Wilson resigns as Britain’s prime minister amid political turmoil
The aging Harold Wilson steps down after listing domestic and foreign achievements while Britain faces oil wealth gains, lower inflation, and tough budget cuts. Bet on Callaghan, but party-centered leadership questions loom as Conservative critics push for an early election amid unsettled governance.
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Britain
Harold Wilson
Wilson
North Sea
England
Mr. Wilson
James Callaghan
Labor Party
Conservative
Ford defense plan seeks record funding to deter war
President Ford proposes a 1977 defense budget of 101.1 billion dollars, arguing a larger force is needed to secure world interests and deter aggression. He stresses credible strength, ship and plane upgrades, and strategic weapons while urging Congress to balance restraint in noncombat areas with defense gains.
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Ford
Congress
Secret document targets civil liberties by Kennedy era plan
A 1961 White House supported memo proposes to suppress dissent in the United States. It urges muzzling military critics, barring opponents from federal work, using the IRS to revoke tax exemptions, pressuring media, and infiltrating groups to build charges. It singles out anti-Communist activists and calls for broad political containment.
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United States
Federal Bureau of
Federal Bureau of Investigation
FBI
Federal Communications Commission
Robert F. Kennedy
White House
Bobby Kennedy
Communist Party
Fred Schwartz
Electric breakthroughs in medicine and electrophysiology
A university report highlights devices using forehead biofeedback to help cerebral palsy patients communicate and cites advances in electrotherapy. It notes implants, muscle stimulation, and early myoelectric hands advancing diagnosis and treatment across epilepsy stroke and pain management.
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University of the Pacific
Stockton
Calif
Laurence Upjohn
Upjohn Pharmaceutical
Larry
Methodist Hospital
Minneapolis
France
University of Southern California
Northwestern University
Tom Rutkowski
National Parks push for Congaree Swamp preserve
Readers urge saving Congaree Swamp as a 21 000 acre national preserve. They cite 1959 63 Parks study proving unique geology biology and old growth timber and call for hearings and a moratorium on logging to pass House bill 11891. Letters thank Kennedy Junior High students for voice and urge action.
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Aiken
Congaree
Kennedy Junior High School
South Carolina
National Parks System
Congaree Swamp
Roy Ravier
Subcommittee On
National Parks and Recreation
House of Representatives
Washington, D.C
Ernest H. Hickman
Dunbarton Circle
General Peter Horry and Belle Isle Ancestry
Gen Peter Horry, ally of Marion and Moultrie at Sullivan's Island, hails from Paris born Huguenot Elias Horry of Belle Isle Georgetown area. He served in the SC militia, held posts in the state House and Senate, and Horry District was named for him in 1801.
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Dorothy Macdowell
Peter Horry
Francis Marion
Marion
Moultrie
Sullivan's Island
Elias Horry
Paris
Georgetown
Elias
Margaret Huger
Peter
Winvah
Belle Isle
Senate
Horry
Columbia
Trinity Churchyard
We Hold These Truths Chronicle of America
George Mason writes to George Washington from Virginia on April 2 1776 congratulating the capture of Boston and praising Colonel Caswell’s February 27 Moore’s Creek Bridge victory in North Carolina. He notes Maryland and Virginia’s growing military strength and rapid troop levies despite arm shortages.
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George Mason
Virginia
George Washington
Boston
Caswell
Moore's Creek Bridge
North Carolina
Maryland
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Billy Graham
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Christ
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General Horry
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Magdalen
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