Equality Day Celebrates Women’s Suffrage Anniversary
Feminists staged demonstrations and fairs marking the 53rd anniversary of the 19th Amendment. In Seneca Falls 125 years after the first rights convention, the Women’s Hall of Fame inducted 20 members. Awards honored Billie Jean King, Olga Connolly, Shirley Chisholm, and Helen Reddy.
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Seneca Falls
N.Y
Women’s Hall of Fame
Los Angeles
National Organization For Women
Billie Jean King
Olga Connolly
Shirley Chisholm
D-Ny
Helen Reddy
Washington
White House
Capitol
St. Patrick's Cathedral
New York
Cincinnati
Fountain Square
Ohio
Trinity Methodist Church
Atlanta
Christ Congregational Church
Princeton
N.J
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Rock Springs
Orlando
Fla
Colombian Air Crash Kills 41
A Colombian airliner with 41 aboard crashed into a foggy hill near Bogota minutes after takeoff. Officials confirmed all aboard perished, with 36 passengers and five crew. The Aero Condor turboprop was en route to Cartagena Barranquilla and San Andres Island when it hit Cerro del Cable Mountain five minutes after ascent.
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Bogota
Colombia
Aero- Condor
Cartagena
Barranquilla
San Andres Island
Caribbean
Cerro del Cable
Releasing Of Vending Firm Records Stalled In Texas Court
US District Court Judge Eldon Mahon ordered a temporary restraining order blocking state disclosure of B&B Vending Co. records after Raymond B. Williams and Burnie H. Williams sued for injunction. The hearing is set for Sept. 6 with documents previously turned over to a House subcommittee under assurances of confidentiality.
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Associated Press
Dallas
Eldon Mahon
B&b Vending Co
Price Daniel Jr
Austin
Mahon
Raymond B. Williams
Burnie H
Williams Brothers
House
Richard H. Cory
Victoria
Daniel
Department of Public Safety
Wilson Speir
Office of Texas Atty
John Hill
B&b
Interstate United Corp
Burnie Williams
Raymond Williams
Texas
Commercial Music Co
Fort Worth
Temple
Wichita Falls
Today In History A P snapshot August 27 1973
The today in history items note events from 1945 Japan occupation to 1967 Lake Erie tragedy and 1959 oil well near Titusville. It recalls 1776 Long Island victory, 1928 Kellogg Briand pact, 1939 Danzig demand, 1983 Haiphong action, and more.
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Associated Press
Japan
Julius Caesar
Britain
Long Island
United States
Weather outlook for Texas and Oklahoma through Tuesday
Snyder region temperatures show highs in the 90s and lows near 66. Across Northwest, Southwest, North Central, Northeast, and South Central Texas, expect clear to partly cloudy skies with scattered thundershowers mainly Tuesday. Winds from 8 to 18 knots along the coast. Oklahoma remains warm with isolated showers.
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Snyder
Texas
North Central
Oklahoma
Insurgents Cut Supply Roads Near Phnom Penh
Communists press on toward Phnom Penh cutting Highways 4 and 5, the capital’s main supply lines, with heavy fighting over the past 24 hours. Khmer Rouge forces foul the routes near Ang Snoul, killing two and wounding one as Mekong convoys from Saigon face bottlenecks.
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U.S
Ang Snoul
Phnom Penh
Kompong Som
Cambodia
Battambang
Am Rong
Mekong
Saigon
Khmer Rouge
Sisowath Sirik Matak
Norodom
Sihanouk
Nguyen van Thieu
Chase Manhattan Hikes Prime Rate For Banks Nationwide
Chase Manhattan Bank raised its prime lending rate to 9.94 percent from 9.2 percent effective immediately, signaling a possible industrywide rise. The move would mark the 15th rate increase this year by American banks. A Washington committee spokesman offered no comment on the boost.
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New York
Chase Manhattan Bank
Washington
Committee On
New Law May Cut Poll Boxes in Scurry County
Scurry County commissioners note new law limits polling places by voter count. Section 4 sets 100 to 2 000 or 3 000 voters per box depending on ballot type, reducing two boxes for under 100 voters. They may annex or adjust precincts by Sept 4 with action due by October. IBM bid for a district attorney typewriter approved. No action on Rough Creek bridge bid.
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Scurry County
Inadale
Bison
Commissioners Court
IBM Corp
District Attorney’s Office
Rough Creek
Stockholm bank siege ends in tenuous hostage truce
Police halted a daylight assault on a Stockholm vault siege as negotiators secured a 9 am EDT truce. The gunman claimed six hostages were bound to walls and threatened to gas them, while he burned about half of a $650,000 ransom and pressed for safe exit with two captives.
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Stockholm
Sweden
Curt Lindroth
Texans Pay Tribute To LBJ On 65th Birthday Commemoration
In Austin ceremonies for Lyndon B. Johnson’s commemorative stamp, tears and smiles marked events. A Nixon wreath was placed at Johnson’s gravesite by Marines Col Haywood Smith and colleagues, who then greeted Mrs. Johnson and relatives as about 100 visitors watched. The Johnson family burial plot sits within a National Historical Site, with a dinner and program for staff and friends at the LBJ Library following the day’s rites. Johnson died of a heart ailment last January.
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Austin
Tex
Lyndon B. Johnson
Johnson Family
Nixon
Haywood Smith
New Orleans
Johnson
Air Force
G. A Edwards
Bergstrom Air Force Base
Keith Herring
Smith
Tional
National Parks Service
LBJ
Rogers to rejoin Gannett board after state secretary tenure
William P. Rogers will return to the Gannett Co. Inc. board of directors after stepping down as secretary of state on September 3. He previously served on the board before his December 1968 cabinet appointment.
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Rochester, N.Y
William P. Rogers
Gannett Co. Inc
Rogers
Israelis And Arabs Clash On Golan Heights Front
Israelis and Arabs exchanged fire today along the cease-fire line in the Golan Heights. The clash began when Arabs opened fire on an Israeli patrol at the southern end of the heights and Israelis returned fire. It was unclear if regular Syrian forces or guerrillas were involved.
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Tel
Middle East
Israel
Syr
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