Activities Galore Across The Nation Bicentennial events
Five Bicentennial wagon trains comprising 2 000 people in 200 wagons have crossed 17 000 miles and plan to camp at Valley Forge this afternoon. President Ford will visit Valley Forge on Sunday and sign a pledge of rededication to the Declaration of Independence, join 22 million others who have signed, and is expected to declare Valley Forge a national park before speaking at Independence Hall in Philadelphia at 2 p.m.
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Paul Revere
Mauna Kea Observatory
Brotherly Love
Richard M. Nixon
Phil Keller
West Palm Beach
Fla
Keller
Horseshoe Falls
Niagara Frontier State Parks Commission
Severe weather floods Southeast Kansas and Southwest Missouri
Heavy rains of seven to twelve inches drenched the region, prompting evacuations and highway closures. Six to seven people were rescued near Lamar as Muddy Creek breached its banks. Joplin saw up to 100 residents evacuated, with a major auto agency fire caused by high water. The National Weather Service warned of major flooding across southeast Kansas and southern Missouri, as the rain extended into Illinois. A Missouri National Guard engineers unit patrolled streets, and rainfall was measured at multiple sites, with the airport recording 6.35 inches before easing.
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Shoal Creek
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Cherryvale
Verdigris River
Altoona
Kan
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Independence
Parsons
Columbus
el Dorado
Triangle Oldsmobile
Jasper County Courts
6Th and
Pearl
Illinois
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Missouri National Guard
Kansas City
Salina
Lake of the Ozarks
Hijackers Set Sunday Deadline in Uganda Air France Crisis
In Kampala at Entebbe, a special Israeli crisis team holds indirect talks with the Air France hijackers representing the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine. The hijackers, holding 140 hostages mostly Israelis, demand the release of 53 extremists jailed in four countries, threatening to blow up the plane if unmet. French Ambassador Renard and Somali Ambassador Abdullah handle negotiations as Israel shifts toward negotiating demands.
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Uganda
Air France
Popular Front For the Liberation of Palestine
Israel
Yitzhak Rabin
Entebbe
Pierre Renard
Renard
Hashi Abdullah
Supreme Court narrows death penalty use in ruling
The Supreme Court upheld non mandatory capital punishment laws while striking down mandatory schemes in Louisiana and North Carolina. It ruled five to four that standards are required and that a separate penalty phase may be used. A separate seven to two decision allowed non mandatory laws in Florida Georgia and Texas.
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Supreme Court
Louisiana
North Carolina
Florida
Georgia
Texas
Associated Press
John Hill
Austin
Tex
Charlotte
N.C
Joe Freeman Britt
Anthony Amsterdam
Naacp Legal Defense Fund
Special Salute to Nation's 200th Birthday Pages 6 and 7
The Herald presents a special salute with county elders recalling past life and sharing views on regional development. The feature includes photographs of landmarks and efforts to renovate these historic sites.
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Herald
Truce Defied In Lebanon Amid Renewed Fighting
Beir ut reports indicate heavy combat across Lebanon despite a cease fire set to begin at midnight Friday. Christians and the leftist Moslem-Palestinian alliance accuse each other of violations as fighting continues around the Tal Zaatar refugee camp near Beirut with claims of encirclement and mopping up.
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Beirut
Lebanon
Tal Zaatar
Christian Phalange Radio
Beirut Radio
Job Rate Looms As Vital Issue
Washington AP reports unemployment rose to 7.5 percent in June from 7.3 percent in May, elevating joblessness as a likely campaign issue for the 1976 election. The bad timing challenges President Ford amid a public works jobs bill and calls for more government spending to create public service jobs.
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