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Chances are the two men should get along well. Among other things, Sadat is as devout a Moslem as Carter is a Baptist. Moreover, both are small-town boys who talk about the inspiration they still gain from their home towns. Sadat's Plains is a Nile Delta village named Mit Abou Alkoum (the Place of the Heap), which Sadat has called "an unfailing source of morality, common sense and perspective...
...sale of 1-in. square lots, at $11 each, of what was once Carter farm land. The Williams family, longtime business and social rivals of the Carters, are mainstays of the cheap souvenir trade. So is Hugh Carter, the President's first cousin and deacon in the Baptist church. Hugh now keeps his store open on Sundays, although he once said he never would. Billy Carter has started a company called Plains Civic Projects that sells souvenirs from the train depot. ("It's not exactly a nonprofit outfit," Billy says, "but the money is supposed to go into...
...this-plus the controversy over the integration of the Baptist church several weeks ago-has ignited bitter feuds. Says Gloria Spann, Carter's sister: "Plains used to be just like a family. But it's split now. Families are split. The church is split." Two weeks ago, Billy Carter nearly came to blows with a local real estate agent during a rezoning hearing. Says Mrs. Wiggins: "Sure, people are getting greedy. But what really upsets me is that one or two families who have already made a lot of money are trying to keep everyone else from getting...
Died. Fannie Lou Hamer, 60, former Mississippi sharecropper who became a leader in the civil rights movement; of cancer; in Mound Bayou, Miss. At a Baptist rally in 1962, Mrs. Hamer heard civil rights workers urge blacks to use their ballots. "I never knew we could vote before," she later recalled. "Nobody ever told us." Two years later she electrified the Democratic National Convention with her graphic tales of being brutally beaten by police while trying to register black voters. She continued to organize voters, unions and farm cooperatives, eventually helping to integrate the Mississippi Democratic Party...
...drives around his 380-acre campus in a canvas-topped Oldsmobile 98, he waves to students and invites visits to his office. There, a small plaque on his desk proclaims LOVE YOUR ENEMIES; BLESS THEM THAT CURSE YOU. Says Jones: "I'm a front-row, 'amen' Baptist deacon...