Today In History Aug 20 1976
Today marks the 233rd day of 1976 with notable events including Vitus Bering discovering Alaska in 1791, Benjamin Harrison born in 1833, Brussels occupied in 1914, the Dnieper Dam blow in 1941, anti French riots in 1955, and the Berlin Wall rising in 1961. Birthday note: former manager Al Lopez is 68. Thought for today by Sherwood Anderson. Bicentennial note recalls Franklin’s 1776 letter on independence.
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Vitus Bering
Alaska
Benjamin Harrison
North Bend
Ohio
Brussels
Belgium
Dnieper
Ukraine
Morocco
Algeria
East
West Berlin
Gerald Ford
Nelson Rockefeller
U.S
South Vietnam
Libya
Egypt
Syria
Mars
Cape Canaveral
al Lopez
Center Point Man Held in Girl's Death
A Center Point man, jailed on burglary charges, is held without bond in Kerr County on capital murder charges in the strangulation death of 15-year-old Beth Pearson. Two teenage runaways were missing since Sept. 17 and whose remains were found near Kerrville, with another suspect held on capital murder in a separate killing in Austin. Investigators say the inquest tied the center point suspect to the attempted rape leading to Pearson’s death.
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Kerrville
Tex
Center Point
Kerr County
Justice of the Peace
Johnny Hill
Ingram
Allen Ladd Woody
Beth Pearson
Carol Ann London
Woody
Bond
Lyle Richard Brummett
Richard Stone
Miss London
Hill
Brummett
Austin
Diane K. Roberts
Nonaligned Conference Ends in Usual Criticism
Colombo AP reports leaders of the nonaligned movement returning home after a four day 85 nation summit condemning the West and US allies while sparing Communist and socialist states. The conference urged a new economic order and proposed actions include an oil embargo against Israel and South Africa and a call for a regional bank.
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Colombo
Sri Lanka
United States
North America
Western Europe
Japan
France
South Africa
Israel
Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
OPEC
Lightning Fatality Shuts Down Local Golf Course
Harlingen Texas AP report states 24 year old golfer Dewey Merrit Mark II was killed by accidental lightning at a city golf course. His partner Mike Brantzman was hospitalized for observation while officers identified the victim with a Pan American University ID found on scene.
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Harlingen
Tex
Dewey Merrit Mark II
Justice of the Peace
Leo Longoria
Mike Brantzman
Brontzman
Pan American University
Houston Struggles to Adopt 1976 City Budget
Houston council returns the proposed $385.7 million budget to Mayor Hofheinz delaying fiscal year 1976 guidelines. A 7-2 vote seeks revisions to reflect anticipated property tax declines while possible deficits risk police academy intake and payroll figures.
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Houston
Fred Hofheinz
Gary Webb
Texas
John Hill
Webb
Hofheinz
Pirates Underpants Heist Ties Up 3 Suspects Across Dallas Area
Three men face up to 15 years and fines up to 15000 for allegedly stealing 23000 pairs of Sears pants from an interstate shipment in Saltillo Mississippi. Odell Pilgreen 54 of Texarkana arrested in Hood. Chester Lacy 42 of Dallas and Robert Strickland 43 of Seagoville arraigned in Dallas. Over 7000 pairs valued at more than 100000 recovered locally. total shipment worth over 200000. Investigation ongoing.
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Dallas
Mississippi
FBI
Saltillo
Miss
Ted Gunderson
Odell Pilgreen
Texarkana
Hood
Bowie County
Chester Langston Lacy
Robert Ray Strickland
Seagoville
Bailey F. Rankin
Gunderson
Lacy
Strickland
Sears
Bullock Sees Carter Weakened in Texas
AUSTIN AP Comptroller Bob Bullock said Carter is hurt in Texas by an endorsement of State Democratic Chairman Calvin Guest for reelection. Bullock backs Lufkin attorney John Henery Tatum against Guest and predicts Carter will repudiate a Guest endorsement by Frank Moore. Bullock criticized Guest as a governor’s political affairs secretary and noted a letter to delegates about Carter’s Texas team backing Guest.
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Austin
Tex
Bob Bullock
Jimmy Carter
Texas
Calvin Guest
Bullock
Lufkin
John Henery Tatum
Guest
Carter
Frank Moore
Democratic Party
Uvalde
College Station
Dolph Briscoe
Moore
Bob Armstrong
Established 1890 Calhoun Citizen publication details
The Calhoun Citizen published by Wave Publishing Co. Inc. operates in Port Lavaca Texas with Cliff Allen as publisher. It notes delivery options and rates for carrier and mail subscriptions and states AP exclusivity for local news and dispatches.
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Calhoun Citizen
Wave Publishing Co., Inc
S. Colorado
Port Lavaca
Texas
Houston Declares Public Health Emergency Over Encephalitis Risk
Harris County commissioners declare a public health emergency as St Louis encephalitis activity rises in mosquitoes. Dr Francine Jensen cites two confirmed and one suspected local cases this year, with plans for federal aid and aerial insecticide spraying to target culex mosquitoes. Authorities mobilize 20 to 25 staff to mosquito control, advise residents to stay indoors at night, and coordinate with CDC for equipment and personnel.
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County Mosquito Control Division
Jensen
State Department of Health
Federal Center For Disease Control
Atlanta
Montgomery County
Houston
Repayment credits set to cut Dallas gas bills
A Texas Railroad Commission ruling orders repayment credits to be applied to gas bills in Dallas Fort Worth and eight other cities for improper pass through charges by Lone Star Gas Co. Dallas Public Utilities Director Tom Taylor welcomed the move saying it helps curb gas costs, though the commission did not accept all overcharges claimed by the cities. The affected cities include Irving Garland Richardson Sulphur Springs Arlington Murchison Grand Prairie and Killeen.
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Austin
Dallas
Fort Worth
Texas Railroad Commission
Lone Star Gas Co
Peck Sees MacArthur as Great Acting Challenge
Gregory Peck visiting Bremerton to film MacArthur wore a general’s uniform aboard the USS Missouri and described MacArthur as a multi dimensional figure governed by duty, honor and country while noting the role tests his career.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gregory Peck
Gen. Douglas MacArthur
Bremerton
Wash
Peck
Douglas MacArthur
MacArthur
Missouri
West Point
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Sherwood Anderson
Benjamin Franklin
Richard Howe
Milan
Sanitary Institute
Cesano Maderno
Italy
U.N. Security Council
United Nations
West Germany
Britain
Africa
South Korea
Indian Ocean
Diego Garcia
Entebbe
Uganda
Leonel Castillo
Castillo
Hofheinze
Mann
First Baptist Church
Calhoun St
Pirates
PEL & Repair Service
Dig
Lavaca
Cliff Allen
Associated Press
Victoria
Vettel
Los Angeles
Fred Astaire
Amazin Dobermans
Astaire
David Chadnow
Beverly Hills
Sacramento
Calif
Edmund Brown Jr
California
Colusa County
Edmund Brown
Gray Davis
Brown
Harold Brown
San Francisco
Hallinan
Cleaver
Oakland
Patrick Hallinan
Eldridge Cleaver
Black Panther
Vincent Hallinan
Panther
David Hilliard
Viking Mall
Sue Ann
III
DuPont
Oshmans
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