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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Plaquemines, an anachronism in the South and an affront to Southerners who like to think that racism has migrated North. Parish-owned Port Sulphur Hospital has segregated waiting rooms. There are two hurricane evacuation plans-one for whites and another for blacks. Joycelyn Mackey, a 29-year-old black, found that out during a hurricane threat in 1975 when she was refused admission to the refugee center at Belle Chasse School and sent to a nearby U.S. Navy station. There are even two bookmobiles, each serving primarily...
...breeze freshened, and the crew caught a dizzying glimpse of Ireland through the clouds as they crossed over the tiny port of Louisburgh in County Mayo. Once they had traversed Wales and crossed the English Channel to the French coast, the men on Double Eagle II found themselves the center of a flock of light airplanes and helicopters that whizzed by in salute and formed an honor guard to escort them the rest of the way. One plane carried the three balloonists' wives, who waved frantically and blew kisses to their husbands. By this time, the adventurers had tossed...
...west to Idaho for some rafting on the Salmon River and to Wyoming for some hiking around Jackson Hole. On his return, he must prepare for his summit conference with Israeli Premier Menachem Begin and Egyptian President Anwar Sadat. In his talks with these two shrewd visitors, his new-found toughness will be put to its hardest test. If the conference is a moderate success, Carter may reverse his decline in public esteem. If not, his future may be gray indeed...
...Open to the World. He should know the world as it is, in its glory and in its misery; should accept what is good, wherever it be found...
Some of the best drama in London this season can be found outside the West End's Prince Edward Theater. Just before curtain time each night, a mini-mob scene unfolds. Bejeweled women-British, American and Arab-pile out of Silver Shadow limos with Savile Row-suited escorts in tow. Sleazy-looking scalpers with cockney accents auction off their wares to desperate millionaires. Sad-faced teen-agers stare dolefully at the crowd, hoping that they might somehow crash the Prince Edward's lobby. No such luck. Only ticket holders are allowed past the theater's tuxedoed doormen...