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...Carter birdhouses ($8), Jimmy Carter "Happy Mouth" bottle openers ($4), Plains coloring books ($1) and the "Georgia Peanut Presidential Handbag" ($15) are now the chief stock of almost every shop in town. Outsiders so jam the small stores that Plains residents have taken to driving ten miles to Americus to do the simplest food shopping. Although the state has installed Plains' first traffic light, massive traffic tie-ups occur regularly. Five tour outfits, one of them partially owned by Billy Carter, now operate in Plains. Two use minitrains to show the area's sights-Jimmy's birthplace...
Turner's hardware store had sold out its 50 pairs of long Johns. In nearby Americus, almost all the long dresses at Mailory 's had been snatched up. Jimmy Carter's neighbors from Plains and environs were ready for the trip to Washington. Along for the ride was TIME Correspondent George Taber. His report...
...Rosalynn, few outside the fashion business had heard of Rompollo. His main business is supplying medium-priced ($100-$300), ready made dresses to department stores and dress shops. Mrs. Carter is his first custom client. Among Rompollo's dress-shop outlets is Jason's in Americus, Ga.. where Rosalynn sometimes goes to buy her clothes off the rack. "Mrs. Carter is totally unimpressed by famous-name labels." says Jason's President Jack Moses. "If she likes an inexpensive item, she'll take the inexpensive item...
...away in a hot-air balloon. "I ain't worried about getting up," he said. "It's coming down." A contingent of reporters big enough for a moon shot watched Billy soar aloft, narrowly missing a utility pole, and sail over the pine trees of Americus, Ga., with the pilot and a friend. Billy blithely ignored federal recommendations that ballooners use hard hats. Instead, he wore his old Pabst Blue Ribbon cap, which matched the case of refreshments he took along. Back on earth, Billy was somewhat deflated by Georgia officials: they issued him a warning against selling...
...native parts, Bell is esteemed as a good lawyer and an even better organizer with a quiet, can-do style. Born in Americus, Ga., a mere ten miles from Plains, Bell is a Baptist, like his new boss. Also like Carter, he isa country boy who made good. After attending Georgia Southwestern College and Mercer University Law School, he eventually joined a prestigious Atlanta firm. In 1960, he served as co-chairman of John Kennedy's Georgia campaign. After the election, he was appointed to the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals...