Today in History highlights 1974 events and notable birthdays
On June 28 many years ago Archduke Francis Ferdinand was assassinated in Sarajevo starting World War I. Other events include Monmouth battle 1778, Victoria’s 1838 coronation, Versailles 1919, Yugoslavia resistance 1941, Luzon reconquest 1945, Jordan talks 1967, Nixon Apollo era 1969, and Nixon’s 1969 flight plan for Asia. Richard Rodgers is 72.
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Associated Press
Austria-Hungary
Archduke Francis Ferdinand
Sarajevo
Bosnia
Monmouth
N.J
Molly Pitcher
Britain
Victoria
France
Yugoslavia
Douglas MacArthur
Luzon
Philippines
Hussein of Jordan
U.S
Johnson
Washington
Jordan
Israel
Henry Cabot Lodge
South Vietnam
Asia
Nixon
Pacific
Asian
Romania
Richard Rodgers
Georges Clemenceau
Parents Rally to Keep God Verse in Public Schools
Angered parents protested a Superior Court ruling banning a children's verse containing God from local public schools. Judge Joseph P. Murphy Jr. ruled the verse violated church state separation on June 12 after a suit by the ACLU. supporters urged state intervention to preserve the verse in curricula.
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Santa Rosa
Calif
Superior Court
Joseph P. Murphy Jr
American Civil Liberties Union
Sonoma County
California
Cotati-Rohnert Park
Murphy
Dawn Sherba
Waldo Emerson Elementary School
Anthony Carbone
Baylor opens Influenza Research Center in Houston
Baylor College of Medicine launches a multidisciplinary Influenza Research Center in Houston funded by a 2.8 million NIH grant. The center will recruit about 30 experts from diverse fields to pool findings on flu described as a major global killer.
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Houston
Tex
Baylor College of Medicine
National Institutes of Health
Aylor
Dear Abby Advice Column on Motherhood and Social Etiquette
Reader asks if bearing a child defines motherhood and frets over future childbearing. Abby cautions motherhood is raised by parenting, not biology, and warns against selfish motives. Additional letters cover a dog proposal, a crowded suburban dinner, and a note on a discovered poem attribution.
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Abby
Henry
Teen smoking advice from Dr. Lamb to a teen reader
A 15 year old asks how to quit cigarettes. Dr. Lamb urges strong personal resolve, suggests avoiding social smoking contexts, and offers quitting aids and strategies while noting long-term relapse risks. The column highlights self-control and family support as key factors in overcoming the habit.
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Dr. Lamb
Florida
VOA Launches Salvage Drive In New York
The Volunteers of America begins its 78th salvage drive with trucks sent to homes calling the local post to donate clothes furniture or appliances. Usable goods are sorted cleaned repaired and redistributed to those in need along with maternity and old age homes camps day care centers programs for the handicapped and halfway houses for prisoners and alcoholics.
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VOA
New York
Volunteers of America
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Chicago Tribune-N. Y. News Synd., Inc
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Lasky Dr
Beverly Hills
Cal
Federal Deposit Insurance Corp
Bank of Clarke
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Clarke County
Federal Reserve System
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