Nixon Leads the Nation in July 4th Observance
President Nixon led a low key Fourth of July nationwide observance as crowds gathered from cities to beaches and mountains. Astronaut Walter Cunningham criticized student protesters in Philadelphia while memorial services for Kentucky Vietnam fallen drew 750 mourners in Bardstown. A Mekong Delta return to the United States hosted a steak fry on army pontoons, and in Berlin US forces staged a quiet parade amid anti American sentiment.
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Philadelphia
Independence Hall
Walter R. Cunningham
Bardstown
Kentucky
Vietnam
Ft. Knox
Mekong Delta
United States
My Tho
West Berlin
U.S. Army
Reagan Seeks Freedom at Knott's Berry Farm Event
Gov Ronald Reagan keynoted a Cavalcade of Freedom at Independence Hall Buena Park urging rededication and personal responsibility. He criticized militants and antiwar voices while noting Americans fund charity with 14 billion dollars yearly and praising Walter Knott for hosting the tribute.
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Knott’s
Berry Farm
Ronald Reagan
Cavalcade of Freedom
Independence Hall
Buena Park
Walter Knott
In- Lee
Humphrey Speech Targeted by Molotov Incident in Copenhagen
At a 10 000 strong rally in Copenhagen Humphrey faced a protester who hurled a Molotov bottle. it dropped and burned briefly before police arrested a 25-year-old Copenhagen resident. Humphrey praised student demonstrations and planned a semester return to teaching as antiwar groups named 33 000 U S soldiers killed in Vietnam outside the embassy.
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Bert H. Humphrey
Copenhagen
Humphrey
Aaa
Lea Wi Ton
Tangt Macalester College
Minnesota
Russia
Richard M. Nixon
U.S
Vietnam
Revelers Booked at Berkeley Festival Overrun Avenue
Nine revelers were booked after a Fourth of July festival in Berkeley overran a three block section of the avenue without permission. Fire hydrants were opened and drenched hundreds before police intervened and cleared the streets. Helmeted officers moved the youths to sidewalks as monitors had failed to disperse the crowd.
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Berkeley
Civic Center Park
NAACP Honors Rights Martyrs In Mississippi
In Jackson Mississippi civil rights leaders observe Independence Day by honoring martyrs touring slums and posting desegregation demands on doors. The NAACP convention sees state officials present as Mayor-elect Charles Evers attacks lax school integration and voting rights enforcement.
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Jackson
Miss
Charles Evers
Fayette
NAACP
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