Varcant Weather Grips Nation On Independence Day
A scattered thunderstorm pattern and patches of rain marked Independence Day across the nation with cooler northern areas and generally pleasant weather elsewhere. Thunderstorms affected Alabama and Gulf Coast states, New Mexico, and parts of Texas, while the Great Lakes, central Plains, and Pacific Coast enjoyed sunny spells. Temperatures ranged from the 30s in Upper Great Lakes to 70s and 80s across the central and southern Plains and Gulf regions.
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Texas
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Michigan
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1200 More Cuba Refugees Arrive
Miami witnesses Independence Day as 1200 Cuban exiles reach the United States aboard the SS Maximus at Port Everglades. The vessel, returning from Havana, carries refugees and two American missionary families expelled by Castro after 18 years. A young Cuban child travels with Miss Kerrigan and Susie.
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Ruby Miller
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Lucille Kerrigan
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Unity Display Ends Centennial at Gettysburg Battle
Gettysburg Pennsylvania observed a unity display concluding three days of commemoration. Blue and Gray ranks met under sunlit sabers and halted gunfire, marching to the field of terror a century past. North and South formed hollow squares pledged loyalty to the nation as a Navy band played the national anthem.
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Abandoned Car Costly to Cuban Refugee in New Jersey
In Union City New Jersey a Cuban refugee Francisco Espinosa 18 took an abandoned car after reading a bold sticker declaring the vehicle abandoned A magistrate indicated sympathy but fined him 25 for driving the car Police said the small print warned if unclaimed the car would be towed to the police yard and auctioned The city auctions around 150 such cars annually with patrols placing stickers for two to three days
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Parade plans falter as Tampa finds no Independence Day parade
For three months Boy Scout Troop 184 practiced a marching drill for a Fourth of July display in Tampa. Troop committee chairman Don Einsel said Wednesday he checked for a week and found no parade scheduled in the city this Independence Day.
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