Bicentennial Day Passes With Quiet Celebrations Across U S
July 4, 1977 saw a return to normalcy with light celebration and scattered tensions. Billy Carter attended a pole climbing contest in Tennessee while Air Force jets roared over landmarks. Fireworks lit New York Boston Washington and small towns as John Cullum read the Declaration in New York.
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Lexington
Tenn
New York Harbor
Tuscaloosa
Ala
Hudson River
New York
Charles River
Boston
Mall
Washington
D.C
Muscle Shoals
John Cullum
Federal Hall
Wall Street
Larry Peace
West Potomac Park
Prison escapees linked to killings in three states
Fingerprints from Earl Van Denton and Paul Ruiz were found in a car of missing Louisiana fishermen, tying the fugitives to a string of killings and abductions across Oklahoma and neighboring states. The men, both serving life terms, remain at large after escaping from McAlester prison.
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Louisiana
McAlester
Earl van Denton
Paul Ruiz
Hugo
Okla
Denton
Ruiz
Wayne
FBI
Danville News Executive Andrew Farley Dies at 74
Andrew Albert Farley longtime civic and political leader died after a long illness at a Danville hospital. The retired vice president and general manager of Register Publishing Co. who served 58 years with the firm will be honored in services at Mt. Vernon United Methodist Church. He led Democratic committees, chaired state boards, and helped organize Virginia press groups. Survivors include his widow Bonnie and children Andrew Jr, D Eugene Verner, Miles Powell, plus siblings and grandchildren. Burial at Mountain View Cemetery follows funeral Wednesday at 11 a.m.
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Andrew Albert Farley
The
Register Publishing Co
Bonnie J. Farley
Andrew A. Farley Jr
Danville
D. Eugene Verner
Houston
Tex
Miles P. Powell
Hickory
N. C
Mt. Vernon United Methodist Church
Mountain View Cemetery
Former Slave Celebrates 135th Birthday in U.S.
Charlie Smith a former slave marked his 135th birthday at the Bar tow Convalescent Center in Bartow Florida amid national attention. Born in Liberia and sold from New Orleans in 1842 he uses July 4 as his birthday and remains the nation’s oldest Social Security recipient and resident with a long life of notable health.
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Fila
Charlie Smith
United States
Smith
Bartow Convalescent Center
Chester
New Orleans
Liberia
Aid Offered To Klan Antagonist In Georgia Rally Crash
Buddy Cochran, charged with 19 counts of aggravated assault after slamming his speeding car into a Ku Klux Klan rally platform near Plains, Georgia, has drawn offers of legal and financial aid from across the United States. Authorities say 18 people were hospitalized. Cochran, a 30-year-old Americus truck mechanic, is held on bonds totaling $190,000.
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Buddy Cochran
New York
Texas
Oregon
California
Chip Hutchinson
Sumter County
Cochran
Americus
Plains
Carter
Hutchinson
Sheriff's
Clashes Break Up Ku Klux Klan July Fourth Rallies
In Columbus Ohio about 100 demonstrators disrupted a Ku Klux Klan antibusing rally on the Statehouse steps. Dale Reusch imperial wizard 38 vowed to return in September after a melee that left him cut and spit upon. In Plains Georgia a car driven by Buddy Cochran injured 30 people at a Klan event with Wilkinson speaking. Cochran was jailed on aggravated assault charges.
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New York
Skokie
Ill
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Ohio
Dale Reusch
Plains
Carter
Buddy Cochran
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