Jubilee Day in London as Queen Elizabeth II marks Silver Jubilee
Throngs in London join jubilant Britons to honor Queen Elizabeth II on 25 years of reign. The queen at Guildhall luncheon thanks Britons and the Commonwealth for loyalty and friendship, recalling her vow to serve the people. Philip accompanies her as rain-tinged crowds line the streets for parades, prayers, and gun salutes.
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London
Elizabeth II
Britain
Commonwealth
Prince Philip
Worm farming tips and sources in the Organic Gardening piece
An Action Line column summarizes George Stroda’s worm farming methods for bait and gardening, detailing Master Worm Box plans, bedding mixes, feeding, temperature and moisture controls, and worm species. It also notes garbage can worm composting, sources for worms, and local mattress donation pickups.
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Organic
George Stroda
Amherst Junction
Wisconsin
Georgia
Wheat glut dampens spirits of farmers
In Wichita Kansas farmers face a world wheat surplus that depresses prices. Kansas, the top producer, expects a 384 million bushel harvest near the 1973 peak while costs run 3 to 3.50 per bushel. Storage delays and potential boxcar shortages threaten spoilage.
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Wichita
Kan
Kansas
Young Declares JFK LBJ Racists Also
U N ambassador Andrew Young told the House committee that his Playboy remarks labeling Kennedy and Johnson as racists reflected policy context rather than personal attacks. He said racism related to U.S. Africa policy and warned the statements could strain bipartisan foreign policy.
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Washington
U.N
Andrew Young
Gerald Ford
Richard Nixon
John Kennedy
Lyndon Johnson
House International Affairs Committee
Young
Africa
U.S
House
Nixon
Ford
Playboy
William S. Broomfield
Reich
Broomfield
Carter
Clement Zablocki
D-Wis
Kennedy
Johnson
White House
Barry M. Goldwater
Arizona
United Nations
Jody Powell
Bill Brock
Powell
JFK
LBJ
Storm sinks charter fishing boat with four dead nine missing
The Dixie Lee II capsized five miles north of Norfolk near the Hampton Roads Bridge Tunnel after a 10 to 13 foot wave as winds gusted to 98 mph. Four people died Audrey Stiff Evelyn Lee Captain William Lewis Polly Clark and nine remained missing with 14 rescued. Coast Guard crews and helicopters searched an eight square mile area as battered survivors recounted the chaotic sinking.
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Norfolk
Chesapeake Bay
Coast Guard
National Weather Service
Audrey Stiff
Portsmouth
Evelyn B. Lee
William
Here
Hampton Roads Bridge
Hampton
Malvis Ware
Racial Separation Custody Reversal Restores Mother’s Rights
Mary Ann Dorsey who lost custody over dating a black man won relief when New Mexico Supreme Court ruled the county court acted solely on racial considerations. The panel restored the original custody arrangement and noted no evidence of immorality or harm from the interracial marriage.
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Santa FE
N.M
Mary Ann Dorsey
State Supreme Court
Boone
Dorsey
New Mexico Supreme Court
District Court
Maurice Sanchez
Albuquerque
Supreme Court
Mary Ann
Ben
Elderly Coalition Attacks Mandatory Retirement Policy
A coalition of 10 million elderly Americans adopts Count Us In as a slogan to oppose mandatory retirement. In a keynote for a major conference of retirees, forced retirement is labeled wasteful degrading discriminatory morally wrong and fundamental.
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Pittsburgh
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