Rallies in Boston Split on Desegregation and Busing
In Boston thousands gathered for parallel rallies as NAACP commemorated the 21 year old Supreme Court ruling against segregated schools and ROAR held its first national convention and a 2000 car motorcade advocate for parental rights and a constitutional ban on forced busing. Boston delegates drafted resolutions while state officials and local figures addressed the crowd.
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Senators push for total ban on underground nuclear tests
A bipartisan group led by Sen. Edmund Muskie proposes a complete nuclear test ban amid the Non-Proliferation Treaty Review Conference in Geneva. Muskie notes the atmosphere ban and urges ending underground tests to deter new nuclear arms programs and protect resources and the environment. He also headlines a Maine Headstart dinner in Augusta on May 27 honoring graduates.
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Kissinger to meet Gromyko in Vienna
Secretary of State Henry Kissinger begins post Vietnam diplomacy with Austrian hosts then plans talks with Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko. The meeting aims to press Geneva peace talks and a potential arms control treaty as Ford prepares for meetings with Sadat and Rabin.
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Anwar Sadat
Yitzak Rabin
Leonid Brezhnev
Vladivostok
Transportation bills seek better service and lower rates
The Ford Administration plans three proposals to loosen federal control of transportation, aiming to boost competition among railroads trucks and airlines to deliver better service and lower costs. The first bill would let railroads raise or cut rates by up to 7 percent in year one and reduce antitrust immunity for joint rates, with a $2 billion loan guarantee to rebuild the rail system.
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Plane wreckage found off Maine
Wreckage from a Piper Cherokee missing since April 27 with seven aboard was found about 10 miles offshore near Boothbay Harbor. A 68 by 46 feet section was recovered in 400 feet of water by a fishing trawler, bearing the aircraft’s ID number. Pilot Paul Staples and six others from Massachusetts and New Hampshire were en route to Canada to work on a construction project.
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Sagadahoc County
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New Brunswick
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Paul Staples
Haverhill
Staples
Michael McEvoy
North Andover
Craig O’connell
Salisbury
Thomas Patterson
Framingham
Alex Cody
Brendon Sullivan
Boston
Kevin Kelleher
Salem
N.H
Canada
Lindbergh Ends Life Quietly in Maui Cabin
Charles Lindbergh spent his final days in a Hana Maui cottage planning a simple burial and rejecting life-prolonging medical tech. In JAMA, Dr. Milton Howell details how the aviator, aged 70 and diagnosed with lymphoma, chose a natural death, arranging his grave, coffin, and funeral in advance while receiving nursing care and family support.
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Journal of the
American Medical Association
Milton Howell
Lone Eagle
Lindbergh
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Kipahulu
New York
Howell
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Texas House Votes to Rename to Legislative Ladies Club
The Texas House approved a name change to Legislative Ladies Club amid claims that women's liberation influenced the shift only modestly. Members cited inclusion of women legislators and anticipated more women joining, including Betty Hanna, wife of Rep. Joe Hanna.
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Texas House
Women’s Liberation
Legislative Ladies Club
Betty Hanna
Joe Hanna
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