Mother's Day founder hailed in Grafton West Virginia chapel
In Grafton West Virginia the first Mother's Day service was held in a brick church now the Mother's Day Shrine. Anna Jarvis born 1864 in Grafton inspired the annual tribute that grew into a national holiday proclaimed by Presidents Wilson and Congress. The shrine hosts a 73rd celebration with Rev Pamela Shier as speaker drawing about 350 attendees.
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Grafton
W.va
West Virginia
Anna Jarvis
Les
Lie Loar
L.L. Loar
Andrews Methodist Church
Anna
Lear
Miss Jarvis
Philadelphia
L.L. Lear
Leslie Loar
William E. Glasscock
Congress
Woodrow Wilson
Ronald Knotts
Pamela Shier
University Hospital
Morgantown
Knotts
Busing plan sparks debate on desegregation incentives
Reagan administration proposes cross district desegregation via free college tuition for white suburban students and black city pupils who shuttle between districts. Officials warn plan may widen housing segregation and provoke resistance in other cities. Judge Hungate weighs voluntary plans amid ongoing nine year old case in St. Louis.
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Washington
Justice Department
St. Louis
Reagan Justice Department
Carter Administration
U.S
William Hungate
St. Louis City
Hungate
City School Board
NAACP
5000 Demonstrate for Gun Control in Chicago
About 5000 people gathered at Daley Plaza to press for stricter handgun laws. May or Jane Byrne and John Anderson spoke of fear and crime, while attendees included Phil Donahue Marlo Thomas Cloris Leachman Wally Phillips and officials such as Richard Brzeczek and Richard M Daley.
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Chicago
Jane Byrne
John Anderson
Anderson
Daley Plaza
Loop
Cabrini-Green
Phil Donahue
Marlo Thomas
Cloris Leachman
Wally Phillips
Richard Brzeczek
Richard M. Daley
Reagan envoy meets Syrians amid Beirut fighting clash
In Beirut Syrian and Christian forces clash with artillery rockets and mortars injuring 40 and totaling 70 wounded in 24 hours eight killed Friday. U S envoy Habib meets Syrian leaders in Damascus as tensions rise with Israel over surface to air missiles deployed in Bekaa Valley and the Zahle siege.
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Lebanon
PLO
Yasser Arafat
Reagan
Middle East
Damascus
Associated Press
Bill Foley
Hadass
Had
Sabra
Palestine Liberation Organization
Yasser
Arafat
U.S
Philip C. Habib
Abdul Halim Khaddam
Habib
Syria
Nasser Kaddour
Khaddam
Hafez Assad
Israel
Beirut-Damascus
Bekaa Valley
Zahle
French voters face choice between Giscard d Estaing and Mitterrand
Paris AP reports France votes to decide if center right President Giscard d Estaing earns a seven year mandate or if Socialist Francois Mitterrand wins, promising nationalization, big public works, and inflationary risks. Polls show a tight rematch of 1974 with unemployment and growth split as key issues.
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Paris
Valery Giscard d’Estaing
Francois Mitterrand
Giscard d’Estaing
France
Mitterrand
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Georgine Hawley
RLC
Read Lake College
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Norma Jean Luckey
Tim Murphy
Frankfort Community High School
Evelyn Claxton
Barbara Beyer
Rend Lake College
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