Back- Yard Frontier Concords Flood Bears Mark Of 20th Century
Polly Bradley recalls a family trip through Concord and Lexington tracing Paul Revere and William Dawes routes. The visit contrasts 1775 landscapes with modern suburbs and polluted waters, urging care to preserve open spaces for future generations.
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Boston
Conco
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Cambridge
William Dawes
Medford
Maera
Middlesex
Lexington Battle Green
North Bridge
Concord River
Nationwide Welcome for Apollo 11 Astronauts
Television networks charted the cross country triumph as Apollo 11 crewmembers traveled from coast to coast amid crowd cheers. Reporters and hosts narrated the celebrations while crowds, signs, balloons, and pigeons filled city streets in Chicago and New York, highlighting genuine public admiration for the moon landing pioneers. The trio showed fatigue by Chicago, with Los Angeles awaiting a further public reception.
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Hollywood
Chicago
Grant Park
Los Angeles
Double Divorces Granted to Carroll Baker and Jack Garfein
In Los Angeles Superior Court Judge William E. MacFaden granted Baker 38 and Garfein 39 double divorces. Baker secured custody of their two children and Garfein was ordered to pay 300 monthly in child support. The couple separated in 1967 after marrying in 1955 amid mutual cruelty claims.
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Associated Press
LOS Angeles
Carroll Baker
Jack Garfein
William E. MacFaden
Garfein
Miss Baker
Paramount
MacFaden
Blanche
Herschel
Miss Bakercross
Monument to Benedict Arnold Leg at Saratoga Park
A nameless memorial slab in Saratoga National Historical Park depicts a boot relief and a cape noting Major General Benedict Arnold's leg injury at the Battle of Saratoga. The stone marks Arnold's injury during the engagement that led to his victory over the British.
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Leg
Saratoga National Historical Park
Benedict Arnold
Couvell
Battle of
Saratoga
Arnold
Heart disease hits younger soldiers harder than older peers
A 15 year National Academy of Sciences study of more than 2,200 World War II soldiers shows men under 30 who develop heart disease face higher mortality than peers in their 40s and 50s, though survivors live longer than initially. overall, mortality remains higher than the general age group. A federal civil rights official predicts the government will ask the Supreme Court to reverse a 5th Circuit ruling in New Orleans.
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National Academy of Sciences
National Heart Institute
Washington
Supreme
U.S. 5Th Circuit Court of Appeals
New Orleans
Appeals
Ruling Blames Federal Programs Over Desegregation Efforts
A court found the Health Education and Welfare Department failed to prove discrimination in several federal aid programs, potentially slowing desegregation. Separately Senator Murphy said FDA tests show no Aldrin residue on table grapes and no chemical residue reaching human tolerance levels.
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California
Taylor County
Fla
Washington
George Murphy
Federal Food and Drug Administration
Republican
United Farm Workers
Senate
McGovern Quotes on Coalition for Poor and Common Men
Senator George S. McGovern calls for a new coalition in the 1970s uniting the poor with common citizens to address a failing system. He emphasizes that the current political structure fails millions of Americans.
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Sen
George S. McGovern
D-S.d
Rep Wright Patman Pushes Rural Housing Assistant
Rep Wright Patman of Texas seeks creation of an assistant secretary for rural housing in HUD. The proposal targets strengthening housing programs and rural development within the department.
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Wright Patman
D-Tex
Department of Housing and Urban Development
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Doran
NPH
Paramount Pictures Corp
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Nixon Jages
Bain
Grams
Martin Landau
Landau
William F. Buckley
Esquire Magazine
iGore Vidal
Buckley
Elm Street
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India
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King's Motors
Arunde
Aaa
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Dundee
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