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Martha S. Nelson McKeesport...
...small town America, yet it can be found. Writer Lael Wertenbaker, 71, has discovered just that in Nelson, N.H. (pop. 550). She likes Nelson for many reasons, including the fact that "in winter people know who's pregnant, and the snow-plow gets there first." U.S. Representative Wes Watkins of Ada, Okla. (pop. 17,000), chairman of the Rural Caucus, is not being merely windy when he says, "People in small towns are not numbers...
...Carter is a marvelous neighbor, friend and Sunday-school counselor. His White House after 3½ years is heavily flavored with the tiny routines of being nice. Grace at every meal, prayer and Bible reading, personal notes, Willie Nelson on the stereo, the leafy glens of Camp David, three miles of jogging in the cool summer mornings, Sunday school in the balcony of the First Baptist Church...
...quarterback in 1972 and 1973 and an All-East shortstop in 1973, Stoeckel blitzed the Harvard sports scene as an undergraduate. He was Ivy football player of the year and recipient of the Swede Nelson award for sports-manship in 1973. Among the records he still holds are most completions and attempts in a game (27-48), as well as completions and attempts in a season(112-209). He punted more than any other Crimson hoofer--149 times...
Reagan has Sinatra. Carter has Willie Nelson. But when John Anderson needs a friend who can pack a house, he calls on James Taylor. A single Anderson for President concert by Taylor in Charleston, W. Va., yielded enough signatures, to guarantee the candidate a spot on the state's ballot. Taylor -along with Brothers Livingston, Hugh and Alex and Sister Kate-plans ten concerts on Anderson's behalf. With five down, the Taylors sought reassurance that their man would go all the way. "You're not going to crap out on us?" Livingston asked at a Boston...