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DIED. F. BOOKER NOE II, 74, former master distiller of Jim Beam bourbon; after a long illness; in Bardstown, Ky. A grandson of Jim Beam, who ran the family company from 1892 until 1944, Noe worked for almost 50 years at the distillery and in 1988 created Booker's Bourbon, an undiluted, unfiltered small-batch whiskey that helped establish a new market for bourbon, which had been left behind by the growing popularity of vodka...
BORN: Jan. 7, 1951, White Plains, N.Y. EDUCATION: U of Louisville, B.S., 1974 FAMILY: Wife, Christina Heavrin; two children RELIGION: Episcopalian MILITARY: None OCCUPATION: Advertising-company owner POLITICAL CAREER: Kentucky House, 1988-93; U.S. House, 1994- ADDRESS: 1250 Bardstown Road, Louisville...
Though Carter's critics saw an element of escapism in his new zest for domestic travel, he used the trip to address nationwide concerns, notably the need to reduce the heavy U.S. dependence on foreign oil. On his way to Bardstown, he stopped off at the Cane Run electric power plant on the outskirts of Louisville. It was chosen because it is a model of what the President wants: a power plant that burns coal instead of oil and uses expensive "scrubbers" to keep even high-sulfur coal from polluting the air. Facing a crowd of workers in yellow...
Carter was at his best in the forum he seems to like most: a "town meeting," in the sweltering Bardstown high school gym, which was jammed with 2,100 people who had waited up to three hours for good seats. Shedding his jacket and rolling up his sleeves, Carter was as folksy as the victorious campaigner of 1976. When one youth found that his microphone would not work, the President graciously called him to the podium to use his. When a rural woman complained about the telephone rates in her neighborhood, Carter promised to call the head of the state...
...Bardstown-style trips increase Jimmy Carter's record-low popularity ratings and revive his presidency? Obviously not, unless he achieves positive results in producing energy legislation, fighting inflation and preventing a deep recession...