Carolina girl wins 43rd National Spelling Bee title
Libby Childress of Mount Airy North Carolina captured the championship after a nine round head to head contest with Tom Moe Jr of Denver Colorado. The 14 year old eighth grader spelled croissant to seal the win and earned 1000 dollars a ruby studded medal and a trophy. Libby attends Mount Airy Junior High and excels in math and golf.
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Washington
Scripps Howard Newspapers
Libby
Mount Airy Junior High
Fifth Dimension
Winston Salem
Tom
John F. Kennedy Junior High
Denver
Neil Armstrong
Calif Demos Aim At Regan After Unruh Victory
Los Angeles Democrat Jess Unruh won the California primary by nearly three to one, boosting Democratic hopes to upset Gov Ronald Reagan in November. Los Angeles Mayor Sam Yorty said he will not assist Unruh and criticized the primary system as favorable to extremists, urging crossfiling reforms. Unruh said his win exceeded his expectations and pledged to campaign on tax reform education financing crime and welfare.
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UPD
Jess Unruh
California
Ronald Reagan
Sam Yorty
Yorty
Unruh
Big Daddy
Reagan
Rap Brown on FBI most wanted list and court no show
In New Orleans H Rap Brown failed to appear in federal court deferring testimony on a threat to FBI agent William H. Smith. Judge Rubin warned about bond forfeiture while defense attorney Kunstler sought dismissal over speedy trial claims. Brown, missing since March 7, also faces Maryland charges with bond forfeited. He was added to the FBI most wanted list No 11.
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New Orleans
UPI
H. Rap Brown
Federal District Court
Alvin B. Rubin
Brown
FBI
William H. Smith
William M. Kunstler
Kunstler
Rubin
United States
Algeria
Bel Air
Maryland
Moon Man Goes to Rome After Soviet Tour
NASA astronaut Neil Armstrong ends a 10 day Soviet visit in Moscow and heads to Rome before returning to the United States. He met cosmonauts Beregovoi and Feoktistov and Soviet space scientist Blagonravov and spoke in Leningrad on behalf of space research.
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UPD
Neil A. Armstrong
Soviet Union
Rome
United States
U.S
Shéretmetyevo
Georgy Beregovoi
Konstantin Feoktistov
Anatoly Blagonravov
Armstrong
Beregovoi
Moray
International Committee On Space Research
Leningrad
Science City
Siberia
Alexei N. Kosygin
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Guy Butler
Hope
Spokane
Kathy
Bee
Moon Man
Brothers In Harness
Columbus, Ohio
Ted Turcotte Jr
Mattawa
Ontario
Canada
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