Paralyzed Susan Bartolomei earns Ukiah High diploma
Susan Bartolomei, paralyzed and speechless after a 1967 kidnapping and shooting, graduates with straight A grades in Ukiah High School. Now 21, she sits in a wheelchair in a family living room ceremony receiving her diploma from the principal as doctors call the arm movement a miracle while she aims to help others with severe handicaps.
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Ukiah
Calif
Susan Bartolomei
Susan
Ukiah High School
White House
Timothy Luce
Tim
Pacific Northwest
Susan Hovey
Chet Hardin
Bill Tully
Argentine police detain hijacker after Braniff jet incident
Jackson a boatswain's mate first class took a Braniff Boeing 707 from Acapulco to San Antonio then Monterrey and Lima to Buenos Aires. He released 101 passengers at Monterrey and held Miss Sanchez hostage for 100000 dollars. $15000 was later found missing. Jackson claimed he faced a false US charge. He surrendered after Argentine officials thwarted fuel refueling and negotiations.
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Jackson
Sanchez
Mexico
Wachter
Acapulco
San Antonio
U.S
Monterrey
Braniff
United States
Vietnam
Australia
Sweden
Maryville
Tenn
FBI
Lima
Rio de Janeiro
Buenos Aires
Rio
Boeing
Algiers
Harry Marples
Argentina
Marples
John Davis Lodge
Alejandro Lanusse
Lodge
Robert Lee Jackson
Texas
Bombers Hit Infiltration Routes South of DMZ
B52 Stratofortress bombers hammered infiltration routes just south of the DMZ on Sunday. They targeted the area around Fire Base Fuller atop Dong Ha Mountain near Dong Ha.
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Saigon
UPID
Demilitarized Zone
Fuller
Dong Ha Mountain
Magnesium Plant Shut Down At Snyder Complex
The Snyder magnesium plant will be shut down after an equipment failure caused a major power outage. About 175 to 200 workers are impacted as the board delays restart to August and pursues a technology exchange with the Soviet Union to boost efficiency and modify effluent controls.
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Pitts
Soviet Union
Fireworks and parade mark city Fourth celebrations
Clovis police estimated crowds for the holiday program with the Clovis High School summer band and Air Force ROTC colors. Friona Muleshoe Slaton Snyder and Lubbock area communities plan parades firework displays and related events. Banks offices and many government and postal services close for the holiday while schools stay in session.
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Clovis Police Department
Clovis High School
Air Force Rotc
Friona
Muleshoe
Texas 214
Needmore
Slaton
Snyder
Towle Lake
Lubbock K-9 Corps
Towle Lake Park
Lubbock
Texas Tech University
Lubbock Christian College
Bicentennial July Fourth Celebrations Worldwide
July Fourth events mark the nation’s bicentennial countdown with Agnew leading toasts aboard a jet en route from Seoul to Singapore. Observances span Manila, Denmark, Kansas, New York and Virginia with parades, weddings at the Statue of Liberty, and a major Atlanta parade led by Reverend Billy Graham.
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Spiro T. Agnew
Southeast Asia
Seoul
South Korea
Singapore
Kansas
Turtle Creek
Manhattan
Perry
Topeka
National Monument
Philadelphia
Independence Hall
Monticello
Thomas Jefferson
Graham
Atlanta
Billy Graham
New Haven
Conn
Roger Sherman
Sons of the American Revolution
SAR
Connecticut
William Williams
Lebanon
Sam
Freaks Rally On Chu Lai Beach July Fourth In Antiwar Sit Incident
American soldiers calling themselves the Freaks gathered on Chu Lai Beach for an unorganized antiwar moment. They smoked marijuana and spoke of independence from the Army as commands warned of court martial penalties. The small gathering contrasted with 13,000 troops stationed there and highlighted tensions between soldiers and military authority.
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Manila
U.S
Henry Byroade
Denmark
Rebild
Aalborg
Guilford Dudley
Nixon
Raymond Burr
Chu Lat
Vietnam
Chu Lai Beach
South China Sea
Americal Division
Rally For Peace
Chu Lai
Pfe
Scott Adams
Adams
Bakersfield
Calif
Pfc
Ben Case
Hamilton
Ohio
Steve Lockard
Saint Maries
Idaho
Lockard
United States
Agnew Responds To North Vietnam Peace Proposals
Vice President Agnew said the Nixon administration is seriously considering North Vietnam s peace offer though lacking enough information to judge its acceptability. He noted a free South Vietnamese election with international supervision could be acceptable. Kissinger met Thieu to discuss Viet Cong proposals and planned talks with Ky and Minh ahead of October 3 elections.
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Spiro T. Agnew
Nixon
North Vietnam
United States
Seoul
Singapore
Washington
U.S
South Vietnam
Saigon
Agnew
Henry Kissinger
Nguyen van Thieu
Kissinger
Nguyen Cao Ky
Duong van Minh
Big Minh
Teu
Oldest Man Finds Work Until He Retires at 113
The man known as Charlie came to Florida during the Spanish American War as a wood cutter for troops heading to Cuba. He worked as a railroad laborer then picked fruit. At 113 he was found on a tall ladder harvesting oranges by a Social Security worker who documented his age. He later became a carnival side show attraction and is now retired.
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Fred
Albany
Jackson
Navy
Charleston
S.c
FBI
Alexandria Bay
N.Y
Mayer
Jack
Florida
United States
Charlie
Cuba
Six Drug Overdose Deaths Linked to Spiking in Indianapolis
Police investigate a supposed war between heroin addicts and drug pushers after six Marion County men are killed by what may be heroin laced with battery acid. Autopsies will test for this lethal mix amid rising overdose deaths this year.
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Indianapolis
Ind
UPI
Marion County
Harry C. Dunn
Ntc
Dunn
Joseph McAfee
Dennis J. Nichols
Leaking Cyanide Kills Two Cows in England Field
In Reading England police and firefighters dispersed 100 gallons of cyanide solution that leaked from a factory tank into a field. A farmer reported two cows dead after grazing the area. A chemical expert neutralized the solution and workers flushed it into a soakaway pit.
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Reading
England
Soakaway
Man Fall From Plane Parachutes Into Central Park
New York AP reports Sean O'Reilly 23 of Manhattan claims he fell from an airplane while taking pictures and parachuted into Central Park near Bethesda Fountain. A patrolman issued him a summons for parachuting within the city limits.
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New York
Central Park
Sean O'Reilly
Manhattan
Bethesda Fountain
Lmits
Driver Ricky Steen Killed in Greenville Car Crash
Ricky Lynn Steen 18 of Greenville died early Sunday when his car left Farm Road 1595 north of Greenville and overturned. Police said the crash occurred just north of the city.
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Greenville, Tex
Ricky Lynn Steen
Greenville
House blaze on Robots Avenue wipes out home
An early Sunday fire at 4502 N. Robots Ave. destroyed a residence owned by Haskell Spear. The occupant, a farm laborer, was away. Multiple small alarms followed including a trash fire on Avenue V, minor apartment damages on Avenue A, and other incidents with limited losses.
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Robots Ave
Haskell Spear
Horace Patterson
Mress
Hester Jenkins
1501
Ave
J. D. Cox
Frankford Avenue
Dewarne
40Th Street
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R. L. Williams
Miami
A. W. Schroeder
Ft. Lauderdale
Miss Sanchez
DMZ
A Shau
da Nang
Itan
Dong Ha
U.S. Command
Maj
Charles Johnson
Ati Agned
Uel Huntington
Norwich
Oliver Solcott
Litchfield
Washington Monument
U.S. Air Force
National Parks Service
D. C
Freaks
Red
United Press International
Julie Barron
Hal Barron
Steve Hurt
5Th St
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