Bunker Hill reenactment draws 15000 crowds past one way street
Boston observers note a modern twist as the annual Battle of Bunker Hill re-enactment unfolds around Breed's Hill. Vendors hawk ice cream and hot dogs while spectators watch a 221 foot obelisk and costumes priced up to 200 dollars. US Coast Guard participants describe it as a celebration of American culture despite criticism of commercialization.
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Boston
API
Bunker Hill
America
Breed’s Hill
US Coast Guard
United States
Power of Communists tested in Italian elections
Polls closed in crucial elections as Christian Democrats face the Communists in Italy. Voter turnout at noon lagged behind 1970 regional results. The alliances threaten a historic compromise bringing Communists into government amid fears the coalition may topple. In Catania, Communists accused election workers of pre-marked ballots for the Italian Social Movement.
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UPI
Italy
Christian Democrats
Ialy
Raly
Ralian Social Movement
Catania
Harrington Leads Battle Against House Leadership
Rep. Michael Harrington labels himself anti establishment and campaigns against House leadership over lax oversight, especially of the CIA. He confronts two House actions: Armed Services panel to bar his access to secret CIA testimony and a push to remove Rep. Lucien Nedzi as CIA oversight chairman. Harrington accuses Nedzi and other chairs of withholding information he is entitled to under House rules.
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Washington
UPI
Michael Harrington
House
CIA
Harrington
House Armed Services Committee
Lucien Nedzi
D-Mich
Select Committee
Nedzi
CIA Oversight Committee
Profumo Affair Shadowed East End Legacy Ends
The case echoed in East End as a former official, forced from office in 1963, sought to retain authority while Capt Eugene and Soviet attache Tvanbv stirred scandal. Christine Keeler, once central to the affair, faced upheaval as years passed. Capt Ivanov was recalled to Moscow as the controversy cooled.
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East End
Eugene
Tvanbv
London
Profumo
Christine Keeler
Toynbee
Miss Keeler
Capt. Ivanov
Moscow
Ford to Sign Jobs Program Funding as Youth Aid Expected
Labor passed Congress last week and the White House said President Ford will sign. The summer jobs program offers 9 to 12 weeks of work for youths aged 14 to 21 at least $2.10 per hour and targets economically disadvantaged families. Funding amounting to $456,350,000 will be distributed to 433 state and local agencies.
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Washington
Ford
Former mental patient charged after fatal arson attack
In Meriden Connecticut witnesses said Mark Harrington 22 threw gasoline on widow Bertha Lillian Bowen 71 and set her alight. Bowen died at Yale New Haven Hospital after the blaze. Harrington was to be arraigned for murder and had a history of mental hospital commitments.
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Meriden, Conn
UPI
Mark Harrington
Bertha
Lillian” Bowen
Yale-New Haven Hospital
Local Newspapers Mention Matthews Shawnee Cullen Inc
Fragmentary OCR mentions the firm Matthews Shawnee Cullen Inc in connection with home delivery by carrier and motor delivery across national advertising. The snippet suggests a newspaper service context without clear dates or full details.
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Ternational
New York Times
Matthews, Shawnee & Cullen Inc
Scheel to stress European unity in Washington visit
Walter Scheel arrives in Washington as the first German head of state in 17 years, with wife Betty presenting a red plaid swim suit and lemon cake. The Fords accompany the couple, joined by their son Jack, amid diplomatic outreach on European unity.
Rural post offices at risk from GAO shutdown plan
Rep Paul Simon warns that GAO recommendation to close 12000 rural post offices threatens small communities where the post office is often the only remaining business. The GAO says outsourcing could save about 100 million dollars annually, with operations centralized at larger offices.
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Washington
UPI
General Accounting Office
Paul Simon
D-Ill
Kopechne parents foresee more case developments
Mr and Mrs Kopechne visited Chappaquiddick on Martha’s Vineyard where Mary Jo Kopechne died in July 1969. They anticipate further disclosures in the Kennedy inquest and legal proceedings and praised diver John Farrar while noting differences with Sheriff Look’s testimony.
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Kopechne
Chappaquiddick
Martha’s Vineyard
Mary Jo
Boston Sunday Globe
John Farrar
Christopher Look
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