09/16/1978
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"President Carter's mother, Lillian Carter, will visit the Sahel region of West Africa as an emissary of the President."
"We are all sobered by this reminder that, so late in the 20th century, a person can be sent to jail simply for asserting his basic human rights."
"This is a sober time."
"I will nominate Jane Hurt Yarn, of Atlanta, Ga., to be a member of the Council on Environmental Quality."