Wallace birthday cake baked as Alabama shape
Gov. George Wallace’s birthday cake was iced in the shape of Mississippi by a Montgomery bakery due to a pan flip. Photographers captured Wallace carving the Magnolia State while staff called it a harmless mix up. Nobody minds the taste.
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Montgomery
Ala
George Wallace
Alabama
Mississippi
Wallace
Magnolia
Billy Joe Camp
Hattiesburg
Miss
Camp
LBJ birth anniversary marked at LBJ Ranch
About 400 friends and associates gathered at the LBJ Ranch in Stonewall Texas for a weekend barbecue to honor Lyndon B. Johnson on what would have been his 75th birthday. Lady Bird Johnson and grandchildren attended as a wildflower wreath was laid at LBJ's grave. George Christian recalled Johnson's death in 1973. Rev. Robert Hibbs lauded Johnson. State Rep. Kent Hance and former Rep. Bob Krueger, both seeking the Senate seat.
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Stonewall
Lady Bird Johnson
Johnson
Robert Hibbs
Fredericksburg
Kent Hance
Bob Krueger
U.S
Senate
John Tower
Rural housing boom reshapes America in the 1970s
Census findings show rural housing grew 52 percent in the decade to 8.3 million units, faster than urban gains. By 1980 rural homes numbered 24.1 million occupied, with value jumps and higher rent growth than cities. Rural homeownership also rose to 79 percent, and regional patterns favored the West and South.
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Washington
America
Census Bureau
Bureau
West
South
North Central
Last attempt to raise Civil War Monitor anchor off Cape Hatteras
Divers will make a final attempt to lift the 1300 pound anchor of the USS Monitor buried upside down under 230 feet southeast of Cape Hatteras. The effort, sponsored by NOAA and East Carolina University, aims to hoist the 52 inch anchor by attaching a lift bag after five days of exploration. If it fails, no further dives are planned.
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Cape Hatteras
N.C
Jack Stringer
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
East Carolina University
Stringer
Washington
Monitor
Merrimack
Hampton Roads
Colson argues prisons failing. calls for reform
Charles Colson, ex Watergate figure and Prison Fellowship president, tells inmates at Fremont Correctional Facility that prisons do not deter crime. He cites 48 percent nonviolent offenders and urges alternatives like restitution or community service. He recalls his own prison experience and lingering impact.
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Canon City
Colo
Charles Colson
Colson
Nixon
Fremont
Prison Fellowship United States
U.S
Computers to the Rescue, Skinner Says Computers Aid Education
Behavioral psychologist B F Skinner told the 91st annual American Psychological Convention that computers offer a remedy for the U S education system. He cited reinforced positive behavior in video game style learning and said self paced programs solve motivation. Skinner noted teaching machines he developed are now in the Smithsonian.
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Anaheim
Calif
U.S
B.F. Skinner
Skinner
Smithsonian Institution
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