British Women Sail To Newport In Bicentennial Voyage
Forty two British women aged 16 to 25 arrived in Newport aboard the schooner Sir Winston Churchill to celebrate the United States Bicentennial. The voyage from Bermuda completed a transatlantic leg of a race that began in Plymouth, England, as part of the Sail Training Association event. They will join a July 4 procession of tall ships up New York Harbor.
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Newport
Atlantic
United States
Winston Churchill
New York Harbor
Bermuda
Plymouth
England
Penelope MacGregor Williams
Sussex
Sail
Churchill
Susan Wade
Bournemouth
Watered-Down Fireworks Rules Stir 1976 Sparks Debate
The government proposes new firecracker safety rules to cut powder limits and ban colored sparklers and hand held Roman candles. Dec 5 1976 deadline targets smaller devices while large public displays and local bans remain unaffected.
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Product Safety Commission
Maryland
Public health officials push for federal aid in swine flu program
Salt Lake City AP report notes county health officials demand federal guarantees and potential voluntary donations to cover immunization costs. County estimates show about one sixth of local costs funded by federal grants, while vaccine funding comes from the federal government. Concerns include liability, administration fees, and cross county disparities in costs.
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Salt Lake City
J. Brett Lazar
National Association of County Health Officials
National Association of Counties
Lazar
Howard County
Maryland
Viking's July 4 Mars landing delayed to Chryse Phoenicia
Pasadena reports scientists rethinking Viking 1 landing on Mars after scrapping the July 4 target. Aiming for a safer site 300 miles northwest in Chryse Phoenicia, a broad river-basin region expected to be smoother and less cratered. If photos prove feasible, landing could shift to July 8. a further backup, Tritonis Lacus, lies about 4 000 miles east.
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Pasadena
Calif
Mars
Chryse Phoenicia
Chryse
Earth
Harold
Masursky
Viking Project
James Martin
Viking
Chryso Phoenicia
Martin
Tritonis Lacus
Bicentennial Musical From Hyde School Heads To Broadway
A student and teacher written Hyde School musical America’s Spirit became a road show opening tonight at Circle in the Square in New York after box office success in Bath. The two hour production covers America’s religious, revolutionary, civil war, frontier and 20th century history with 85 students and 20 teachers, touring nine states by month’s end.
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Bath
Maine
America
Seacoast
Kennedy Center
Washington
Circle In the Square
New York City
Hyde School
North
South Carolina
Georgia
New Jersey
Edward P. Legg
Preston Brooks
Charles Sumner
Massachu
Crash Near Overbrook Among Kansas Fatalities
Kansas counted seven traffic deaths over the weekend with three on Sunday and four in two Saturday crashes. Harvey Mullin, 18, of Topeka, was struck on a southeast Topeka road while walking after his car ran out of gas. The driver stated he did not see the pedestrian in time. Mark Peterson, 26, Burdick, Kan., died Sunday in the colli-
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Associated Press
Kansas
Harvey Mullin
Topeka
Mullin
Mark Peterson
Burdick
Kan
Colli
Roger T. Frye
Ottawa County
Ada
Reno County
Jim Flickenger
Sterling
Stanton Smith
Nickerson
Fewer Physicians At AMA Convention
The American Medical Association opened its Dallas convention with about 4,000 physicians and 4,000 guests and exhibitors. Attendance has declined since 1965 and last year’s Atlantic City meeting. AMA officials cite growth of specialty society papers and a dues hike from 110 to 250 as factors.
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Dallas
American Medical Association
AMA
New York
Atlantic City
Frank Chappell
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