Memorial Day Reflections and Memorial Weekend Toll Across U S
Memorial Day honors war dead from Revolution to Vietnam with parades and cemetery observances. President Ford urged moral leadership and strength as rain dampened ceremonies. The Polar Bears reunion in Detroit recalled brutal World War I conditions, while a horse race began in Frankfort. Three-day weekend road deaths surpassed safety estimates.
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America
Vietnam
Ford
Seattle
Davie
Fla
Detroit
Alfred Larsen
The
Polar Bears Association
Frankfort
N.Y
Sacramento
Calif
National Safety Council
Oklahoma
Bombs Hit U.S. Army Corps HQ in Frankfurt injuring 14
Two bombs exploded at the U.S. Army V Corps headquarters in downtown Frankfurt injuring 14 Americans and one other. German and U.S. authorities detained two suspects at the scene as security at the building was tightened.
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Frankfurt
U. S. Army
S V. Corps
Baader-Meinhof
Ulrike Meinhof
Stuttgart
Germany
Europe
Iranian Students Occupy Geneva Consulate
About 15 Iranian students occupied the Iranian consulate-general in Geneva for about two hours to protest what they said was a new wave of repression of political dissidents in Iran. They issued a communique from the consulate offices charging the regime with violations and urging international attention.
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Geneva
Iran
Supply and demand set book value in markets
The text discusses how monetary value of a book depends on supply and demand. It notes rarity with low buyer interest yields little value, while broad collector interest can keep values moderate despite ample supply.
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Chicago
American Library Assn
Michigan
States vie in 1976 primary sweepstakes across three states
In Rhode Island South Dakota and Montana, primary races shape Carter’s Democratic bid and Ford Reagan contest. Carter held 883 of 1505 needed. Udall sought momentum with South Dakota and Rhode Island campaigns. Delegates at stake: 56 Democratic and 59 Republican today. next week 540 and 320.
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Associated Press
Rhode Island
South Dakota
Montana
Jimmy Carter
Ford
Ronald Reagan
California
Ohio
New Jersey
Reagan
Frank Church
Idaho
Edmund Brown Jr
Morris Udall
Arizona
Carter
Udall
Church
Brown
Caribbean summit planned with seven nations this summer
White House announces preliminary plans for a seven nation economic summit in the Caribbean, sponsored by President Ford. The meeting would include the United States, Canada, and six Rambouillet participants France West Germany Britain Italy Japan, meeting to discuss inflation and global recession remedies.
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Washington
Caribbean
White House
Ford
Rambouillet
France
Canada
United States
West Germany
Britain
Italy
Japan
McGovern fires aides over stop Carter drive
Senator George McGovern dismissed his executive assistant Alan Baron and staffer Jack Quinn after learning they helped organize a stop Carter campaign. Baron led liberal organizing in 1972 and Quinn had worked for Udall and McGovern before. McGovern endorsed Udall in primaries but pledged support if Carter becomes the nominee.
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McGovern
Alan Baron
Jack Quinn
Just Horse Sense Says Dallas Justice of the Peace Marries Couples
Dallas Justice of the Peace Tom Naylor, who has officiated nearly 600 marriages, says couples read his office plaque about treating a wife as a thoroughbred. He recalls only three ceremonies without a kiss, and one bride who left the groom the next day after a brisk exit from chambers.
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Justice of the Peace
Tom Naylor
Naylor
High court rules aliens may hold federal jobs
The Supreme Court struck down a Civil Service ban on permanent resident aliens seeking federal positions, ruling lack of due process. In a separate Medicare case, the court upheld benefits for aliens after five years of residence, with Justice Stevens authoring both opinions. Four Chinese immigrants filed the San Francisco suit challenging the agencies' rules.
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Supreme Court
John Paul Stevens
Civil Service Commission
United States
Miami
Stevens
Congress
William J. Brennan Jr
Thurgood Marshall
Potter Stewart
Lewis F. Powell
Warren E. Burger
William H. Rehnquist
Byron R. White
Harry A. Blackmun
San Francisco
Samoa
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Arlington
Frankfurt, Germany
Army
Thailand
U.S
Bangkok
Seni Pramoj
Kodama
Tokyo
Yoshio Kodama
Lockheed Aircraft Corp
Lockheed
S. Africa
Johannesburg
South Africa
Chamber of Mines
Southern Illinoisan
Southern Illinoisan Inc
North
Ilinois Avenue
Carbondale
North 16Th Street
Herrin
12Th Street
Murphysboro
Illinois
Carbondale Free Press
Herrin Daily Journal
Mureae Independent
Southern Illinois
Military
Publication
N. Illinois
N. 16Th
Murphysbore Ll & 12Th
George McGovern
James Abourezk
Sen
Dallas
Stotlar
Raymond Stotlar
Lbr. Co
Hwy
North Carbondale, Ill
Financial Service of Control Daia:corporation
N. University Ave
Cripp
Cripp’s
TV & Appliance
S. Park Ave
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