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Celebrating dad

How did Father’s Day come about? It was thanks to a woman, Sonora Smart Dodd, who in 1909 proposed a day to celebrate fathers, like the widowed Civil War veteran who’d raised Dodd and her five brothers. But unlike Mother’s Day, the idea was slow to catch on, and it would take decades for dads to get their due. Correspondent Nikki Batiste talks with retired NFL star Tony Gonzalez, a 2019 Father of the Year Award recipient, and with photographer Dave Engledow, the self-proclaimed “World’s Best Father” (and he has the pictures to prove it). Source

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Calendar: Week of June 17

From a Watergate anniversary to the NBA Draft, “Sunday Morning” takes a look at some notable events of the week ahead Source

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World’s best dads

Father’s Day, a day to celebrate dads, came about thanks to a woman. But while not all fathers can win awards, some make up their own Source

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Firefighters battle occupational cancer

Since 2002, almost 2 out of 3 firefighters who died in the line of duty died of cancer, as today’s fires produce an ever-more toxic brew of chemicals, yet many sickened first responders are being denied workers’ comp benefits Source

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