh Week Goodwill Cruise
Marine Lance Corporal Claude W. Haston Jr., son of Mr and Mrs Claude Haston of Whitewright Texas, completed a seven week goodwill cruise in the Western Pacific aboard the guided missile cruiser USS Oklahoma City homeported Yokosuka Japan. The Oklahoma City serves as Seventh Fleet flagship and goodwill ambassador while supporting combat readiness. En route the ship and crew visited Manila Subic Bay Kaohsiung and engaged in community projects such as library repa and sporting events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Claude W. Haston Jr
Claude Haston
400 W. Cedar, Whitewright
Western Pacific
Marine Detachment
Oklahoma City
Yokosuka
Japan
U.S
Seventh Fleet
Manila
Subic Bay
Republic of the Philippines
Kaoshiung
Republic of China
Veteran Affairs Questions Hold For Deserter Veterans
Ray Roberts hosts U S representative Chick Karen of Laredo in a discussion on Vietnam deserters potential amnesty and double dipping by retired service members. They question border handling of returning deserters, drug import risks, and whether upgrades to honorable discharge should confer full benefits like education and medical care, urging case by case review.
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Ray Roberts
House Veterans’ Affairs Committee
Roberts
United States
Ray
Secretary of Defense
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Claudine Glidewell
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