May 20 1976 in History Highlights
Today in history notes key events on May 20 including Abraham Lincoln's 1862 Homestead Act signing and the 1506 death of Christopher Columbus. It also recalls North Carolina’s 1861 secession vote and Marquis de Lafayette's 1834 death. Charles Lindbergh is mentioned with no completion of event.
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Abraham Lincoln
American West
Christopher Columbus
Spain
North Carolina
Marquis de Lafayette
Charles Lindbergh
Two Ammonia Suits Filed In Fatal Houston Explosion
Two damage suits totaling 250000 were filed in district court over a deadly May 11 ammonia truck blast at the Southwest Freeway and Loop 610. Dennis Lucas seeks 150000 from Transport Company of Texas for permanent inhalation injuries. Exekiel Smith seeks 100000, claiming ammonia inhalation kept him from work and may cause permanent damage.
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Houston
Southwest
Loop 610
Dennis Charles Lucas
Transport Company of Texas
Exekiel Smith
Japanese Ace Recalls Johnson Aboard WWII Bomber Fight
Saburo Sakai recalls a cloudy June 9, 1942 clash over Lae in which he nearly shot down a B26 Marauder carrying Lyndon B. Johnson, who later earned a Silver Star. Johnson escaped as the bomber vanished into a cloud, leaving Sakai to recount details in his war diary and book Samurai of the Sky.
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Saburo Sakai
Japan
Texas
Lyndon Baines Johnson
Tokyo
Sakai
Johnson
South Pacific
Navy
Pacific
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Hare
Lae
New Guinea
U.S
Martin Caidin
Edward Hymoff
Gene Valencia
San Diego
Two UT students die in Junction accident
Two University of Utah students from Utah were killed when their foreign car collided with a pickup on rain slick U S 290 about 13 miles west of Junction Texas. Clayton Hinton 26 of Hurricane Utah and Lowell McKay Bennion 27 of Orem Utah died at the scene. The pickup driver was uninjured. The report notes the vehicles struck in wet conditions and that rescue responders vanished from the scene.
Judge Hughes Faints at Dallas Bench Twice This Month
U S District Judge Sarah T. Hughes fainted at the bench in Dallas and was carried from the courtroom. She required no medical attention and regained consciousness within minutes. It was her second fainting spell in recent weeks, following an April 4 fainting during a judicial conference in San Antonio.
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U.S. Dist
Sarah T. Hughes
Hughes
San Antonio
CrossWord by THOMAS JOSEPH ACROSS 1-3
Crossword by THOMAS JOSEPH presents clues across and down including school subj imitative and places. Readers solve cryptic labeled entries and note puzzle style hints from the Daily Cryptoquote section accompanying a dated syndicated page.
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