Owens Receives Medal of Freedom From Ford in White House
Olympic hero Jesse Owens, who won four golds in Berlin in 1936, was awarded the Medal of Freedom by President Ford in a White House ceremony. Ford lauded Owens for character and achievement as an inspiration. At New York Crawdaddy magazine seeks travel editor Abbie Hoffman, the fugitive founder of Yippie, who has avoided capture since bail in 1974. Hoffman’s first article on Hollywood appears in the current issue titled Shoot-out in Tinseltown.
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Unregulated Chaos Envisioned in CB Radio Study
Cambridge AP report outlines a White House study by Arthur D. Little forecasting 15 years of CB radio chaos. Scenarios include protests, prostitution advertising, and police jamming by 1977. Projections mention AT&T television over phone lines, private news on TV screens, a government satellite system, and 10 million CB radios by 1986.
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India's Long Search For Idol is Ending
In Pasadena, California, Norton Simon will debut the 10th century Siva Nataraja, a bronze Hindu idol smuggled from India about 20 years ago. Under a settlement with India, Simon can display it until May 1985, after which it returns to India. The case involved Interpol inquiries and a web of transfers culminating in Simon buying the statue for $900,000 with a legal-clearance guarantee.
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Bond Frees Ex Official in Shreveport Case
George D Artois former Shreveport public safety commissioner was released on 140000 bond on charges of public intimidation He allegedly threatened two grand jury witnesses Four local businessmen posted the bond He spent seven hours in jail reforming in a lawyers conference room He had surrendered earlier at a medical center where he was observed after chest pains
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Berrigans Join Pentagon Vigil Marking Atomic Bombing Anniversary
Washington AP reports antiwar activist Philip Berrigan and Elizabeth McAllister among a dozen demonstrators outside the Pentagon for a vigil marking 31 years since the Hiroshima bombing on August 6, 1945, and Nagasaki. They distributed leaflets opposing U.S. nuclear buildup and said the vigil would continue today and resume Monday.
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Teen swims English Channel in unofficial record time
Seventeen year old Tina Bischoff of Columbus Ohio completed a 22 mile English Channel crossing from Shakespeare Bay England to France in 9 hours 3 minutes under windy conditions. The time awaits Channel Swimming Association observer verification. The prior one way record was 9 hours 35 minutes by Barry Watson and the England to France mark was 9 hours 36 minutes by Lynne Cox.
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Britain
Lynne Cox
United States
Briscoe Highway Plan Draws Early Criticism in Texas
In Austin, Comptroller Bob Bullock and Common Cause oppose Gov. Dolph Briscoe's plan to shift 825 million dollars to highway spending over 1978 and 1979, arguing it would drain the state budget surplus and cripple other programs. Bullock warns the plan uses existing funds without new taxes and questions its long term fiscal prudence.
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Electricians Back To Work at Refinery
In Nederland Texas operations at the Union 76 refinery returned to normal after a federal judge ordered electricians on a wildcat strike to resume work. A temporary restraining order removed pickets as a hearing on Aug 16 was set, with the plant, spokesman Bill Barber noting normal staff to begin at 10 30 p.m. Thursday.
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Folklife Festival Opens as Briscoe Praises Heritage
Gov Dolph Briscoe opened the fifth annual Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio praising the Lone Star heritage as more than 6 000 participants from diverse backgrounds join events at the Institute of Texas Cultures. An opening portrait unveiling followed, with Briscoe’s image placed where former Gov John Connally’s portrait was relocated.
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John Connally
Reagan Takes Campaign On Pennsylvania Hunt
Reagan expands campaign into Pennsylvania with six new delegates and running mate Schweiker. He aims to win uncommitted delegates in Schweiker’s home state as Ford’s lead narrows and Reagan’s delegate count rises toward the nomination.
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Immigration roundup rises in four western states
Immigration officials report 284,096 illegal aliens detained in the first six months of 1976 across four western states, a 26 percent rise from the prior year. California accounts for 240,089 arrests as border checks resume after a Supreme Court ruling. Eightteen percent of arrestees worked in Arizona, Nevada, Hawaii or California in agriculture, industry, construction or services.
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