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...honor Ohira, Carter sat through a two-hour service in the Budokan, a martial-arts hall redecorated for the occasion. Premier Hua, dressed in a gray Mao jacket, was in the front row and, although the two men did not meet, they looked firmly at each other, as though each was taking the other's measure...
During his two days in California, Carter also talked politics with Governor Jerry Brown, who still would not publicly endorse him. Doffing his jacket, Carter traded repartee with an audience in the farm community of Merced. When a farmer complained about immigrants' not wanting to work, Carter cracked, without further explanation, "There are loafers even in my family." He seemed to raise hope about the hostages in Iran by mentioning still another "avenue to Iranian leaders." But then he admitted, "I do not know what else we can do without endangering the lives of the hostages...
...Daingerfield, Texas, and fire blank cartridges. Thus most of the 350 worshipers in the church last week thought it was just another example of play-acting when Alvin Lee King III, 46, burst in as the congregation was singing More About Jesus. King was wearing Army fatigues, a flak jacket and helmet, and carrying an arsenal: an AR-15 rifle with a bayonet, an M-1 rifle, a pearl-handled .22-cal. pistol and a .38-cal. pistol. Slung over his shoulder was a pack stuffed with 250 rounds of ammunition...
...Moscow Circus already suspects what "doctor" from outer space is going to pop out of that tiny spaceship landing in the single ring, and their delight is tangible. Sure enough, what emerges is no astronaut, considering the oversize checkered cap perched on unruly shocks of blond hair, black velvet jacket, red scarf, clodhopper shoes and, of course, trademark potato nose. After 30 years with the circus, Oleg Popov, 49, is regarded as the king of clowns even beyond Soviet borders. How long did it take to dream up the medical mayhem in his latest laffer? Says Popov: "Six months, plus...
...meet up with an unshaven, long-haired radical of the type that used to hound me when I was President. He wears a peace sign on his tattered denim jacket. Arms shackled around his back--like the rest of us--he speaks softly after recognizing me with a double-take...