Show v W4 util raiifcaw— iMjri eUMllrialHM ni'ii WM i T'“'JlTrrr''n ir'ir-- ii: ri yr-- r ?1 1- tin 'r 'fir S i Newsfeatures WJ Login Utah Sunday October 31 1S7I The Herald Journal— 37 n Unknown he battles to top 9 By Weiley G Pfppert United Preu International montha ago as Jimmy Carter himself i'S puts it not one voter in a thousand knew who he was yds Next Jan 21 James Earl Carter Jr may be Twenty-tw- o president Win or lose on Nov 2 Carter is the political Horatio Alger of the 20th Century The fact that he was elected governor of Georgia for one term was enough to surprise his friends — and his enemies To win the Democratic presidential nomination xfw over a field of far better known men — and have a good shot at the White House — is a political miracle that will be discussed for years So who is Jimmy Cartel?’ wl 'Carter who was 52 on Oct 1 offered his own self-assessment “I’m a husband of 30 years father of four farmer scientist" he ts engineer Christian politician j p ft things” “I am” Carter says "a composite of what my experiences have been" ne is a product of the "black belt” of the rural South buthe has lived in New York State and Hawaii tfM :J and on two oceans He never has been elected to national office but he has tough ideas about f'S streamlining the bureaucracy and making it more ft r financially accountable He is a fundamentalist Baptist but 1m views the faith as both intimate and g Christian (a He soft but masks an with awl a it dr yfl Georgian speaks astute mind and erudite language Carter’s intellectual development seems to show a breadth often lacking in other presidents and can-world-changin- Carter file first member of his father’s family to graduate from high school reads voraciously— three & or four books a week When he resigned as a nuclear submarine run the family officer after his tether’s mt farm and warehouse business he plunged into wi about agriculture iand economics During the first days after the successful primary campaign his wife said he read three or four novels and two books on the Johnson administration As a result this resident of Plains Ga pop 683 if may be more intimately acquainted with the full Carter always raises his hand yes Occasions of he range of the human experience than the Washington teaches demonstrating a thorough knowledge the Bible insider who views life through the tunnel of politics ' stlon with blacks ' Carter projects This extends to Carter's and the poor and the ability he demonstrated in the Later as always he sits with his wife and mother in campaign to establish rapport with these groups the sanctuary of the white frame church with the tall o white Southerner In Atlanta Carter a He Joins the congregation in singing wch ma something many a northern liberal would have steeple songs as "Bringing in the Sheaves” and "Come Thou feared: he Joshed an audience of black preachers Fount” about a rich Negro bishop he knew as a child and Carter is an acknowledged fundamentalist — that about the way they politick among themselves is a Protestant who believes In the traditional beliefs The black audience roared with laughter of the Christian faith “One of the strongest and best of my experiences is He gave this testimony to the Disciples of Christ with particularly people poor men: my relationship blacks” Carter said "That’s where I come from "I accepted Christ as my savior as a child 11 years That’s where I lived Those are my people” old waj baptized in the church where my father had "It’s not an accident that Andy Young and Daddy been baptized too As a midshipman at the Naval King (Rep Andrew Young DGa ana Dr Martin Academy I taught Sunday School for three years When I came home from file Navy in 1953 1 volunLuther lung Sr) support me They know I understand their problems" teered to be a Sunday School teacher Later I became Carter frequently tells of growing up two mues superintendent a deacon then chairman of the board west of Plains in Archery Ga a community of 35 of deacons later head of the brotherhood work in 34 families — 23 black churches "We used to wrestle fight fid) and swim and have Does the frighten you a reporter asked footraces and play baseball” he said "There never aboard thatpresidency night flight was any difference shown to roe at all because 1 was “No it doesn’t frighten me But I — it’s a sobering white” thought” Carter replied Then he added: "When I Most Sundays Carter is hone even during the compare myself to the White House and the BiMe height of toe campaign He carries a (residency as an office I feel inadequate When I ana a Sunday School lesson pamphlet arrives compare myself to other people who might be there Church instead of me I feel adequate ” promptly at 10 ajn at the Plains Baptist 350 and Carter four children have Rosalynn Jimmy membership The 14 men are asked whether they have read their The three sons John W "Jack" 28 James E Ill Bibles during file week and studied their lesson “Chip” 26 and Jeff 23 are married well-to-d- gold-edge- d - ( Tuesday Ms b the Horatio Alger t political story of the 20th Century JIMMY CARTER challenges for the Presidency Whatever the outcome Ford: Unelected he fights to win Cut defense Spock urges LOS ANGELES (UPI) The honeymoon lasted a month On Sept 8 1974 Ford announced a complete and unconditional cut Uie federal defense pardon for Nixon WASHINGTON (UPI) budget in half to pay for Gerald Rudolph Ford Telegrams poured in denouncing Ford's action 38th president of the United States “inherited" the public: community health Congressional critics hinted Nixon had made a centers White House from Richard Nixon two years ago and "deal” before turning over the presidency is in the battle of his political life to retain the Job Ford appeared before the House Judiciary subHe won the presidential nomination by the narrowest of margins over Ronald Reagan in August committee on Criminal Justice to answer questions and though he narrowed the gap traded Jimmmy about the pardon Carter in the polls as Election Day neared "I want to assure that there was no deal period” ' Homespun tamest friendly the man from Grand Ford said “Under no circumstances” Rapids emerged from the ashes of Watergate to become the nation’s the first nonelectea chief The purpose he said “was to change our national executive focus I wanted to do all I could to shift our attentions Ford spent 25 years in his beloved House of from the pursuit of a fallen president to the pursuit of Representatives —dreaming he someday might be the urgent needs of a rising nation” The pardon furor subsided in the wake of the speaker On Oct 10 1973 Vice President Spiro Agnew Turkish invasion of Cyprus Ford's first major ' resigned under allegations he evaded federal income foreign policy crisis Then the nation (dunged into taxes Two days later Richard Nixon nominated Ford inflation and recession and more and more and he took the oath of office on Dec 6 1973 as the Americans were forced out of work nation’s 40th vice president Ford was hailed for his show of strength on May 14 “Mr President you have my support and my 1975 when he ordered in troops to free the -loyaltyr’Ford saidashe took the oath He carried the crew of the US ship Mayaguez which had been ' loyalty theme across the nation coming 118000 seized by the Cambodians in international waters miles in 40 states He held the firm belief Nixon The pardon and the worsening economy brought a ' i neither knew in advance of the Watergate burglary- strong rebuff to Ford and the GOP in the nor participated in its cover-u- p elections Nov 5 The voters gave the Democrats 43 When Nixon’s chief of staff Alexander Haig told a new seats in the House four In the Senate and nine V shocked vice president on Aug 1 1974 that tapes soon new governorships would be released that “would be devastating even Ford was bomLeslie Lynch King Jr July 14 1913 coninsofar Nixon as was President in Omaha Neb His mother the former Dorothy catastrophic cerned” Fprd began preparing for the presidency “My fellow Americans our long national night-mare is over” he said eight days later taking his Ford a paint oath in the Room of the White House Ford graduated from Grand Rapids’ South High Fin'd plunged eagerly into the Job of running the School in 1930 and attended file University of country’T like being President" he told reporters a Michigan on a scholarship where he won national few days Uter in abnost childlike simplicity honors as the center of the football team The nation liked him too Polls gave him a high - His athletic ability helped get him through Yale rating The nation had a man in the White House who Law School where he was a paid assistant football toasted his own muffins was a small town coach and the boxing coach to help finance his and was a politican who had been investi- schooling After a year in a law practice in Grand Rapids gated by an army of more than 400 FBI agents and other government and by two Ford entered foe Navy in 1942 serving on investigators By Helen Thomas — Banjamin Spock&ays UPI White House Reporter - ? 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