Nixon invites world to bicentennial celebration
President Nixon broadcast from the Western White House inviting millions of visitors to celebrate the United States 200th birthday in 1976. He urged foreign governments to extend welcome and visit the United States during the bicentennial era and emphasized future goals of peace prosperity and justice. Nixon met with Kissinger and Ehrlichman and declared parts of Arizona and West Virginia disaster areas eligible for relief.
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San Clemente
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World Today
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America
Land of the
White House
United States
Arizona
West Virginia
British Army Halts Belfast Barricade Plan At Ainsworth Avenue
In West Belfast the British army blocked Protestant militants from erecting a steel barricade on Ainsworth Avenue after a four hour confrontation with 8,000 UDA members. The army will set checkpoints and screen entrants while insisting it maintains order with unarmed UDA patrols. The UDA claimed a great victory but police found a Catholic man shot in the back, the eighth fatality of the weekend and 399th in three years of Northern Ireland violence.
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Ulster Defense Association
UDA
Irish Republican Army
Ainsworth Avenue
Northern Ireland
Four City Lawmen Still in Probe Into Upshaw Slaying
Four local lawmen remain under investigation by the Capital Area Major Case Squad in the murder of Willis W. Upshaw a 27 year old security guard of Topeka. Upshaw was shot on duty and found in Topeka. Rex Johnson Douglas County Sheriff later disclosed the officers on the 34 member squad include deputy sheriffs Loren Anderson and Mike Suitt and city detectives Don Dalquest and Larry Good.
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Willis W. Upshaw
Topeka
Rex Johnson
Douglas County
Upshaw
C and C
Lawrence
Upshaw Was Namd
Loren Anderson
Mike Suitt
Don Dalquest
Larry Good
City bike theft claim denied then anonymous giver returns bicycle
Fear filed a $39.87 claim after suspecting a discarded bike fell into a bin. The city panel denied the request but a colorful banana seated bike arrived Saturday. Mrs Fear praised the act, noting the giver wishes to stay anonymous and restored faith in humanity.
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Fear
Allen
Mrs. Fear
Naples Police Cleared by Lie Detector Tests
Naples Florida police chief John Woodruff says the entire Naples police force was absolved after lie-detector tests found no officers involved in the theft of 3826 dollars from the department safe. He called the tests the only way to prove the department's integrity.
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Woodruff
Miami Beach Decon gouging crackdown before party conventions
IRS joins three agencies to curb price gouging for food and lodging during the upcoming national conventions. Hotel operators warned against winter rate hikes while Florida Hotel and Restaurant Commission, Miami Beach Tourist Development Authority, and Miami Beach Chamber of Commerce set up hotlines for complaints. In 1968 hot dogs were $1 75. at the 1960s Democrats gathering a hot dog inside Convention Hall costs 35 cents.
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Fila
Internal Revenue Service
IRS
Holger Furinger
Florida Hotel and Restaurant Commission
House of Jesse James Hits Market in St Joseph
The former home where Jesse James was shot by Bob Ford is for sale in St Joseph Missouri. Owner Ray Miller asks 365000 dollars but expects to take around 200000, with a condition the house not be moved and tours drawing visitors who pay admission to see the crime scene.
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Jesse James
America
Jesse W. James
Bob Ford
Ray Miller
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St. Joseph
Ford
Oskaloosa School Board Reviews Policy Handbook
The Oskaloosa school board discussed compiling a district policy handbook under Supt. H. Sreator after parents urged consistent discipline rules. The board plans to include staff and student regulations and may approve the handbook at the August meeting. Construction progress at Oskaloosa Grade School was reviewed and bids for fuel contracts considered.
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Oskaloosa
Henry Streator
Jefferson County
Richard Findley
Findley
Betty Leech
Kurt von Achen
von Achen
Curtis Patrick
Female engineer runs locomotive on White Mountain Scenic Railroad
Pam Wingo 24, a dental hygienist by trade, helps at the throttle on weekends for the 40 mile round trip through eastern Arizona. She joined as an unpaid crew member after a sighting trip and gradually became the train's engineer, noting the challenge of starting uphill from a stop on the old steam engine.
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White Mountain Scenic Railroad
Monary
Ariz
Pam Wingo
Phoenix
McNary
Casey Jones
Arizona
Mountains
Bob
Three men charged in Joy Killing slaying of 4 year old
Joyce Ann Huff of Hawaiian Gardens died after a shotgun blast from a yellow 1966 car while she played in a front yard. Police booked Donald Antel 21 Michael Ramirez 18 and Oscar Hernandez 22 of Norwalk for murder investigation in the apparently motiveless shooting. The girl died 90 minutes after the attack.
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Los Angeles
Joyce Ann Huff
Hawaiian Gardens
Don
Ald
Paul Antel
Michael Ramirez
Oscar Hernandez
Norwalk
Joyce
Woman Injured In Pike Mishap
Kathleen Neale, 26, of Colorado Springs, Colo., was hurt at 8 18 am on the Kansas Turnpike 4 2 miles west of the West Lawrence interchange. She was taken by ambulance to Lawrence Memorial Hospital for X rays to check possible collarbone or rib fracture. Trooper Larry Herbers investigated. Report not yet submitted by mid morning.
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Kathleen ‘Neale
Colorado Springs
Colo
Kansas Turnpike
West Lawrence
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Larry Herbers
Turnpike
Minor Collision Near West 15th and Engel Road
A two car crash at West 15th and Engel Rd at 12 46 p m Monday caused 900 in damage with no injuries Police report identifies Richard S Royer 21 of 2200 Harper as the driver attempting a left turn and failing to observe Smith. Smith vehicle sustained 700 in damage Royer 200 in damage
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West 15Th
Engel Rd
Lawrence
Richard S. Royer
Harper
Royer
Smith
Dollar Nears Lowest Point as European Markets Intervene
The dollar approached its mandated low on European markets prompting West German central bank action. The pound slid toward a 2.40 dollar base after sterling’s float nine days earlier, with dollar weakness spreading to Frankfurt 3.15 marks and Tokyo panic selling. Paris and Zurich also saw near floor levels as central bank steps varied by country.
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London
Frankfurt
Fireworks Injuries Reported in Lawrence
Dennis A. Thomson, 28, of 1911 Edgelea Road, treated at Lawrence Memorial Hospital after a Roman candle exploded on his foot. He was not admitted. Earlier, Thomas N. Boylan, 23, of 255 North Michigan, treated and released for first and second degree burns on the right thigh from a firecracker in his pocket.
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Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Dennis A. Thomson
Edgelea Rd
Thomas N. Boylan
N. Mich
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