Kennedy's attack widens his rift with the President
The rivalry between Jimmy Carter and Edward Kennedy broke out again last week in a flurry of sharp words over the President's decontrol of oil prices and his proposed windfall profits tax. The Massachusetts Senator opposed the first decision and ridiculed the second. Carter struck back by calling Kennedy's charges "just a lot of baloney. " TIME Washington Bureau Chief Robert Ajemian, who has closely followed the touchy relationship between the country's top two Democrats, reports on the combat:
Walking across the street toward his Tuesday press...
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