Thursday, July 4, 1974 FOURTH OF JULY Today's celebration of the Fourth of July was wlaat migltl be termed a return to the traditional - a,r old- fasltio,utd l,idependence Day observance, witlt drums rollheg, bugles blari,rg, fireworks a,rd all Ille rest in cou,etlesa l11O11lreds of communities across Ille ,ration. Our o,ee l11u1dred a•d ,. i11 et y - e iglt tll, at the city of Bristol, R •ode lsla11d lfGS t1ae sce,ee of a u,eique Fourtl, of JMly t,arade t,erlaat,s t1ae oldest BMc1a celebratio,e of tlaem all. Bristol, a Rlaode lsla11d seaport for tlaree ,..,,.dred years. 111 BMlte, Mo,ita11a Evel K,eievel served as Grarad Marsl,al of •is lao,,.e to.,,. t,arade - awd 11,eveiled .,1,at lie calls Iris "slty cycle" .,1,iclt lte t,la11s to use i• ju1'1t,irag over Ille S11alle River ,.ear lda•o Falls, ldalto. I ltad diJ1J1er .,,,. Evel K,eievel ht Salt Laite City last Saturday ,eigltl a11d foM11d 1,im a fasci11ati,ig fellow - as you wor,ld expect ltim to be . FOURTH OF JULY - 2 A bit mad you say ? Ma )' be . He aoas dressed all ill pr,,-ple. NoflJ this message . . . . BARGES A sea-going cara v an of Twent y -one barges a,ed tow boats - carrying thousands of tons of cargo to the Alaskan oil fields - will lea v e Seattle tomorrow on a three tliousa,ed mile journey across the No,·th Pacifi,~. ur, tltrouglt Berfr,g Sea, and via tlte A . retie Ocean to Barro11J - at tl,e tot> of Nortl, America . The cargo - destined for Prudltoe Bay ir,cludes t>it>es, casings, insulation, 1'oush1g units aftd otla•r sut>f>lies ,aeeded for tlte immediate develo1>111eJ1t of Alaska'• vast oil resources •llich •e seemed to "•ed, badly. NIXON President Nixon - home again after travelliftg ~~~to~~~ uc ■ vJ,.--~ ~ r o u n d the world - spent the holiday relaxing at llis A ■ Jsl_.• 1illu iw Key Biscayfte. 11"' a s : l J wg with hi s Chief of S ta ff G e,. er a l Ha i g. I,. a statemeftt issued for the holiday, the Preside,., ~,1!;,i~·;::,, American - a day ec ltoiftg tlae hopes aftd aspiratio"s of people througlao•t Ille .,s~~:- world. A:af ''let us Pledge to carry to those people the basic America,. message of iftdepe,adeJtce, liberty ~ aftd lu,mafl dig,. ity. " The Pre si de"'ft• lfl ~II t:D r- ~------4-. ret•r,..,.. to Washi,aglo,a., ~l ■■ I NIXON - 2 ~"l )'-In Paris~ Secretary of s1ate :1Ci11t ■g•r • spent the holiday briefing French leaders on t lae recent U S Soviet Arms Talks. Observers say Kissi,ager .-.also seeks to smooth Fra•co-America,a "'-6-:Jl- relatiOflS wlltch have been 1 ~uffled.s•a,eral U••• I ■ : J!4ca ■ t . . . wc■■ f••· SIKKIM ~ annexed the Himalaya,s mountain Kingdom of . . _ Sikkim fsal19 when Kiflg (Chog},al) Palden Thondup Namgyal reluctafltly signed a1t1ay his powers to an administrative officer appolflted QUAKER In Richmond, Virginia a Federal ar,r,eals court rule• that a Quaker - Klllo claims tl,e K1orld's entire t,ot,ulalto,e are Iris det,endents - (Jut tl1is on Iris i,ecome tax retur,a - I• ,aot gu illy of tax fraud . T11e Qual,er Lyle S,eyder of DMr••• Nortle Caroli,aa t,ut do"'" three billio,a det,e•·•e,ets o• ••• tas form - arguhag tleat as a QMalrer •• felt resf)o,asi6le for •ll tl,e t,eot,le ,,. tlie K1orld . No• tl,ia message . ... ) } ~ FOURTH OF JULY - S 8~ ;es, ••• George McCullouch observed his s lxty- ninth birtllday by sky j 1 11-• Jumping from foNrteen tl,ousand feet over Seneca Falls airport here IN Ne 111 York State. Volluateers at Fra,.•U•, Illh1ols again sold flfteeN hundred gallo,as of their laome made bNrgoo soup - 1111th meat, chicken, vegetable a,atl you- Na•e-lt l,agretlle,ats - as a beNefit .f,"°t11e bll•tl. A•d ,,. Barto•, Florida Charlie Smltl, 111hlle celebrall•g his one lau,adred tlalrty-seco,ad blrtlatlay re,,.l•detl Ids frle,ads a•d "elgl, bor s that ON July Fourth, elglatee,a Fifty-Five lie celebrated ltttlependeNce Day by bel•g sold as a slave on the Ne• Orleans market.