Word: georgian
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...spoke that is longest and strongest of all is clearly Hamilton Jordan, 32. the breezy, feet-up Georgian who was Carter's executive secretary in his gubernatorial days and is now boss of "political coordination" in the White House. Referring to the longtime Georgia confidant who has helped him out on particularly knotty problems, Carter calls Jordan "My West Wing Charles Kirbo." In fact, Jordan's responsibilities are just about what he chooses to make them. Chuckles a colleague: "Power groups in the Carter White House. Hamilton is the power group...
...least influential of the seven staffers who make up the Carter inner circle seems to be Midge Costanza, 44, the former vice mayor of Rochester. She is the group's only female, the only ethnic and the only non-Georgian. One White House watcher wisecracks: "They had hoped she might be handicapped too." Costanza's job: to deal, as she says, with "organized America," meaning special-interest groups such as senior citizens and gay organizations. Costanza is much more liberal than Carter on most issues, and thus far has not had much impact on policy...
...Central Intelligence Agency and the Defense Department. To the public, he is best known as the tough-minded Defense Secretary whom President Ford purged in his 1975 Halloween "massacre." It was a lucky firing, in a way, because it made Schlesinger, a nominal Republican, available to advise Carter. The Georgian met Schlesinger for the first time during the campaign; preparing for his second televised debate with Ford, Carter asked Schlesinger, who had just returned from a trip to China, to brief him. The President-to-be was immediately impressed...
Died. Nunnally Johnson, 79, the witty Georgian who was one of Hollywood's most versatile and highly paid screenwriters and producers; of pneumonia; in Los Angeles. After stints as a newspaperman and a humorist for the Saturday Evening Post, Johnson wrote nearly 100 screenplays in 35 years, including such classics as The Grapes of Wrath, Tobacco Road, The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit and The Three Faces of Eve. A wisecracker, he quipped after two divorces: "I always insist on custody of the mother...
...private level, Carter last week breakfasted with John Shanklin, 71, an employee of Washington's Sheraton Carlton Hotel. On Dec. 12, 1974, Shanklin became the first person to be told by Carter that he was running for the presidency. When Shanklin said he would vote for the Georgian, Carter promised to ask him around for breakfast when he got to the White House. Accompanied by Daughter Amy, Carter also listened appreciatively to the National Children's Choir during the dedication of Children's Hospital in Washington...