America Divided On 194th Birthday Observances
Americans marked the 194th July Fourth amid both celebration and protest. Events in Washington included an Honor America Day program with Billy Graham and others, while dissidents and minor clashes occurred near the White House and National Mall. Police reported injuries to two park officers and several arrests as crowds dispersed after rock throwing and flag desecration incidents.
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America
John Adams
Continental Congress
Adams
Billy Graham
Graham
New Left
Nixon
Waukee
William C. Westmoreland
Army
Ft. Bragg
N.C
Yuma
Ariz
Colorado River
National Park
White House
Park
Monument Grounds
Smithsonian Institution
Miami youths misread Declaration excerpts in survey
An AP report notes only one of 50 approached signed a typed Declaration petition on a Miami street. Many called it communism or dangerous, with 28 percent misidentifying an excerpt as Lenin. Responses described the author in varied political terms.
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Hope
Philadelphia
Cradle of the Republic
Howard Keel
Miami
Miami Herald
Colin Dangaard
Buddy
Youth For Christ
Lenin
Dangaard
FBI
UNC Enrollment Forecast to 58,564 by 1976
UNC system enrollment across six campuses is projected to rise 43 percent to 58,564 by 1976. President William Friday outlined health education expansions at UNC Chapel Hill, increased medical school intake, and cooperative programs with other North Carolina universities to address medical manpower needs and broaden access for low income students. He also announced plans to extend the Educational Television Network to blanket nearly the entire state.
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Raleigh
University of North Carolina
Unc-Chapel Hill Division of Health Affairs
UNC
Chapel Hill
North Carolina
North Carolina State University
Unc-Charlotte
Unc-Greensboro
Unc-Wilmington
Unc-Asheville
UNC Educational Television
Wreckage of British jetliner found on Montseny mountains
The Dan-Air Comet jet with 112 aboard is discovered on a mountainside 50 miles north of Barcelona. No survivors reported. There were 105 passengers and seven crew members, all from northern England, en route to a 12 day Spain vacation. Rescue work hampered by rough terrain and rain.
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Barcelona
Spain
England
Montseny Mountains
San Celoni
Nixon names Bruce as Paris talks chief in July 4 conference
President Nixon prepares to announce Bruce as the new U S Paris peace negotiator during a July 4th conference at San Clemente. Bruce arrives from London to meet Nixon Habib and Kis Singer as press questions are barred. The White House says Bruce will have flexibility while Communists offer routine reactions. The President plans a quiet family holiday and discusses regional military balance but avoids committing troops.
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San Clemente
Calif
Nixon
Vietnam
Paris
David K. E. Bruce
White House
Bruce
London
U.S
Philip C. Habib
U. Alexis Johnson
Henry A. Kissinger
Henry Cabot Lodge
Britain
France
West Germany
Ronald L. Ziegler
Nixons
Soviet Aid Fleet to Reach Lima After Peru Quake
A mercy fleet of 65 Soviet jet cargo planes will land in Lima next week delivering medical supplies. The aid includes a field hospital 75 doctors and helicopters to assist earthquake survivors. The May 31 quake killed about 50,000 and left 800,000 homeless. The aid aims to offset Mrs Nixon's Peru visit.
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Lima
Richard M. Nixon
Peru
Belfast riots kill five as soldiers battle snipers
In Belfast, house to house fighting between Catholic dissidents and British troops left at least five dead and 57 wounded. Army says 10 wounded were soldiers and two dead were snipers. A 50 block curfew remains in force as 2,000 troops search the Falls Road area.
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Belfast
Northern Ireland
Army
Falls Road
Bar leader rebukes Agnew over student dissenter attack
Bernard Segal, president of the American Bar Association, criticized Vice President Agnew for attacking Harvard student Rhodes after a nonviolent dissents statement. Segal, in San Antonio for the Texas Bar Association convention, urged restraint and accurate remarks from high officials.
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San Antonio
Tex
American Bar Association
Agnew
Bernard Segal
Philadelphia
Newsmen
Segal
Texas Bar Association Convention
Joseph Rhodes
Harvard University
Rhodes
United States
Shipping Rates May Rise Across Nation
Chicago trucking wage increases in a revised Teamsters contract could push rates higher nationwide. The national deal ends an 85 day Chicago area strike and lockout with drivers winning $1.65 hourly rise across 36 months locally and a $1.85 hourly rise over 39 months nationally. Government approval by the Interstate Commerce Commission is expected.
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Teamsters
Ames K. Seymour
Trucking Employers, Inc
Interstate Commerce Commission
Cee Cgent Drivers Union
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Aguda Mountain
Ziegler
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