Poignant Funeral Law Beneath South African Estate Note
Pieter Bouwer Schutte left his eldest son John only enough for marijuana and brandy at his death. He directed the rest of the estate be shared among three other children and set aside seventy dollars to fund drinks for every man attending the funeral, a stark local testament to his wishes.
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Vanderbul Park
South Africa
Pieter Bouwer Schutte
John
Schutte
South Texas
Canada
Houston
Most Rev Flores New Mexican American Bishop Forged in Struggle
Patrick Flores, first Mexican American Roman Catholic bishop in the United States, rose from migrant farm work to lead in San Antonio. His story highlights barriers faced and his aim to serve all, with his consecration drawing 8,000 attendees and chants of Viva La Raza.
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Richard Beene
Associated Press
San Antonio, Tex
Patrick
Flores
San Antonio
Patricio Fernandez Florez
Ants Eat Gandhi Books in Maharashtra Assembly Report
An official statement in the Maharashtra state assembly said about 1,000 copies of a 13 volume work on Mohandas Gandhi were eaten by ants. Of 64,000 copies printed since 1968, 9,000 have been sold. the rest remained in storage where ants fed on them.
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Bombay
Mohandas Gandhi
India
Maharashtra
Today in History highlights and world events
A May 7, 1970 digest recounts events on this date across years including Germany’s unconditional surrender terms signed in 1945 at Eisenhower’s headquarters in Rheims France and the first inaugural ball in 1789 in New York. It notes the 1915 Lusitania sinking, the 1954 Dien Bien Phu fall, and a 1965 Khrushchev remark.
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Associated Press
High Command
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Rheimes
France
New York
Washington
United States
Turkey
Black Sea
Johannes Brahms
Hamburg
Germany
Ireland
Berlin
Italy
Indochina
Dien Bien Phu
Nikita Khruschev
Lowndes County
Ala
Collie Leroy Wilkins Jr
Detroit
Viola Gregg Liuzzo
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Reeves County
Pecos
Texas
Pecos Enterprise, Inc
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Cedar Street
Ford Love
Joyce Miller
Tom Lewis
Most Rev. Flores
Capitol
U.S
Walter Hagen
Ft. McHenry
Smithsonian Institution
Washington, D.C
Kentucky
Vermont
Grahamstown
Kevin Farr
Christopher Davies
Ibaco
Wearc.o
Richelieu
Amy Remes
Tide Sons
C.S. Cornou
Fisw
Duke
van Camp
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