Baltic Republics Remain Unrecognized by U S Since 1940
Exiled Baltic leaders maintain legations in Washington while the United States avoids formal recognition of Latvia Lithuania and Estonia as Soviet territories. Diplomatic practices limit meetings with Soviet controlled governments and American cultural events proceed with minimal official involvement. U S officials cite protocol and potential political sensitivity, even as private cultural exchanges and exhibits continue.
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Thomas Kene
Associated Press
Leningrad
WU. S
SS State Department
Baltic States
Roy Clark
Riga
Latvia
New York
Joffrey Ballet
Vilnius
Lithuania
Soviet Union
U.S
Walter J. Stoessel Jr
Washington
U.S Information Agency
Baltic
United States
Estonia
NAMES IN THE NEWS: Fugate Paroled After 18 Years
Caril Ann Fugate, who helped join Charles Starkweather in a 1958 murder spree that left 10 dead, was paroled by the Nebraska Parole Board in a 4 to 1 vote. She will report to a parole officer in St Johns after 18 years behind bars. Starkweather was executed in 1958.
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York
Neb
Caril Ann Fugate
Women's Reformatory
Miss Fugate
Charles Starkweather
Nebraska
Starkweather
St. Johns
Mid
Washington Monument Center screens Washington The Man film
Visitors hear excerpts from George Washingtons letters and speeches voiced by Lorne Greene in the film Washington The Man shown at the Washington Monument Orientation Center. The venue operates four showings per hour daily, through October 1976, with related Music 75 and Music 76 performances on the grounds evenings, ending with fireworks displays.
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Washington
George Washington
Washington Monument
Lorne Greene
Monument
Eastman Kodak Co
National Park Service
Labor Day
Marriott Corp
Permanent History Show Opens in Philadelphia
The Philadelphia 76 bicentennial agency launches the 11 million Living History Center near the Liberty Bell. It features Kaleidoscope Theater a Birthdays Machine 2400 slide show and To Secure These Rights a youth friendly film. The centerpiece American Years runs on a towering screen with a History Park atop the center. Admission 3 dollars adults 2 dollars children seniors. hours 10 am to 10 pm daily.
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Philadelphia
Philadelphia “76
Ian Years
Academy
Francis Thompson
Johnson Wax
Ares
Albert Can
Free drawings at Celebration booth offer youths chance
A local Celebration booth advertises a giveaway event this afternoon. Youths may enter by obtaining forms displayed at the booth. Several hand painted objects are shown as prizes.
Copland to Conduct Minnesota Orchestra during Bicentennial Weekend
Aaron Copland, age 75, will lead three Bicentennial concerts with the Minnesota Orchestra at Orchestra Hall in Minneapolis over the Fourth of July weekend. He will perform Symphony for Organ and Orchestra, Rodeo, and works by Bernstein Ives and Schuman, sponsored by Honeywell. The piece notes mention the wandering albatross as the world’s largest flying bird with a wingspan of about 11.42 feet.
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Copland
Minneapolis
Aaron Copland
Minnesota Orchestra
Honeywell
New
Orchestra Hall
Leonard Bernstein
Charles Ives
William Schuman
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Childress Public Library
Reeves
The
McDonald Observatory
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Rhodes
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Tanzania
William Scranton
United Nations
Scranton
Serengeth National Park
Pennsylvania
Aiport
Julius Nyerere
South Africa
Rhodesia
Africa
Tokyo
Mao Tse-tung
Hua Kuofeng
Hsinhuan
Peking
Mao
Malcolm Fraser
China
Hsinhua
Chinese Communist Party
Central Committee
Capitol Hill
House
John J. Rhodes
Arizona
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Commerce
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Happs
Pair Park
Pat
Contadina
Wu Fine
S Ron
Marytyland
Parkay
Dixie
Regula
Ida
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