Nation marks 200th Fourth with grand pageantry and unity
The nation joined in a large scale celebration from Atlantic to Pacific with church bells, cannons, parades, and fireworks over a day that blended pride, history, and neighborly cheer. President Ford toured Valley Forge and Independence Hall, viewing a tall ships flotilla in New York harbor as naturalization ceremonies and widespread celebratory events unfolded nationwide.
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Jules Loh
Associated Press
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New York Harbor
America
Ed Doeply
Vietnam
Watergat
Josh Million
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Valley Forge
Washington
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Alf Landon
Kansas Plains
Ford
Independence Hall
Philadelphia
Jefferson
Adams
Forrestal
Hudson River
Muskegon
Mich
Orchard Lake
Bicentennial Awards Mark Point Comfort Celebration
An all day Bicentennial celebration in Point Comfort featured a flag raising and worship service, a history pageant by school children led by Robert Keszler, and multiple awards. Certificates were given to the mayor, former mayor, library founders, principal, and the program committee. Parade prizes went to several organizations including the Point Comfort Library and Cuero Chamber of Commerce.
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Point Point Comfort
Point Comfort
Uncle Sam
Robert Keszler
Disciples of
Port Lavaca
Ermey
Cuero Chamber of Commerce
Israel Rescues 101 From Entebbe Hijacking Mission
Israel hailed the Entebbe raid as a major military feat with 101 hostages freed from the Ugandan airport after a week long hijacking. Arab guerrillas warned of reprisals while Idi Amin mobilized troops and condemned the strike.
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Tel Aviv
Israel
Lebanon
Beirut
East Africa
Yitzhak Rabin
Knesset
Shimon Peres
Ford
Rabin
Air France
Robert D. Muldoon
New Zealand
Kampala
Nairobi
Idi Amin
Entebbe International
United Nations Security Council
Ismail Fahmy
All Africa
Paris
Amin
Rain drenches Texas as floods rise and campers stranded
Heavy midsection rainfall pounds central Texas with 13 inch plus totals. Floodwaters force floodgate openings at Lake Buchanan and LBJ while rescues deploy helicopters. One death reported near Camp Wood as a camper trailer sank in Nueces River overflow. Dozens of campers stranded near Bend in Gorman Falls area amid rising Colorado River floods.
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Associated Press
Texas
Tarrant
Dallas
Hunt
Kaufman
Cherokee
San Saba
Colorado
Lampasas
Mason
Llano
Danny Joe Templeton
Nueces River
Edwards County
Camp Wood
Bend
Gorman Falls
Lake Buchanan
Lake
Lyndon B. Johnson
South
Tyler
Austin
del Rio
Amarillo
Texas Panhandle
Local Man Hit by Truck Seriously Hurt
Michael DeWayne Houston, 22, of Port Lavaca, remained in intensive care at Citizens Memorial Hospital in Victoria after a pedestrian vehicle accident Friday night. He was walking along Alcoa Drive when struck by a pickup driven by Felix Garza Jr., 20, with Cheryl Lynn Boysen, 19, uninjured. Houston had left Champ Traylor Memorial Hospital earlier and was reported unconscious by his mother Olen Houston this morning. Police said he walked along the road after his car ran out of gas near the Farmers Gun Association office on the Victoria Highway.
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Michael DeWayne Houston
Port Lavaca
Citizens Memorial Hospital
Victoria
Port Lavacan
Alcoa Drive
DeShazer Street
Felix Garza Jr
Shofner
Cheryl Lynn Boysen
Houston
Champ Traylor Memorial Hospital
Victoria Hospital
Olen Houston
Joe Pena
Farmers Gun Association
Victoria Highway
Jalapeno Gobbler Wins At Armadillo Confab
Navy man Mike Schrader of Beeville won the jalapeno gobble contest by devouring 26 pounds of peppers and finishing three jalapenos in under three seconds. He drank the juice and sought ice as about 20,000 watched the Armadillo Confab in Victoria Texas amid upper 80s. Martina Salinas faltered in the final seconds.
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Victoria, Tex
Mike Schrader
Armadillo Confab and Exposition
Beeville
Tex
Schrader
Martina Salinas
Confab
South
Texas
Texas July Fourth Death Toll Rises Across State
DPS urged cautious driving as Texas highway deaths reach 45 amid heavy July Fourth weekend traffic and bad weather. The tally includes 62 violent deaths, with 20,000 cars in Gonzales area leaving Willie Nelson festival. Notable fatalities feature Adam Montgomery and Dessa Montgomery in Midland, Thurman Rich in Big Spring, and several others across Northeast and South Texas.
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Texas Department of Public Safety
DPS
Jim Robinson
Robinson
Gonzales
Willie Nelson
Associated Press
Texas
Adam Montgomery
Dessa
Lynn Leifeste
Midland
Thurman Rich
Big Spring
Johnny Don Joy
Hawkins
Dorothy Farrar
Holly Lake Ranch
Jose Villalobos
Matamoros
Mexico
Lasara
Willacy County
Angel de la Torra
San Benito
Harold D. Ward
Chico
Wise County
Garry Lynn Yarbrough
Boyd
Weather outlook with possible thundershowers this afternoon
Weather forecast notes considerable cloudiness with a chance of thundershowers this afternoon, easing tonight and Tuesday. Southeast winds 8-14 mph, stronger near storms. High this afternoon near 90, low tonight near 70. Rain chance 50 percent today, 30 percent tonight and Tuesday. Boating: southeast 10-15 knots, seas 2-4 feet, higher near storms. Tides: low 6:18 p.m. today, 6:48 a.m. Tuesday. high Tuesday morning and 10:54 a.m. Sunset 8:30 p.m. Barometer 30.01.
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