Thousands Pay Tribute To Kwame Nkrumah
Thousands of Guineans and delegates from about eighty countries gathered at the Palace of the People in Conakry to honor Kwame Nkrumah. Speakers including Guinea's Sekou Touré and Liberia's William Tolbert praised the late Ghanaian leader for African independence and unity, amid anti imperialist rhetoric and tributes to his legacy.
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Guinea
Kwame Nkrumah
Nkrumah
Speker
Ghana
Sekou Toure
William Tolbert
Liberia
Sourou Migan Apithy
Triumvirate
Dahomey
Moktar Ould Daddah
Mauritania
Orgnization of African Unity
Fathia
Francis
Ahmed Sekou
Gamel Nasser
Bucharest
Romania
Tolbert
Africa
Toure
Miriam Makeba
United States
Great Britain
America
Donald Norland
U.S
Britain
Anthony Ingledow
Senegal
Cronkite to Speak at Duke Commencement
Walter Cronkite CBS News managing editor and anchorman will give the commencement address at Duke University in Durham North Carolina. He will also receive an honorary Doctor of Letters during ceremonies at Duke Indoor Stadium where more than 1700 degrees are awarded. The baccalaureate address will be by Dr James T Cleland dean of the Duke Chapel.
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Durham
N.C
Walter Cronkite
CBS News
Duke University
Duke Indoor Stadium
James T. Cleland
Duke Chapel
Maxwell Collection Lines Flattering Fabrics In Vogue
Vera Maxwell showcases a refined summer collection emphasizing elegant lines and handsome fabrics. The designer offers pleated skirts in navy jersey, taupe tones with paisley challis bodices, and restored 30s-inspired pieces in French Fibranne and Liberty lawn, all aimed at timeless, pretty silhouettes.
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Maxwell Collection
Helen Hennessy
NEA
NEW York
Vera Maxwell
Office O Opera
Liberty of London
Simeon Golar Honored in Chester South Carolina
Simeon Golar, raised in a New York tenement after being adopted by Simeon and Mary Golar, is feted in Chester with a banquet led by Gov. John West. The event includes a key to the city, a concert, and a social gathering as he returns from New York where he heads the New York City Housing Authority.
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Chester
S. C
Simeon Golar
New York City
John West
iGolar
Charshotte
N.C
Chester High School
Chester Slate Park
Progressive Men's Club
Golar
Hej
Zion: African Methodist Episcopal Church
Simeon
Mary Golar
Golars
Brooklyn
N. Y
Queens
Latlie Thomson
Literary Map of Alabama distributed by library group
Alabama Library Association began distributing a four color Literary Map of Alabama designed by Kurt Lang. The map offers dramatic drawings and captions portraying writers, subjects and events, with a scroll listing leading Alabama authors of the 19th and 20th centuries as an invaluable teaching aid.
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Alabama
Brimingham, Ala
Alabama Library Association
Kurt Lang
United States
Nancy Agnew
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Durham reporter to accompany Nixon to Moscow
Durham Morning News editor Ed Hodges will be among two plantloads of reporters joining President Nixon on his Moscow visit later this month. Hodges will be the only North Carolina newsman on the trip, with talks expected May 22 if Moscow does not cancel over Nixon’s orders to mine Vietnamese harbors where Soviet ships are in port.
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Durham
Ed Hodges
Nixon
Moscow
Hodges
North Carolina
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