UPI Barred From Colombia Over Assassination Report
Date: 05 July 1976
Colombian Govt has canceled accreditation of UPI to operate in country because of erroneous rept that Pres Alfonso Lopez Michelsen had been assassinated; UPI apologized for rept (S)
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A Memory of Rope
Date: 06 July 1976
By Russell Baker
Russell Baker
Russell Baker article describes execution by hanging as practiced in Md 25 yrs ago; notes no death warrants were signed during 8 yrs in which young reporter who witnessed hanging was aide to Gov (M)
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Mount Vernon Marks Holiday With Nod to John Peter Zenger
Date: 06 July 1976
Mt Vernon, NY, residents hold Bicentennial celebration on July 5 in front of St Paul's Ch, site of 1733 election that John Peter Zenger covered for his newspaper NY Weekly Journal; Bicentennial chmn Virginia Moskowitz comments on 1733 event in which Zenger printed story of rigged election, was imprisoned, tried and acquitted, resulting in freedom of press (M)
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News Summary and Index
Date: 06 July 1976
Bicentennial festivities continue in NYC on July 5 with tourists visiting Op Sail '76 ships, Bway parade in lower Manhattan and other celebrations; scheduled celebrations outlined (M)
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Sports News Brief's; Ali Released From Hospital Merger Plan in Tennis Dropped 'Political Interference' by Canada Cited
Date: 05 July 1976
Killanin holds Olympic games have been damaged by Montreal's 'spiraling costs' for staging games and by 'pol interference' of Canadian Govt, int, BBC; urges Canadian Govt to allow Taiwan athletes to compete in games (S)
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Pound Reverses Losses; Gold Is Steady at $123.15
Date: 06 July 1976
Brit pound closes at approx 50c higher against dollar and reverses moderate losses following news of lower GB monetary reserves in June; other trends noted (S)
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