Funeral advice letters from Ann Landers column
Reader letters discuss not inviting certain people to funerals and using wills for private services, Roosevelt's concealed burial instructions, handling copies for next of kin and lawyers, and wedding etiquette guidance. The column offers practical burial directives and etiquette tips.
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Anxuety
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Roosevelt
James
White House
President Roosevelt
Piise
A.R
Viet Offensive Resumes Amid Bloodied Quang Tri Campaign
U S efforts continue as South Vietnamese advance toward Quang Tri City in a major campaign. Air and naval forces bombard Quang Tri Province while UPI reports 350 Communist dead and 15 government troops killed with 50 wounded. A captured caption notes civilians freed from Tra Tri by government troops.
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Paris
Quang Tri City
U.S
Tran Dai Minh
Tra Tri
Cradle Roll Call: Baby Girl Mariann Sue Allen
Mr and Mrs David Allen of Yorktown welcomed their daughter Mariann Sue born Wednesday June 28 at 12 26 pm in Cuero Community Hospital.
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David Allen
Yorktown
Mariann Sue
Cuero Community Hospital
Miss Means Attending Texas 4-H Ecology Conference
Brenda Means will attend the Texas 4-H Ecology Conference June 27 to 30 at Wilkes Lodge in Marion County. She joins five other Extension District 10 4-H members chosen for their commitment to natural resource preservation. She belongs to the Buh l 4-H Club.
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Supreme Court rules on Congressmen and reporters in grand jury cases
The court ruled 6 to 3 that a member of Congress may be tried for bribery related acts, and 5 to 4 that congressional immunity does not shield plans to publish the Pentagon Papers. Justice White cautioned reporters that concealment of crime may be questioned, and grand jury subpoenas can compel testimony from journalists and informants.
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First iron and steel milestones in Alabama history
In Alabama the first iron was produced in 1818 and the first steel was rolled in 1899. Today the state’s pig iron capacity reaches about 4.4 million net tons annually with steel capacity even higher.
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Montgomery, Ala
LPL
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Travel topics Passage to India: the tourists return
R M Sorge reports from Bombay on how India’s postwar era affects visitors. Karan Singh, Tourism Minister, touts new airports in Bombay Delhi Calcutta and Madras and predicts a tourist boom with one million visitors a year by decade end. Hotels fill fast as foreign travel returns.
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Religious briefs on tax for church schools and Mormon origins
Manila urges tax on sectarian schools arguing property taxed like others. The piece notes church properties are exempt under the constitution. Other items cover Mormon founder Joseph Smith, Alabama Baptists history, a priest crisis in the Philippines, LDS standard works, and Father Gabriel Richard as earliest Catholic priest in Congress.
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Leased bank building to new Western Auto branch
The old H Range bank building has been leased to Pen Beakley of Austin who plans to operate a Western Auto Association Store. J E Stone becomes manager of the local Southwest Natural Gas Company office. Mr and Mrs Elmer Weber announce the arrival of a baby girl named Sherrill Elaine.
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Stephenville
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UDA to replace full barricades with token Belfast measures
Provisional IRA begins dismantling barricades in Londonderry Catholic areas while the UDA plans only temporary Protestant checkpoints in Belfast. Whitelaw urged halt to prevent flaring violence and protect the ceasefire, seen as a political win for his conciliatory approach amid three years of turmoil.
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Whitelaw
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Ex-wife lands disc jockey job at KLYK FM in Kelso
Grexy Allen failed to win a KLYK FM disc jockey post, but his ex wife Jan Wiley aged 19 was hired. Allen and Wiley trained together at radio school and he learned of her new job through her.
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UPI
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Klyk-Fm
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Man Seeks California Marriage Off Sea But Clerk Denies
Lynn F. Bowers tried to record a do it yourself marriage at Alameda County clerk office after marrying Louise Ann Gregg aboard a cabin cruiser off Point Reyes. The clerk ruled state law bars marriages performed by skippers within California boundaries.
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Calif
UPI
Lynn F. Bowers
Alameda County
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Louise Ann Gregg
Point Reyes
Gerald DeMarias
California
Nixon details on peace talks and Vietnam policy
President Nixon spoke on peace talks and diplomacy with the Communists, saying unauthorized U.S. bombing in Vietnam did not disrupt talks. He backed a Social Security increase but rejected a 20 percent rise due to inflation and tax-cut implications. He declined breaking up a winning team with Agnew and emphasized not negotiating to impose a coalition government. He claimed the war is nearly over for Americans, citing reduced spending from 22 billion to 7 billion and troop levels from 545,400 to 49,000.
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Senate
Spiro T. Agnew
Nixon
South Vietnam
Nine year old starts petition to save kittens on dangerous Farnborough road
In Farnborough England Nicholas Dungay nine launches a petition to Farnborough Council after three kittens die under speeding cars on Syamore Road. The council calls the street a dead end, but Nicholas now hopes a fourth kitten can grow up safe.
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Farnborough
Tourism Drives New Zealand Export Growth in 1971
New Zealand tourism ranked second to manufacturing in overseas exchange earnings for 1971, with receipts reaching more than $42 million, up from $12 million in 1970. The Reserve Bank of New Zealand expects tourism to challenge manufacturing for the top spot in 1972.
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Wellington
N.Z
UPI
New Zealand
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