Nation marks bicentennial with fireworks and parades
The nation celebrated its 201st birthday with a Washington Monument display and Hudson River fireworks. Parades and festivals planned in New York Philadelphia Boston and other cities featured a Parade of Sail, a 21 gun salute aboard Old Ironsides, and a Time capsule sealed by the Smithsonian. A fatal shooting in Justice Illinois marred the holiday along with a cherry bomb accident in Los Angeles.
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Report due on prisoner death at Penal Complex
Exon will receive Tuesday a governor bound report on the death of Donald Routhier 22 who apparently hanged himself with a braided bedsheet in the maximum security cell at the Lincoln Penal Complex Routhier had been held after an abortive escape attempt at the city jail two guards were suspended pending review of cell supervision The death was ruled a death by own action with no evidence of prior risk Routhier formerly from Niagara Falls N Y faced state charges for robbery and firearm use and possible federal charges related to the jail incident
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Tanzanian Officials Deny Vampire Blood Bank Roles
Tanzania officials deny rumors that vampires are employed by the government to run blood banks. The ruling party called the claims ridiculous and urged citizens to focus on national development while authorities attribute recent killings to criminal gangs, not vampires.
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Whooping Crane Population Rises Sharply
The United States Fish and Wildlife Service reports about 126 whooping cranes exist in the wild and in captivity, including 28 hatched this spring. An additional egg is being incubated, signaling a remarkable year for the endangered species since 1941 when the wild population stood at 41.
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Connecticut sues dead woman for cleanup cost
The state sues the late Carline S. Toner for 34.15 to clean an oil spill from a traffic accident on Rt. 5 in East Windsor. A coroner found Toner at fault after her station wagon was hit by a garbage truck. her family counters that the suit is improper. Lawyer James Thorone questions the action on behalf of Toner’s family.
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Attendance soars at first federal women conferences
Organizers report 82,000 women attended 45 local conferences with 11 more sessions planned this summer. A National Women's Conference is set for Houston in mid November, with 1,442 delegates elected by 56 state and territorial conferences and 400 to 600 more to be chosen by the International Women's Year commission. Congress provided 5 million to support these meetings and guide recommendations for women’s partnership in U.S. society.
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Why Fireworks Dazzle Across Ages and Societies
Fireworks captivate peasants and rulers from medieval Valencia to modern New York as scholars link their appeal to controlled power, primal fear of darkness, and aesthetic beauty. Analysts note psychoanalytic, anthropological, and social factors while officials debate postures and roles in public displays and gendered reactions.
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Joel Kovel
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Local woman on energy alert warns of action
In Great Falls Montana a resident says she is unaware of Gov. Thomas Judge's 100 percent energy cutback order for state and local agencies. She also notes years of reporting neighbors for water runoff and threatens action over dogs and cats harming her garden by the city commissioners.
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Nabokov dies at 78, famed author of Lolita
Vladimir Nabokov, renowned Russian American author and original English prose stylist, dies at age 78. In other Nebraska news a 23 year old man dies in a Monday motorcycle crash at Pawnee Lake amid several highway fatalities. A Geneva man unveils a solar heating system he believes will cut energy costs.
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Nebraska Sizzles as Thermometers Hit 102 Degrees
Nebraskans endured a heat wave with Sunday highs around 102 in Lincoln, McCook, and Omaha. Forecasters warned of extreme livestock safety index levels, fire danger for western Nebraska, and continued hot sunny days into Tuesday with highs in the 80s to 100s across the state.
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