Nation Celebrates Bicentennial With Massive Festivities
United States marks 200 years since the Declaration with a Norfolk to New York weekend. A 17-ship naval parade sails from Newport to New York Harbor as President Ford plans to speak in Philadelphia. Bells ring nationwide, Liberty Bell security limits ringing, and events reach Rexburg Idaho and Valley Forge as the nation observes the Bicentennial.
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Terry Ryan
Associated Press
America
Independence Hall
Newport
R.I
New York Harbor
George, Wash
Dover
Del
George III
Mars
U.S.S
Rexburg
Idaho
Teton Dam
Main Street
Philadelphia
United States of America
Congress
Ford
Bill Mullen
Pennsylvania Society, Sons of Te Revolution
Valley Forge
Supreme Court Upholds Laws On Black Lung
The Supreme Court upheld federal laws requiring coal mine operators to compensate miners with black lung disease. The ruling rejected all challenges from 22 operators who argued the law was overly burdensome, clearing the way for thousands of disabled miners and their survivors to file claims.
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Supreme Court
Washington
Israel To Talk With Hijackers Over Hostage Crisis
Pro-Palestinian hijackers freed 101 hostages and extended their deadline while Israel negotiates with activists holding 110 at Entebbe. The freed include 101 to Paris and 47 others earlier. Rabin authorized talks on benefits from employers. The piece also covers black lung cases and related U.S. Congressional actions and a Supreme Court note by Justice Marshall on mine workers compensation and due process.
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Kampala
Uganda
Entebbe
Israel
Greece
Air France
Paris
Tel Aviv
Yitzhak Rabin
Ford Opens Centennial Safe With 1876 Mementoes
President Ford unsealed a 100 year old cast iron safe in the Capitol to reveal mementoes from the 1876 Centennial Exposition. A gold pen rolled out as he opened the inner glass door and was picked up. The drive included albums signed by leaders, poets, and notable figures, with the safe to be reopened in 1976 or placed with Smithsonian.
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Washington
Anna Diehm
Ford
Capitol
Philadelphia
Carl Albert
Congress
Smithsonian Institution
Supreme Court rules against husbands and parents veto on abortions
The Supreme Court ruled 6 to 3 that neither a husband nor a parent may veto a woman's decision to terminate a pregnancy. The Missouri law's husband and parental consent provisions were struck down, with narrow allowances suggested for possible future parental consent at certain ages. Justice Blackmun stated the court does not grant universal minor consent.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Missouri
Warren E. Burger
Byron R. White
William H. Rehnquist
John Paul Stevens
Burger
White
Rehnquist
Harry A. Blackmun
Auto tag renewal rollout stalls amid missing decals
County sheriffs began issuing auto license renewal tags but had nothing to hand out as decals were not yet received. DMV commissioner Ralph Steele said decals were mailed and should reach sheriffs by Tuesday morning, with renewals allowed in person or by mail from DMV offices. First renewals take effect August 1 under a new law.
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Charleston
W.va
Ohio
Reece Blair
Ralph Steele
Department of Motor Vehicles
Arch A. Moore Jr
DMV
Winfield
Steele
Palestinian Probe Into Meloy Killing Was Buried
In Beirut the PLO led the inquiry into the June 16 assassination of U S ambassador Francis E Meloy economic counselor Robert O Waring and driver Zohair Moghrabi but Palestinian leaders delayed details amid Lebanon war concerns Eight suspects have been held including Lebanese and Palestinians The armored car recovered from Palestinian hands suggests inside access prior to the abduction and conspiracy theories link the killing to the Lebanese Socialist Revolutionary Organization or an RPG attack but no definitive culprit has emerged
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Beirut
Lebanon
U.S
Francis E. Meloy
Yasir Arafat
Palestine Liberation Organization
PLO
Meloy
Robert O. Waring
Melcy
Court Accepts Plea Change In Mine Case
A federal judge allowed Bernard Cline of Raleigh County to withdraw his guilty plea to a misdemeanor tied to a coal mine explosion. Judge Hall noted it would be unjust to convict Cline given the outcomes for co-defendants and related cases. The government dropped the misdemeanor after the plea withdrawal.
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Charleston
W.va
Raleigh
U.S
K.K. Hall
Bernard Cline
Hall
Bluefield
Cline
Albert Sines
Wyoming County
A Bicentennial Salute To The Future 2076 Letter
An editorial letter from 1976 Bluefield citizens to future residents on the eve of the bicentennial. It reflects shared values and ambitions for Bluefield, noting the city faces major issues while aiming to improve quality of life, including the development of a new hospital.
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Bluefield
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Raymond Pearson
Maryland
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Blackmun
Ilse Darling
Religious Coalition For Abortion Rights
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Marion N.C
W. L. Kautzky
Zohair Moghrabi
Moghrabi
Lebanese Socialist Revolutionary Organization
Bivefield Civitan Club
Telegraph
Edwin Elliott
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