Nation Celebrates Bicentennial Fourth with Parades and Feasts
United Press International reports a nationwide July Fourth marked by parades picnics and fireworks as the nation enters its third century. crowds in Philadelphia San Francisco and New York enjoy enduring traditions while a rising highway death toll nears 500. celebrations include historic milestones like Philadelphia’s art museum and Franklin’s electricity discovery.
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Manhattan
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Weekend holiday toll soars in U S roads crash report
UPI tally shows at least 510 people killed on highways from Friday 6 p m to Monday midnight as accidents late in the holiday period push totals toward NSC estimates. Notable incidents include a Las Vegas woman killed in Michigan and a five dead head-on collision near Lancaster Pennsylvania.
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John R. Ross, Jr
Strasburg
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Ozola
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Malibu
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Los Angeles
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Huey Newton seeks bail in murder case in Oakland
Black Panther leader Huey P. Newton returns to the United States after 22 years in Cuba and seeks bail while awaiting trial on the stabbing death of a teenage girl and an assault charge. He appears before Municipal Judge Jacque line Taber, vowing to fight the charges. He arrived amid a large Panther welcome and restated his belief he was targeted by FBI CIA plots and heroin sellers.
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Caves Suggested as Answer to Energy Problem
Minnesota congressman Bruce Vento proposes the Vento Cave Amendment to energy legislation. The measure would require HUD to study underground housing feasibility, noting code changes and eased home loan rules may be needed, citing historical sod houses and hillside homes as precedents.
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Oldest American at 135 enjoys party in Florida
Charlie Smith, said to be the oldest American at 135, celebrated at Bartow Convalescent Center with Kool-Aid, red white and blue cake, and gifts from family and friends. Born in Liberia in 1842 and sold at a slave auction in New Orleans at age 14, he later became a cowboy and allegedly associated with Jesse James, with his son Chester present.
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