National Headliners

Jet, Nov 29, 1999

Reviewers are awaiting the book of former Ambassador to Nigeria Walter Carrington, who was given the diplomatic mistreatment when he was assigned to the African country. Guards refused to allow him to hold a farewell party and broke up the gathering ... The lawmaker certainly deserving of honors for the year is North Carolina Rep.

Eva Clayton. With more than half of her district flooded and her constituents suffering, the law-maker dropped her legislative duties to take care of her voters. It was her refusal to surrender that forced the news media to begin to carry stories on the hardships ... Maryland treasurer Richard N. Dixon doesn't stand on his record. A former paratrooper and stock broker, he describes himself as the key state player in finances. He is no shrinking violet.