Palmetto Hill Battle Marker Shows Civil War Shadow
Edinburg AP report recalls the May 31 1865 Palmetto Hill clash near Brownsville as the last Civil War battle. Union and Confederate forces clashed along the Rio Grande with 111 Union casualties and a skirmish that faded into history, the marker now neglected and eroded.
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Robert E. Lee
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Palmito
Gulf
New Orleans
Texas
Clarksville
E. B. Brown
White’s Ranch
W. N. Robinson
Robinson
John Ford
Ford
Everal Union
FM Radios Banned From Small Airplanes
The FAA announced a one year ban on portable FM radios aboard U.S. civil aircraft with effect May 1 3. The rule stems from an investigation into portable electronic devices and tests showing radios in the 108 to 118 MHz range affect aircraft instruments. Further tests planned later this year.
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Washington
Federal Aviation Agency
Thurs- Federal Aviation Agency
U.S
FAA
Jordan Leaders Move Toward Reconciliation
AMMAN Jordan AP King Hussein of Jordan and President Gamal Abdel Nasser of the United Arab Republic appear ready to bury the hatchets from 1968. They agreed to an early meeting to discuss Arab unity but no date was set.
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Amman
Jordan
Hussein
Gamal Abdel Nasser
United Arab Republic
Italian Scientist Wins Prize For Human Egg Film
Italian scientist Daniele Petrucci won a prize for a film depicting human egg development to the embryo stage in a test. He and colleagues Laura de Pauli and Raffaele Bernabeo described fertilization claims previously criticized by L Osservatore Romano. The Bologna lab aims at medicinal objectives, not birth creation, and notes potential future organ research from embryonic tissue.
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Daniele Petrucci
Petrucci
Paese Sera
Vatican
L'Osservatore Romano
Scaviet
Laura de Pauli
Raffaele Bernabeo
Bologna
Attack on unemployment causes pleads by Handley
Mineral Wells AP report quotes former Indiana Governor Harold Handley urging the public to address unemployment causes not just its effects. He criticizes reliance on government handouts, warns of Russia hoarding gold, and mentions tax reform ideas from K. Brown AFLEO president and Frates Seeligson on sales and corporate taxes.
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Afleio
Frates Seeligson
Texas House
Senate
Woman Named to Mexico Supreme Court First Female Magistrate
Maria Cristina Salmoranl de Tamayo becomes the first woman magistrate appointed to Mexico's Supreme Court. The historic selection marks a milestone in the judiciary and expands gender representation at the highest level of the Mexican legal system.
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Supreme Court
Maria Cristina Salmoran
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