Word: jameses
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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What can Carter do? The 94th Congress gave the President authority to lift all controls on the price of most domestic crude oil effective June 1, a step that would make a trip to the gas station more expensive. At Camp David, Treasury Secretary Michael Blumenthal and Energy Secretary James...
Helped by the voter backlash against professional politicians, newcomers to politics won gubernatorial elections in several states last year. Among them were two Democrats: Massachusetts' Ed King, a former professional football lineman and director of the state port authority, and Alabama's Fob James, a millionaire manufacturer of...
> At James' request, Federal District Judge Frank M. Johnson Jr. gave him the authority to bypass the state board of corrections and end barbaric conditions in Alabama's prison system. Johnson had been at loggerheads with Wallace and the board since ruling in 1976 that the prisons were...
> To replace the cumbersome state constitution, James has proposed a streamlined document containing several explosive changes, including home rule for local governments. Under the present constitution, a statewide vote is required if a city wants to impose something as minor as a mosquito abatement tax.
> To the annoyance of the state's teachers, James has ordered that achievement tests be given to students in public elementary schools and has suggested that a method be devised to grade teachers as well. His object is to pinpoint problem schools. James has also proposed diverting $70 million...