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...ticket whose races have not yet been decided. Ostensibly, had Carter's fate not been prematurely broadcast on national television, more Democrats would have decided to vote between six and eight o'clock Pacific time, probably returning Corman to his seat. But instead, NBC went public and Bobbi Fiedler is now the representative for California's 21st Congressional District...
Other House leaders suffered similar fates. Public Works Chairman Harold ("Bizz") Johnson, 72, was defeated after eleven terms by California Assemblyman Eugene Chappie of Sacramento. Jim Corman, head of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, was defeated by Bobbi Fiedler, whose chief issue was opposition to court-ordered busing to desegregate schools in Los Angeles County. Ohio's Thomas ("Lud") Ashley, who as chairman of an ad hoc energy committee guided much of President Carter's energy program into law, was upset by Attorney Ed Weber of Toledo. But liberal Warhorse Morris Udall, 58, recently stricken by Parkinson...
...ground beef at $1.29 per Ib. and a 5-Ib. box of Tide at $2.58. All are substantially cheaper than at competing markets. On nights and weekends, when the store is most crowded, the atmosphere is akin to the running of the bulls down the streets of Pamplona. Bobbi Rice, 31, drives four miles to shop at the Safeway Food Barn, although two other supermarkets are nearer to her home. Says she: "We eat a lot of produce, and that is quite a bit less expensive here. Lettuce and tomatoes, for instance, are about 50% less than at other stores...
...beginning to ease, but for reasons having little to do with racial broadmindedness. First, rather than have their children bused under court order to schools in west Los Angeles, up to 45 minutes away, some white residents would prefer to have more blacks within the valley. Says Mrs. Bobbi Fiedler, who won election to the school board last spring on an antibusing platform: "Most of the people I know are more concerned about losing control of where their kids attend school than about who moves...
...Bobbi Penniman...