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...White House admits that Jimmy Carter may have drifted out of touch with some economic realities by being cooped up in the Rose Garden because of the hostages in Iran. That was why his speech in Ohio about "turning the tide" seemed out of sync with the alarming slide into recession...
There is a rising tide of bitterness in black America. It existed well before the vicious race riot last month that killed 16 people and sent ugly plumes of smoke into the night skies over Miami. But the violence caught the attention of white America-and that fact too causes further black cynicism. Black leaders, echoing their pleas of the riot-punctuated 1960s, are asking once again: Do we have to burn our own neighborhoods in order to be heard...
...crowd of about 7,000, a bit bigger than Reagan's. The Ohioans gave the shirtsleeved President a warm ovation as he stepped into bright sunshine. Carter tested out some themes that he will use in the fall campaign. He asserted that his Administration is "turning the tide" on the nation's problems, predicting that the inflation rate will go down beginning this summer and claiming, very dubiously, that he had started an energy program "more ambitious than the space program, the Marshall Plan, and the interstate highway program combined." But his unexciting delivery moved the audience...
...month tide of refugees is hardly abating. Last week 18,000 arrived, and there are still some 500 American boats at the Cuban port of Mariel, held there by the Cuban authorities until they decide who should be piled aboard. The overcrowded craft are often ordered to depart at night now, making the 110-mile journey even more dangerous. The estimated death toll of refugees so far: at least 25. "Mother Nature has been kind to these people," said one Coast Guard officer. "Only good weather has prevented a real disaster...
...River, about 23 miles downstream from Spirit Lake. They were awakened by a rumbling noise from the river, which was covered by felled trees. The pair ran to Reitan's car, but water from the rising river poured over the road, preventing them from driving away. Then a tide of mud crashed through the forest toward the car. Reitan and Dergen climbed to the roof of the car. That got them above the mud, but only momentarily. The mud slide toppled the car over the bank and into the river...