Thousands march in Gay Pride Week across major cities
The Associated Press reports about 100000 in San Francisco and thousands in New York Chicago and Miami marching to demand equal rights for gays. In San Francisco crowds exceeded Vietnam era demos while New York saw about 12000 along a 28 block Fifth Avenue route. Chicago featured a leather clad color guard and 2000 marchers. In Miami activists chanted for human rights as a local ordinance discrimination repeal drew attention.
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New York
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Central Park
Lesbian Feminist Alliance
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Miami
Anita Bryant
Georgia honors Lowell Thomas with 1977 Freedom award
Veteran broadcaster Lowell Thomas received the 1977 Freedom of Speech award from the Georgia Association of Broadcasters. Gay leader Robert Baker noted renewed energy and unity in the movement despite ongoing tensions. Observers compared this year’s San Francisco parade to prior years, citing fewer cross-dressers and more women marching, while leaders attributed turnout to both momentum and a recent hate crime death.
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Lowell Thomas
Georgia Association of Broadcasters
Robert Baker
San Francisco
Paul Hardman
Gay Pride Foundation
Robert Hillsborough
Hillsborough
Mail-opening rules drafted for federal letters scrutiny
Washington AP Four years after halting a secret program the government drafts rules on when agencies may intercept and read first class mail. The draft limits warrantless openings, grants exceptions to Customs, and cites potential penalties for mishandling mail while inviting public comment.
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Postal Service
Ormer
Gerald R. Ford
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Public Citizen Litigation Group
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Organization
Ralph Nader
Mother of Hart says she would help suspect turn himself in
Locust Grove Oklahoma AP The mother of Gene Leroy Hart charged with slaying three Tulsa area Girl Scouts says if evidence is strong she would ask him to turn himself in and would walk with him if she knew his location She suspects he is out of state while authorities search a 40 square mile rugged area Hart faces first degree murder charges and relatives call the case a frame up Sources say another possible suspect is being considered while Hart supporters accuse police of a scapegoat verdict and say he could survive in the Oklahoma backcountry until winter.
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Okla
Gene Leroy Hart
Irl
Ella Mae Sullateskee Buckskin
Hart
Tulsa
Mayes County
Glen Weaver
Oklahoma
Douglas A Nichols
Twirlers win wide NBTA awards in Paris Kentucky
Donna Greene led with first in Miss Summertime for ages 15 to 20 and won nine other categories including best appearance basic strut modeling and parade majorette. Vickie Etter finished fifth in 11 to 14 and took three seconds and a third place. Middletown twirlers Melissa Given and Libby Curtis earned thirds and fours, while mothers class saw Phyllis Etter first and Esther Greene third.
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Donna Greene
Parade
Miss Greene
Vickie Etter
Middletown
Melissa Given
Libby Curtis
Phyllis Etter
Esther Greene
Cincinnati pay fountain turns on with coins in Ohio River view
In Cincinnati a new pay fountain in a million dollar riverside development can be operated by inserting a quarter into boxes. For 25 cents a passerby gets a three minute spray shooting about 30 feet, described by project director Abe Rankin as a gimmick born from the architect’s idea.
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Cincinnati
Ohio River
Abe Rankin
NAACP to confront covert discrimination at 68th convention
The NAACP plans to press a new focus on covert racism during its 68th annual convention in St Louis with about 4000 delegates. Roy Wilkins, 75, retires as executive director and will assist successor Benjamin Hooks. Cyrus Vance to speak as Margaret Bush Wilson notes a shift toward economic disparity as a key issue.
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National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Cyrus R. Vance
Roy Wilkins
Wilkins
Memphis
Margaret Bush Wilson
NAACP
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